Right, consider a sample of things that occurred in American history since the civil war:
income tax amendment
federal reserve
courts deciding federal agencies have psuedo-legislative power over states, companies, and individuals
muh commerce clause
civil rights act (sweeping federal authority over individuals)
states losing representation in the senate with senators being elected
the federal government forcing school integration at gunpoint
prayer banned in schools
title 19
disparate impact as government policy
second amendment banned in random locations and circumstances and judges saying there's no 2A here
roe vs wade
all states must recognize marriages between homosexuals
corporations are people too
title 19 and the civil rights act applies to trannies
We had guns and nothing happened. Except for the abortion one nothing was overturned politically either.
Our only hope is that the Left insists on pushing us all off the progressive cliff so fast that people will notice and care enough to actually push back this time. It's less a function of guns than it is the power of the Internet increasing political radicalization.
Is antifa going door to door and dragging people out? Because that's what was happening in China and Russia.
It would never get to that point here, because we do have guns. If we didn't have guns, most people on this site would already be dead or in the gulag, because the mob would have nothing to fear.
It's not the guns that enable the revolution, in my mind. It helps people protect themselves while it happens. Revolutions happen in countries with low gun ownership, also. Once people get it in their mind that the power structure is breaking down, it's kind of over. Unless you have an ethnic war, who are you gonna shoot anyways? The National Guard that's pulled from your same town? I just don't think that soldiers would obey orders to engage in firefights with civilians for very long. It's hard enough to get them to do that when the entire population is foreign and shitty.
I don't think you shoot your way out of tyranny. You organize your way out. Guns are still very useful. For instance, if the military did start shooting at people, shooting back would dissuade them. It's not that you win militarily. Just reduce their will to fight the war, which I'm guessing is already pretty low. And of course revolution is accompanied by all kinds of anarchy.
I'm convinced that the whole "oh the right wing has guns so it'll all work out in the end" sentiment is abject fucking cope.
Right, consider a sample of things that occurred in American history since the civil war:
We had guns and nothing happened. Except for the abortion one nothing was overturned politically either.
Our only hope is that the Left insists on pushing us all off the progressive cliff so fast that people will notice and care enough to actually push back this time. It's less a function of guns than it is the power of the Internet increasing political radicalization.
Slow boil. Nothing will happen.
Is antifa going door to door and dragging people out? Because that's what was happening in China and Russia.
It would never get to that point here, because we do have guns. If we didn't have guns, most people on this site would already be dead or in the gulag, because the mob would have nothing to fear.
It's not the guns that enable the revolution, in my mind. It helps people protect themselves while it happens. Revolutions happen in countries with low gun ownership, also. Once people get it in their mind that the power structure is breaking down, it's kind of over. Unless you have an ethnic war, who are you gonna shoot anyways? The National Guard that's pulled from your same town? I just don't think that soldiers would obey orders to engage in firefights with civilians for very long. It's hard enough to get them to do that when the entire population is foreign and shitty.
I don't think you shoot your way out of tyranny. You organize your way out. Guns are still very useful. For instance, if the military did start shooting at people, shooting back would dissuade them. It's not that you win militarily. Just reduce their will to fight the war, which I'm guessing is already pretty low. And of course revolution is accompanied by all kinds of anarchy.