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> When people criticize small arms in terms of resisting government, its usually because the government has better toys But that is not the point I'm making. L
by mindslight 3y ago
> When people criticize small arms in terms of resisting government, its usually because the government has better toys
But that is not the point I'm making. Like sure, I agree that a militia wielding small arms can resist an invading army, say in the case that the US military was defeated or didn't respond to an area because it wasn't considered strategic enough.
The point I am making is that it's fallacious to think that weapons can do anything to push back against homegrown democratically approved bureaucratic tyranny. As I said in another comment - how can a gun, explosives, or even a tank alleviate the problems you will face from not getting a building permit?
- protocolture 3y agoSecession?
- mindslight 3y agoBut this is what I'm talking about... Keep following that idea to flesh out the details. If there are enough people on board to make it an actual secession, then you also have enough voting power to just get friendly people into city hall and either eliminate permit requirements or at least rubber stamp them. If there aren't enough people for that, then it's not actually a secession but rather just a few rebellious people the bureaucracy will eventually grind down. And the hyper-individualist suitcase nuke idea from Snow Crash is quite compelling, but so far seemingly untenable. And neither one does anything about the extra-governmental system of control when you go to sell your house and the bank cartel sets the price much lower due to all the "unpermitted" work.