• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      46 minutes ago

      The problem with “Second Amendment Remedies” is answering the question “Who do you plan to point the gun at?”

      Are you getting in a gun fight with the city police or just the sheriff’s deputies? Are you going to form a posse and start lynching anyone on the street with the wrong kind of yard sign? Or is this more of a Brian Thompson / Charlie Kirk situation? Or are we talking the full Stephen Paddock?

      Like, its all just bluster. Nobody actually has any idea what an insurrection is supposed to look like in a country full of middle aged Walmart Greeters and Amazon fulfillment center workers ruled over with an iron fist by Ticketmaster VPs and Silicon Valley Tech Bros. Even a hard look at ICE and the National Guard reveals a bunch of overweight, geriatric, sadistic, clueless goons.

      It increasingly feels like the little-a kind of anarchy. Nobody’s really in charge. Its just people muddling around, trying to keep their heads down, and hoping the local federally-financed mafia doesn’t rough them up for their lunch money or their life.