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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
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Which is why I hate the Second Amendment so much. It's an incredibly powerful regressive political tool, yet it serves zero purpose in modern society
Actually, that's not true. What I really hate about the Second is that it's misinterpreted. I want a fucking citizen militia with helicopters and tanks. Not the Republican propaganda that handguns and rifles are the only things standing between you and aircraft carriers.
let's start from here, because I'm willing to be swayed from my opinion: in theory, if every able bodied citizen had a gun, the government could not implement highly unpopular practices like slavery or 100% taxation because all demographics of society would have considerable power to prevent it. Even if it came to bloodshed the 'cost' to the majority to oppress the minority would be so great as to discourage rational minds from attempting it. so in a sense the second amendment does guarantee protection against tyranny. guns are so powerful that they have the potential to be an equalizer, so long as the government isn't the only one with fully automatic assault rifles.
the main caveats to this theory being 1. not everyone owns a gun or will, and so for example asian-americans or middle class Oregonian's lol are grossly underrprotected demographics and 2. "rational minds" never describes collective movements
not to say I don't think the citizen militia idea is appealing, but I think it would be nearly as complicated and vulnerable to corruption as the governments military. I just read a book about Pat Tillman, a soldier who died in Afghanistan. I am officially disillusioned with the military
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