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> it was not anticipated that civilians would be able to own weapons of war) That was in fact the entire point (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246
by pseudo0 5y ago
> it was not anticipated that civilians would be able to own weapons of war)
That was in fact the entire point (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246).
> (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
> The problem is, the US and the UK are the only countries in the Western sphere that haven't had a revolution and/or WW1/2 in the last century to re-set and modernize their constitution, power balance and judicial precedence - and that lack is really, really showing. It's no coincidence that the US and the UK are the Western countries hit the hardest by the rise of populist demagogues.
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, and likely a few others I'm forgetting all seem to be doing fine.
- samplatt 5y agoAustralia is definitely NOT doing fine; our populist demagogues have us by the balls possibly even more so than the US. Ours just make slightly less noise about it.
- Mandatum 5y agoNew Zealand is not doing fine. Populism has fucked over a generation, and the chickens have started coming home to roost.
- pseudo0 5y agoIsn't Arden's government considered fairly neoliberal? Her and Trudeau are the two that seem to be most frequently praised in legacy media for winning reelection despite the recent surge in populism.
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- mschuster91 5y ago> Switzerland, Sweden, and likely a few others I'm forgetting all seem to be doing fine. They are distinctly not. Switzerland has a massive problem with the right-wing populist SVP, they are slowly breaking apart from the EU [1] as a result of their specific brand of obstructionism involving the direct-democracy voting mechanism, and in Sweden the right-wing populist SD (which stands for Sweden Democrats, not Social Democrats) has been growing and growing, to a point the established parties are seriously considering cooperating with them [2]. As for Australia, NZ and Canada, there have been enough other replies in this thread. [1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57251681 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57251681 [2]: https://taz.de/Mitte-Rechts-Buendnis-in-Schweden/!5765511/ https://taz.de/Mitte-Rechts-Buendnis-in-Schweden/!5765511/