kingfish wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 2:21 pm
And regardless of what Biden said, nations are made up of people, and annihilating them isn't the same as subjugating them.
The trick to taking over a nation is removing the resistance to subjugation through selectively culling those who refuse to carry the yoke of oppression. And that requires small arms, either to enact or prevent, scattered across at least 10% the population committed to their side.
My uncle and I were having a discussion about that yesterday. The view was reached that while the average citizenry doesn't have the capacity to overthrow nations, collectively they do have the power to create substantial issues and problems for the tyrant.
The tyant requires an obedient populous. The first amendment stands in the way of that, and the second amendment protects the first.
As I mull over the state of society today, sometimes I consider that the divisiveness in society is a blessing. The fact that we're a 50/50 split keeps things in perfect balance. Too often in history 90% controls the levers of power, and that is the seed of tyranny.
Long live the alt-right and antifa.... for as long as they continue to quarrel bitterly in an ever lasting stalemate, freedom blossoms behind the scenes. Just try to stay out of the crossfire!
Interestingly, my uncle seems to be very pro 2A. Yet in all other matters appears to be as "
liberal"
leftist as the day is long...
So much for stereotypes eh?
I consider myself to be "liberal". I'm for single payer health care, working to end racism, true "religious freedom", LGBTQ dignity and rights, pro-immagrant, feminist, etc, yet am also pro-2A, pro-life, for small government
if at all possible, against cancel culture, for TRUE freedom of speech, etc...
Yes there are contradictions in there, no need to call them out... unlike the rest of the human species, I never claimed to be perfect, have it all figured out, or have my sh!t together....