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Originally Posted by Thor
The thing that irritates me the most is the argument that you need the 2nd amendment in order to protect against government tyranny.
People I know on the right in the US bring this up, and these are for the most part sensible people, its just absurd to suggest that the Government avoids tyranny because lots of people have guns lol
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And many of those same people cheered on Trump as he tried to overthrow a legitimate election. They are 100% on board with tyranny as long as it's "their" guy
I used to wonder how someone like Hitler could have rose to power like he did when he didn't even try to hide his true intentions. Watching what happened to the US over the last 5 years made it clear just how easy it is to brainwash a significant percentage of the population into accepting fascism as long as you give them a scapegoat to rally against (immigrants, liberals, jews, etc)