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Unfortunately, governments do indeed steal stuff all the time. That's why it needs to be as hyper-local as possible and why citizens should own military-grade
by big_chungus 7y ago
Unfortunately, governments do indeed steal stuff all the time. That's why it needs to be as hyper-local as possible and why citizens should own military-grade arms. I think our arguments are jousting without clashing, so to speak, because I'm making a principled point rather than a pragmatic one.
- bandushrew 7y agoIm not sure you have thought through the consequences of citizens owning military grade arms. It (arguably) removes the government as a threat, but replaces the threat with other citizens. It seems to me that history teaches that in the absence of a strong government, people are taxed by whoever is capable of becoming a strong local warlord. Somalia or South Sudan would be current examples. Im not sure how that is better?