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nvahalik ◴[01 Oct 19 13:30 UTC] No.21125093[source]▶
> Imagine if the US suddenly had a dictator

This is why we have the second amendment. And the constitution as the thing to which office-holders swear allegiance to rather than to "the party" or "the president".

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swarnie_[dead post] ◴[01 Oct 19 13:34 UTC] No.21125127[source]▶
Non-American here, i never really understood your second amendment or how you cling to it in the modern age.

What are a couple of rednecks with assault rifles (which arguably they shouldn't be able to purchase anyway) going to do against semi-autonomy kill droids being flown from a bunker in the desert?

powvans ◴[01 Oct 19 13:54 UTC] No.21125321[source]▶
Your estimate of "a couple of rednecks" is off by orders of magnitude. There are millions of AR-15's in private hands in the United States. Those are just a fraction of the 300 million privately owned guns in the US. This country is armed to the teeth.
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rplnt ◴[01 Oct 19 14:33 UTC] No.21125719[source]▶
Still wouldn't do anything to a malicious government controlling the army. And for overthrowing government you don't need to be armed - see dozens of examples all over the world - the army is made of citizens as well after all.

So, no, it doesn't make any sense in the current age to say you own guns to protect yourself from the government.

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pyronik19 ◴[01 Oct 19 14:46 UTC] No.21125851[source]▶
You're also assuming that the army wouldn't fracture under an armed populace uprising.
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1. HeWhoLurksLate ◴[01 Oct 19 15:19 UTC] No.21126291[source]▶
Honestly, that's probably a hugely underappreciated factor that would make fighting a war like that even harder.

The CIA also has a document (sorry, I don't remember the name) detailing ways that civilians can sabotage efforts by doing things like holding extra meetings, etc.

I wonder if anyone would stay in the military to better thwart it.

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2. c0nducktr ◴[01 Oct 19 17:14 UTC] No.21127901[source]▶
I believe this is the document. Page 28 of the book, (18 of the PDF) "General Interference with Organizations and Production"

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/...

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3. HeWhoLurksLate ◴[05 Oct 19 16:22 UTC] No.21166348[source]▶
That's it!