• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    25 days ago

    I’m not sneering, and I’m not arguing. I’m expressing doubt that armed citizens will pose any threat to a hypothetical Trump dictatorship. That’s 100% as far as my statement goes. I’m sharing my opinion, not disparaging yours.

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      25 days ago

      The Black Panthers caused the CIA to label them terrorists even though they broke no laws, and got the NRA to push for gun restrictions. These armed citizens scared the police, and had the news media slandering them. And it’s because they posed a huge threat to the system. The last four wars were essentially lost against militants of objectively less organized, less armed, smaller, decentralized insurgents. Asymmetric warfare is not just a thing, but the Achilles heel to power. There is nothing unique about a trump dictatorship that would make these less true