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>Do we really think that armed citizens would have a chance against the current US military? Would it surprise you to learn that the "US military" aren't a bun
by navigatesol 7y ago
>Do we really think that armed citizens would have a chance against the current US military?
Would it surprise you to learn that the "US military" aren't a bunch of mindless drones, but are in fact family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and fellow citizens? And that they wouldn't necessarily feel great about slaughtering their fellow countrymen?
- RankingMember 7y agoI don't think the military are mindless drones, but yes, it would surprise me to see large-scale defection because history is littered with incidences of military being used successfully to repress citizen populations. This happens, in my opinion, for two reasons: 1. Militaries spend a lot of time breaking down and rebuilding recruits into order-following killing machines. 2. Target populations are demonized to the point that your neighbors/friends can be made to look enough like an enemy "other". Add groupthink to that and you've got a deadly situation that's not really a moral failing on the part of the soldier but a corruption of their motives by propaganda.
- kmonsen 7y agoThis is the key point, more or less every revolution in human history happened when the military switched sides and didn't want to shoot at civilians anymore. Trying to come with 2nd amendment is bullshit, you have to get the sympathy by the military. This could be by inflicting damage, but more likely by having high enough casualties that the military thinks it is too much.