There’s a peculiar form of blindness that comes from prolonged safety. Like a frog in slowly heating water, people who have known only stability become incapable of recognizing existential th…
Every law in the colonies and many norms are enforced by a man with a gun.
This cuts both ways. Citizens have guns. The problem is that we’re too afraid to use them in times of crisis like these, because it’s been so long since we’ve been this pressured to get to that point.
And thus, the people with power will continue to abuse the powerless.
It does but I look at other dictatorships that allow their citizens to own guns like Russia and Nicaragua. They’re still entrenched even with guns. The only difference I can see is the towns have defense against paramilitary and aren’t dealing with M23. But they’re still entrenched.
This cuts both ways. Citizens have guns. The problem is that we’re too afraid to use them in times of crisis like these, because it’s been so long since we’ve been this pressured to get to that point.
And thus, the people with power will continue to abuse the powerless.
It does but I look at other dictatorships that allow their citizens to own guns like Russia and Nicaragua. They’re still entrenched even with guns. The only difference I can see is the towns have defense against paramilitary and aren’t dealing with M23. But they’re still entrenched.