Message from @DrWittMDPhD
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We don't recognize rule by force as legitimate anymore.
You have to at least make the pretense of democracy.
The population of a state is way larger than the armed forces. Also in our constitution we have an amendment to specifically address that
The population is not stronger, though.
America is predicated on the idea that the populace should have the capability to overthrow a government
The US military can keep the world at bay.
Our population are lemmings
It can deal with its civilians
But a guerilla war against 150m people with guns is impossible to win
The US has given up on wars like that already
The average citizen is a coward
if we had that degree of unity, we wouldn't need force
what the fuck u talking about
That's fine, actually.
They can be cowards.
Even passive resistance would be enough.
I'm not saying that America is it that stage. I'm saying that his premise that a government has to be impossible to overthrow is flawed. The point of the second amendment is to make the opposite true
If we had that degree of unity, not one drop of blood would have to be spilled. Just stop paying taxes.
You will bring your government to its knees in months.
But @DrWittMDPhD Does have a point, the DOD did a study on how sucessful it would be for the US military to literally fight against its own civilians, they said it would be vastly unfeasable. Alot of soldiers will abandon the military immediately
and all their supplies and deports would be destroyed/cut-off
No, I am talking about the case of there being the unity of 150m people.
depots*
If there was that level of unity among the population, the point would be moot.
Just decide to not pick up the trash in cities for a month.
That alone would bring the nation to a standstill.
It would be fuckin Robespierre guillotine time before marshal law. K, a hostile government could easily unify a resistance of at least half the population
Refuse to operate any public transport in New York.
Not 150m armed militia men, but real resistance members
Not like lefty gays
Yes, but that's the point I am making.
With that level of unity, violence is unnecessary.
Passive resistance on that scale can bring anything to a standstill.
Yeah and 150m would not be that hard if the government tries to use our military to enforce some fascistic marshal law. That's so anti American it's insane to think about and we'd freak the fuck out
We're not cucked continentals
But, the sad part is that government abuse can continue for a very long time and people will not coordinate.
Maybe that is different now with the internet.
The Gulag Archipelago detailed this well.
Yeah if it's a slow thing, but I'm talking about the marshal law scenario
The army of the Soviet Union was incredibly weak for years before that fall.