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Missiles are similar weapons may be useful against other countries (remember Vietnam, however), but they will not stop revolts inside the country itself. What w

Missiles are similar weapons may be useful against other countries (remember Vietnam, however), but they will not stop revolts inside the country itself. What would the US government do if 80% of the city of New York decided to turn against the government? Throw an atomic bomb in the city? Their time may be running out.

ccffpphh 7y ago
What would New York even do? People here don't believe in firearms, let alone violence. In reality the city would starve within a couple weeks due to siege/blockades if it really united and tried to revolt.
- wbazant 7y ago
  Kropotkin's Bread Book is about exactly that! He claims any revolution will be as successful as its ability to feed everyone, and tries to outline a path to it.
  - sudosysgen 7y ago
    To name it, "The Conquest of Bread". Very good read, kept me from snoozing off in my CS classes :p
- Supermancho 7y ago
  > People here don't believe in firearms, I don't know what that means. Guns are highly correlated with leathality and people believe in them completely. Generally, a population may not want to have possession of guns. That quickly changes for a large percentage in survival mode. Effectively, many criminals are perpetually in survival mode.
scarface74 7y ago
It’s not like police haven’t resorted to bombing its own citizens before. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/8/8/20747198/philadelphia-bombing-1985-move https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/8/8/20747198/philadel... The entire Civil Rights movement is littered with examples of a police state and civilian mobs shooting, lynching, using dogs, water hoses, etc against its own citizens. It doesn’t take much to rile people up against “them” and get people to look the other way or even participate.