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Well it was definitely a talking point of the mainstream left.
by kcplate 11mo ago
Well it was definitely a talking point of the mainstream left.
- happytoexplain 11mo agoCertainly not - their argument was always that it doesn't make sense to argue that we need guns to overthrow the government. Not that the government is broadly trustworthy.
- krapp 11mo agotbh "we can now trust our government to not overstep its authority and people protecting themselves against tyranny was no longer needed" sounds like an intentional misrepresentation of a leftist position than something many actual leftists would believe.
- kcplate 11mo agoThe political side that that often argues for more government in their political solutions seems to by default to trust the government “to not overstep its authority”?
- esseph 11mo agoThe "mainstream left" isn't real, it's a manufactured facet. Look at the number of historically communist or socialist countries with an AK-47/74/AKM on their flag.