Comment by JumpCrisscross
1 day ago
> It means that innocent citizens will be protected from constant bombardment or thread of bombardment by cheap mass produced rockets or drones
One could also hope that e.g. Iran starts focusing its economy on the wellbeing of its people versus playing regional cop to America’s world police.
They have economic related riots starting as we speak so the progressive end result (a few riots down the line) might either be this or regime change
Riots are going to end predictably badly when those participating do not have guns. Just like a couple years ago other there. Probably a lesson here.
I have no idea how this hypothesis ("guns protect from oppressive governments") is still holding people's minds captive. The current regime in the US disproves this every day, constantly eroding civil rights and not even being subtle about it.
And the people with guns mostly either cheer it on or pretend it's not so bad (until they themselves feature in /r/leopardsatemyface).
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It's usually progressive until the people with guns are too afraid to shoot, as in the fall of USSR
Although I will believe there are a few more iterations before this regime falls
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They haven't done so in decades. You think they'll start now?
> You think they'll start now?
No. But I can hope.