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Originally Posted by dinopoker
Still hilarious that the right in the US thinks that if it ever came to an overthrow of the government that stupid small arms would even be relevant when the government has exclusive use of pretty much all the weaponry that would prove decisive in an actual conflict. And that's only at the actual battlefield level. When it comes to the command and communication network needed to coordinate operations the rebels would essentially have nothing beyond bugles and maybe light signaling. Anything else that uses a transmitter would be useless. Most modern rebels would die or be arrested before they even know who was shooting at them.
The entire idea is complete nonsense and has been since 1865. Because back then the rebels had not only guns but also artillery, explosives, cavalry, even a navy. Plus not only did they have weapons parity but they had experienced generals and line commanders to implement it all and a motivated supply infrastructure behind it all. And they still lost.
Yes the US history from the overthrow of the evil Brit Empire to establish their freedom, to the Wild West where local despotic government officials or Barons could be overthrown by citizens taking a stand against the tyranny they faced has become both a thing of fantasy and fetish to many people, today.
And while it was once possible for people to fight back, today that simply would not be the case. If the government wanted to put down all the people with guns they would systematically wipe them all out, with the only defense being to hide and thus make your gun useless.
Not saying these people could not take a handful of authoritarians out with them but they would not win.
And I think that is where the fetishizing comes in. They all image themselves in some type of 'last stand' type situation where the are the hero martyring themselves 'for God and Country' in a way they has moved them to say 'Murica, F*ck Ya' so many times while at the movies.
I honestly think so many of them imagine themselves becoming the hero of their own movie (ie Kyle Rittenhouse)