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> Now swap the guns with... muscles? upper body strength? that free gun world sounds pretty good. > Apply it now to crowds. If everyone owns the same gun, it

• smt88 6y ago
  > muscles? upper body strength? The original post was about technology. > that in no way follows. Scenario A: No one has a weapon. Five people take control of a grocery store. How many people can take back the store without anyone dying? The answer might be as low as five. Certainly 10-15 people could do it. Scenario B: Everyone has an identical gun. Five people take control of a grocery store. Same question. The answer is that there is no number of people high enough to plausibly reduce the risk of death to zero. Someone with a gun can kill much faster and at greater distance. Long story short: technology amplifies power. Sufficiently amplified power cannot be countered by equal power quickly enough to nullify the danger.