Comment by steve-atx-7600
4 hours ago
Yes, exactly. But, I’ll admit it took me until the republican primary before the 2016 election for this to register in my mind. I was born in the US in the 80s & fell into the “what you see is all there is” bias (and hadn’t read enough history before then either).
Another opinion that I’m sure will get me downvoted is that this is the primary reason I support gun ownership by private citizens. I think having a chance at stopping mass government slaughter like in Iran and Syria is overall better than the downside.
Bottom line is that human nature has not changed. Some of us westerners take comfortable lives for granted because we’ve been lucky.
> I think having a chance at stopping mass government slaughter like in Iran and Syria is overall better than the downside.
That won't stop the mass government slaughter, if anything it will accelerate it.
Apparently even if you legally own a gun they'll shoot you just for owning it anyway, so I'm not sure that will help.
> Bottom line is that human nature has not changed. Some of us westerners take comfortable lives for granted because we’ve been lucky.
Which I bet our luck has run out. This year and the next 5 or 10 years from now, its going to be really bad.
I don't even trust local state governments at this point.. It all seems like a big ploy on the people to keep the grift going.