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Myanmar needs guns, so its free people don't have to fight those beasts with nothing more than knives, and sticks.

by baybal2 6y ago

yummybear 6y ago
So civil war? I’m not sure that will help the number of casualties.
- baybal2 6y ago
  It will not help the number of casualties, but it will save the hope of a nation.
- livueta 6y ago
  Myanmar is already the site of the world's longest ongoing civil war: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_conflict_in_Myanmar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_conflict_in_Myanmar For decades, the Karen/Kachin/other ethnic armies have recognized that they can only defend against the Tatmadaw by force of arms. They're not the ones getting shot in the streets, because they're the ones out getting shot at in the hills. So, in a sense the OP is very correct: Myanmar is already home to plenty of examples of how peaceful protests don't work on total monsters - they'll just keep shooting. Ask a Karen how well peaceful negotiation worked on Ne Win. Not that armed conflict is a panacea, obviously - the war is ongoing. However, as far as I can tell, the fact that most of the recent casualties have occurred in cities like Yangon vs, e.g., Pa-an, has to do with how the latter is full of armed guerillas rather than exclusively government troops.
CyanBird 6y ago
Please do let me know how that went in Libya
- baybal2 6y ago
  > Please do let me know how that went in Libya It went very well. Gaddafi's regime was stomped.
  - vladoski 6y ago
    Yep, so well that after Gaddafi came 7 years of civil war and now the country is fucked. Too many people died with the result that now Libya is destroyed.
- sto_hristo 6y ago
  Their glorious dictator was found hiding in a drain under the road he was fleeing on. Then they executed him. No more glorious dictator. IIRC France helped as well with air strikes on govt. property. Clenched fists and passionate democratic statements don't work all that great against undemocratic entities holding actual firepower.
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Myanmar needs guns, so its free people don't have to fight those beasts with nothing more than knives, and sticks.

yummybear 6y ago

So civil war? I’m not sure that will help the number of casualties.

baybal2 6y ago
It will not help the number of casualties, but it will save the hope of a nation.
livueta 6y ago
Myanmar is already the site of the world's longest ongoing civil war: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_conflict_in_Myanmar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_conflict_in_Myanmar For decades, the Karen/Kachin/other ethnic armies have recognized that they can only defend against the Tatmadaw by force of arms. They're not the ones getting shot in the streets, because they're the ones out getting shot at in the hills. So, in a sense the OP is very correct: Myanmar is already home to plenty of examples of how peaceful protests don't work on total monsters - they'll just keep shooting. Ask a Karen how well peaceful negotiation worked on Ne Win. Not that armed conflict is a panacea, obviously - the war is ongoing. However, as far as I can tell, the fact that most of the recent casualties have occurred in cities like Yangon vs, e.g., Pa-an, has to do with how the latter is full of armed guerillas rather than exclusively government troops.

CyanBird 6y ago

Please do let me know how that went in Libya

baybal2 6y ago
> Please do let me know how that went in Libya It went very well. Gaddafi's regime was stomped.
- vladoski 6y ago
  Yep, so well that after Gaddafi came 7 years of civil war and now the country is fucked. Too many people died with the result that now Libya is destroyed.
sto_hristo 6y ago
Their glorious dictator was found hiding in a drain under the road he was fleeing on. Then they executed him. No more glorious dictator. IIRC France helped as well with air strikes on govt. property. Clenched fists and passionate democratic statements don't work all that great against undemocratic entities holding actual firepower.
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