Comment by breppp
14 hours ago
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
14 hours ago
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).
Americans still have more rights than almost any other country in the world WRT free speech and weapon ownership for self defense.
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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
In the fall of USSR, no one was "afraid to shoot". No one was motivated to do so. Or do anything for the completely failed system that no longer worked for anyone, inside or outside it. By 1991, no one cared for good ol' Union. That's the only reason it died so peacefully in its sleep with virtually no violence - it was so rotten, no one could care for its survival.
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