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Political power grows out the barrel of a gun, all power does. If you have 2 groups of people, one group armed and one unarmed, which one is in charge?
by cheeseomlit 5y ago
Political power grows out the barrel of a gun, all power does. If you have 2 groups of people, one group armed and one unarmed, which one is in charge?
- paranoidrobot 5y ago> Political power grows out the barrel of a gun, all power does. I disagree. That sounds more like a military junta than a government. > If you have 2 groups of people, one group armed and one unarmed, which one is in charge? Insufficient information. The members of government are, by and large, unarmed - and certainly unarmed when in Canberra. Our defence forces have a whole bunch of firearms, yet answers to and obeys the lawful orders of the government.
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoI agree. Although there's some truth to the gun argument in certain societies, it's definitely not universal truth. It's interesting that this argument is often made by Americans of all people, where guns - while very prevalent - do not equal political power at all. Also ironically all those who claim their guns protect them from tyranny do not seem to notice how their rights are taken away bit by bit and the gun makes no difference. When that heavily militarized SWAT team kicks in your door one day to arrest you for the illegal Twitter post, all good the gun does is that you can use it to evade arrest by killing yourself. Don't need a gun for that.