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2A exists for a reason
I'm doubtful that an armed US populace will be effective against the militarized police forces and literal military being deployed against Citizens.
The second amendment was more realistic when society had roughly the same fire power as the military, but not so much any more.
They have predator drones, we have AR-15's. These are not the same.
I find this sentiment very funny, considering the United States terrible performance in asymmetrical warfare.
I don’t think we won a war against an insurgency on their own soil in….. ever?
And that’s with the benefits of untouchable supply lines, and war production, unparalleled intelligence apparatus, and the ability to print money.
Exactly. Proving you ultimately can't control an armed populace who are willing to take up arms against you.
This all falls apart when most of the country is mass surveilled and production is automated. If only 10% of the workforce are required, it's easier to control the 10% you need by killing the other 90%, ever shrinking the population of proles until only the < 1% remain.
That's why fascism, billionaires, and all oligarchs must be eliminated before general AI and mass automation are realized, otherwise the 99% face genocide.
You nailed it, also why the next step for Silicon Valley is military robotics
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/meta-plans-investments-into-ai-driven-humanoid-robots-memo-shows-2025-02-14/
Did they have predator drones in Afghanistan?
The number of Americans who showed up to protest in the streets on No King's Day was at least 1 million more than the sum total of US military and police members.
I always find it funny when people put hope in 2a.
Sure there's military personal that traffick weapons to the streets, cartel and Mafias... But citizens are going to need tanks, battleships, and airplanes. I want to see air craft carriers floating down the Mississippi.
Start with small groups of ICE agents?
Weapons manufacturing facilities?
Infrastructure? Hacktivism?
Economic targets?
Rich mansions?
Anything's better than shoulder-shrugging after decades of molon labe.