Except that when a revolution becomes necessary we will all be fucked. Citizen’s most important duty is ensuring the State stays true to democracy
Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Australian here. We had one really bad mass shooting and then our government (who was also one of the most conservative governments in the last 50 years) banned guns. Haven’t had one since. Guns just aren’t a thing here and we kind of think you’re a weird country for being so obsessed with guns. I also personally think it’s weird that guns are like the symbol of your freedom, yet you don’t have universal healthcare. Universal healthcare offers so much more freedom than guns do.
In saying that a lot of countries have guns and don’t have the same problem with mass shootings. What the US has is a cultural problem in terms of your relationship with guns and violence. Unfortunately, doing a mass shooting is now a normalised way to deal with your problems. Not all of you, obviously. But enough of you that it’s gotten completely out of control. In Australia I don’t think it was just the banning of guns that has reduced mass shootings. We have a culture in Australia of ‘don’t be a dickhead’. I think when we had our mass shooting we all collectively just said yeah nah mass shootings are next level dickhead behaviour.
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 8 months ago
SCB@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You’re never going to fight in a revolution, and if you did you’d lose because you’re not a good fighter.
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 7 months ago
This mindset is the primary reason we live in this world
SCB@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’d be the guy you’re fighting a revolution against, so that’s great to hear.
I don’t want to tear my government asunder. I want to fix the few broken cogs in the machine.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Revolutions are fought with torches, pitchforks and guillotines.
Guns are far from necessary.
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 8 months ago
They had guns in 1789. That was the main reason they took the Bastille. Everything changed after that day
cedarmesa@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is quite grandiose yea? I for one want to thank you for being a brave warrior for freedom whilst youre leaving panera at the strip mall.
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 8 months ago
I’m french, we do not laugh about these things
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So, do you have a hunting or an sporting shoot license for your guns? France laws are the same as the rest of the EU, guns are very controlled, people in Europe don’t talk about guns as a means of revolution against the government. Unless you meant you’re french in the way 'Muricas say they’re Italian or Irish, i.e. they have a great grandfather that once passed through that country.
MudSkipperKisser@lemmy.world 8 months ago
American here. This is sadly very true and I find it unbelievably distressing. For me, after Sandy Hook happened (the mass shooting of over 20 elementary school aged children) and nothing changed, it became clear nothing would ever change. And I feel completely helpless about it. I used to be highly opposed to having a gun in my home but it’s gotten so bad that I’m starting to consider getting one for our safety…which pisses me the fuck off because then I feel like I’m forced to be part of the problem. I went to a big trick or treating Halloween event last weekend in a major part of town with lots of kids and adults, and in the back of my head I definitely had a little fear that this would be the kind of thing that would get shot up these days. It’s so far out of control, it’s so disgusting.
Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I actually don’t blame you because I would feel the same way if I lived in America. I hate guns, but would feel the need to have a gun if I lived there. It seems like such a cycle of mutually assured destruction that just keeps escalating out of control.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Yeah indeed.
But if you require a gun to feel safe in your own country / home, you live in a shithole.
Cringe2793@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t think they’re denying they live in a shithole. It’s just that there’s no easy way out.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 8 months ago
I feel sorry that your home (town) feels so unsafe, I don’t know how you (as a people/country) get somewhere back to ‘normal’
Psychodelic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My reaction was, instead of feeling hopeless, I’ve started to call for abolishing the Second Amendment. I’m done trying to compromise with people that care more about guns than children.