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In all seriousness, do you think the Australian citizens stand a chance of succeeding at a violent Revolution, when your citizens have largely surrendered [0] t
by voakbasda 5y ago
In all seriousness, do you think the Australian citizens stand a chance of succeeding at a violent Revolution, when your citizens have largely surrendered [0] the necessary freedom to bear arms capable of fighting said civil war? Do you think that act of civil disarmament emboldened the current rise of totalitarian authoritarianism?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_of_Australia
- justinclift 5y agoThere doesn't really seem to be any countries in the world which let their citizens arm themselves in ways which would enable meaningful revolution. Not even the US - which famously has guns all over - would have any kind of chance against their own military. Like... "people with guns" vs "stand off artillery, over the horizon warfare, etc".
- mixedCase 5y ago> Not even the US - which famously has guns all over - would have any kind of chance against their own military That is correct, if the objective is to glass the entire place. The US military is the mightiest force in the world when it comes to that. As far as quelling armed rebellions among the citizenry goes, I think just pointing to this months' news should suffice in lieu of an argument?
- justinclift 5y ago> I think just pointing to this months' news should suffice in lieu of an argument? Thankfully, I'm not from the US. Was there there really an armed rebellion there?
- mixedCase 5y agoNeither am I, I was referring to Afghanistan.
- justinclift 5y agoNo worries. :) I'm not understanding how they're linked though.