Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by jcbrand on Thursday May 26, 2022 @04:30AM
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Goat herders with AK-47s did pretty well in Afghanistan and basically defeated the US military after 20 years.
A highly motivated and armed insurgency is almost impossible to control, even if you have superior fire-power.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by hunterb123 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @05:37AM
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Ah yes, the "the gov. is too powerful so what's the point of fighting tyranny" talking point.
The tank premise is almost as stupid as Biden's nukes / jets threat against the American people.
A country is not going to carpet bomb, send tanks in, or nuke its own people / land.
It takes a lot of brainwashing to get your soldiers to do that to their own people and direct force like that will lead to instant revolts.
What is much more likely is a KGB like secret police that goes around black bagging people, etc. You're much less likely to be able to do that when you know the civilian population has more guns than your secret police.
Nothing that said dictator would need support from the military (which has demonstrated it is not necessarily keen to go that route), how well will your "well armed" people fare against well trained soldiers with, um, "tanks" (using tanks here as a catchall for all their weapons.)?