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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Never?
The majority of 2A advocates are already ready to put on their brown shirts, and it's going to be a pitched battle between them and armed liberals, who will get stomped because the brown shirts will be backed by military forces... even if you don't accept that the fascists have greater numbers, which I believe they do.
Ghandi preached passive resistance to the German Jews, and look at how well that worked out for them. Nothing short of violent rebellion is going to have any effect, and I suspect there's a minority on each side willing to come up blows, and a huge majority of people in the middle who are going to side with the status quo because they don't want to have their TikTok quality time interrupted.
The fascists absolutely do not have the numbers.
That's why communities with a backbone are able to chase ICE agents away.
As for who has the guns, you're probably grossly underestimating how well armed non-republicans might be.
Furthermore, we've seen how ineffective the US military was at handling insurgency in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In what universe would American insurgents be less well equipped than the Afghani and Iraqi insurgents?
People always frame this shit as, "What ya gonna do against tanks and drones?!" Not a goddamned thing. But let's just say the military infrastructure would collapse in weeks without civilian help.
I could go on all night, but there was an excellent post on /r/liberalgunowners that outlined dozens of ways to fight the military on the streets. Much of it was, "Those tanks and drones don't drive or maintain themselves."
Go for the supply chains.