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I think it's been definitively proven that a group of ideologically devoted people can resist even the most powerful government. See Vietnam vs. USA and Afghani

I think it's been definitively proven that a group of ideologically devoted people can resist even the most powerful government. See Vietnam vs. USA and Afghanistan vs. Britain / USSR / USA. When people say gun enthusiasts (or privacy enthusiasts, or crypto enthusiasts, or any group) could never resist the government, it doesn't make any sense because we watched trillions of dollars spent by governments fail at exactly that.

user-the-name 5y ago
Sure. But that requires those people to actually be ready to dedicate their lives to the fight. Currently, the US is the closest it's ever been to losing democracy, and the gun nuts are cheering on those who are destroying it. So not going to be expecting much out of them, I'm afraid.
- chromatin 5y ago
  > and the gun nuts are cheering on those who are destroying it. Which gun nuts? Conservatives? Or the Trumpists? Maybe you mean the Libertarians? Or is it the John Brown Gun Club? Or maybe NFAC? "Gun nuts" is considerably more nuanced than presented.
  - user-the-name 5y ago
    Most of the above? Surely you are aware of this.
kubb 5y ago
That's not resisting the government, that's resisting a foreign invader. But if it's close enough that it lets you believe...