They could make money from a massive urban conflict...
Nah, they really can't. In an actual organized conflict, or hell, even an unorganized one, the first move anyone with any sense would make is to secure any available sources of hardware. Your second move is to secure the things that make the hardware function... ammo, fuel, etc. Logistics win wars, tactics and strategy win battles. The last thing gun manufacturers want is to be taken over by either side, which is what WILL happen if a conflict actually breaks out.
Reading my comment back, I'm not even really sure what my point was. I guess I was just being pedantic for the fuck of it...
I think maybe my point was that a lot of the destructive shit you could theoretically justify through capitalism just falls apart if you take a longer term view of things.
Nah, they really can't. In an actual organized conflict, or hell, even an unorganized one, the first move anyone with any sense would make is to secure any available sources of hardware. Your second move is to secure the things that make the hardware function... ammo, fuel, etc. Logistics win wars, tactics and strategy win battles. The last thing gun manufacturers want is to be taken over by either side, which is what WILL happen if a conflict actually breaks out.
Well, sure. I'm just saying that the idea is silly.
Reading my comment back, I'm not even really sure what my point was. I guess I was just being pedantic for the fuck of it...
I think maybe my point was that a lot of the destructive shit you could theoretically justify through capitalism just falls apart if you take a longer term view of things.
Carry on.
Will-co.