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I wonder if modern peasants can fight and win against the knights. You can't own a knife in many countries without a license let alone a gun. It's all tracked.

I wonder if modern peasants can fight and win against the knights. You can't own a knife in many countries without a license let alone a gun. It's all tracked. There are targeted missiles, drones, autonomous guns, surveillance, radar, bombs, tear gas, tasers, tanks, bullet and knife proof clothing, exoskeleton, etc available to the knights. Knights are many times more organized than they have ever been in history. Recent incident in Nigeria where military massacred the protestors: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54630592 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54630592 How do you protect yourself as a peasant against the Knights?

magicsmoke 6y ago
Knights still have to be fed and armed with the taxes of peasants, and they'll follow the orders of the societal structure that funnels them those taxes. You protect yourself by getting involved in politics and shaping the economic and cultural power balance of your society so you don't get to a point where you need to use violence against state security forces. Once you reach that point, you've already lost.
brazzy 6y ago
> You can't own a knife in many countries without a license What kind of bullshit propaganda is that? There isn't a single country in the world that requires a license to "own a knife". > let alone a gun. It's all tracked. There are targeted missiles, drones, autonomous guns, surveillance, radar, bombs, tear gas, tasers, tanks, bullet and knife proof clothing, exoskeleton, etc available to the knights. However, there's a lots of things relatively freely available to peasants that can be turned into a bomb capable of killing any knight who's not in a tank. And even a tank can have a bad time in a city full of hostile peasants. > Knights are many times more organized than they have ever been in history. This is a the big one. Organization really matters to make the technological advantage count. And it ivolves knowing in what situations that advantage wouldn't work well, and avoiding them.
- damnencryption 6y ago
  You require driving license to buy knives and you can't carry them in public without a special license.
  - sarakayakomzin 6y ago
    ...and you continue to avoid naming a country where this is the case?
    - damnencryption 6y ago
      spain, france?
      - Chris2048 6y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation#France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation#France ^ can't see anything other than an age restriction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation#Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation#Spain ^ mentions: "Civilians are prohibited from possessing knives, machetes, and other bladed weapons officially issued to the police, military, and other official authorities without a special license" Otherwise there are laws wrt possession of certain "weapon" knifes, and carrying knifes in public; but not mere possession of ordinary knifes. It's also not clear to me it's illegal to own "weapon" knifes kept at home.
  - Chris2048 6y ago
    You need a driving license specifically, or just some form of photo ID?

magicsmoke 6y ago

Knights still have to be fed and armed with the taxes of peasants, and they'll follow the orders of the societal structure that funnels them those taxes. You protect yourself by getting involved in politics and shaping the economic and cultural power balance of your society so you don't get to a point where you need to use violence against state security forces. Once you reach that point, you've already lost.

brazzy 6y ago

> You can't own a knife in many countries without a license What kind of bullshit propaganda is that? There isn't a single country in the world that requires a license to "own a knife". > let alone a gun. It's all tracked. There are targeted missiles, drones, autonomous guns, surveillance, radar, bombs, tear gas, tasers, tanks, bullet and knife proof clothing, exoskeleton, etc available to the knights. However, there's a lots of things relatively freely available to peasants that can be turned into a bomb capable of killing any knight who's not in a tank. And even a tank can have a bad time in a city full of hostile peasants. > Knights are many times more organized than they have ever been in history. This is a the big one. Organization really matters to make the technological advantage count. And it ivolves knowing in what situations that advantage wouldn't work well, and avoiding them.

damnencryption 6y ago
You require driving license to buy knives and you can't carry them in public without a special license.
- sarakayakomzin 6y ago
  ...and you continue to avoid naming a country where this is the case?
  - damnencryption 6y ago
    spain, france?
    - Chris2048 6y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation#France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation#France ^ can't see anything other than an age restriction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation#Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation#Spain ^ mentions: "Civilians are prohibited from possessing knives, machetes, and other bladed weapons officially issued to the police, military, and other official authorities without a special license" Otherwise there are laws wrt possession of certain "weapon" knifes, and carrying knifes in public; but not mere possession of ordinary knifes. It's also not clear to me it's illegal to own "weapon" knifes kept at home.
- Chris2048 6y ago
  You need a driving license specifically, or just some form of photo ID?