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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?

sudhirj ◴[01 Oct 19 13:38 UTC] No.21125160[source]▶
Same thing the original Americans did when protesting the massively better trained and armed British Army. Keep their wits about them and keep fighting.

If anything the war in Afghanistan has proven that technology is no match for resilience and grit.

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maxerickson ◴[01 Oct 19 14:52 UTC] No.21125926[source]▶
Afghanistan is a fool's mission, not a war.

If the US had the desire and stomach to wage total war against the people of Afghanistan (gladly we do not), there would not be a lingering quagmire.

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1. Redoubts ◴[01 Oct 19 15:30 UTC] No.21126466[source]▶
I suppose civil wars and internal conflicts have a habit of being much more vicious, so this is something to consider.
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2. maxerickson ◴[01 Oct 19 15:42 UTC] No.21126631[source]▶
The point is that nation building exercises don't demonstrate anything about the capabilities of a modern military. If you are trying to win hearts and minds, you are behaving very differently than if you seek to kill or cow.

Personally, I'd expect the main skirmishes in a US civil war to be factions of the military fighting against each other.