• 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 hours ago

    Ugh. I still hate guns. Guns kill people and the US obsession with them will never make sense to me.

    But at this point it’s probably good that it’s not only the supporters if the lunatic fascist oligarchy that are armed. It hurts to admit, but I’d rather see a Nazi shot dead than a decent human being. Heck, if I were in the US I might learn how to shoot a gun at this point.

    • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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      50 minutes ago

      Ugh. I still hate guns. Guns kill people and the US obsession with them will never make sense to me.

      I hate it too, but not because I don’t understand it, but because I do.

      Americans are children, they are ruled by their action hero fantasies more than practicality. You can tell that they have such a mindset because they fear going without a weapon more than going without a medic. Only Barbarians and Children do that.

      I say this as an American who has to deal with these kinds of people on a daily basis.

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      2 hours ago

      I hate nukes but the lesson of the 21st century has definitely been “get nukes and never give them up”

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      4 hours ago

      Marx said workers should be armed. That sentiment didn’t come out of nowhere; shit like this is the reason why.

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        Marx died around the time that automatic firearms became a thing. For fighting tyranny bolt actions are solid. For mass murdering defenseless children, automatic weapons are more suited.

        On the other hand if Marx had witnessed modern surveillance capitalism, he might had advocated for everyone to own automatic grenade launchers…