alt Hacker NewsRiots are going to end predictably badly when those participating do not have guns. Just like a couple years ago other there. Probably a lesson here.
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breppp • today at 8:09 AM
It's usually progressive until the people with guns are too afraid to shoot, as in the fall of USSR
Although I will believe there are a few more iterations before this regime falls
I have no idea how this hypothesis ("guns protect from oppressive governments") is still holding people's minds captive. The current regime in the US disproves this every day, constantly eroding civil rights and not even being subtle about it.
And the people with guns mostly either cheer it on or pretend it's not so bad (until they themselves feature in /r/leopardsatemyface).