Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US?
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 month agoIf they can afford a gun they likely have one, but rather than forming sects and training it seems like the moral thing to do, causing the least amount of harm to anybody, is wait for the enemy to attack first, if they do attack.
Joining a small militant group or ecoterrorism sect not only brings personal risks but also runs the risk of harming innocents, and being manipulated by other interested parties who would like to see destruction on American shores.
BlueMacaw@lemmy.world 1 month ago
When you say wait for the enemy to attack, how will you defend your community in that eventuality if you haven’t trained to do so?
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My “community” is the enemy who might attack me. Our dumb fuck neighbors voted a fascist in, and they’re not any more or less trained than I am.
BlueMacaw@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Your community in this case doesn’t mean your neighborhood. Your community means the people who you identify with and/or care about. If you truly believe that your neighbors are on the cusp of becoming death squads who are ready to gun down all the [insert your people] in town, it might be a good idea to have your friends know that the plan is to meet up at someone’s place that is more defensible. Or to get to the least mobile person. Or to get in a car with a particular destination in mind. Whatever your plan is, if the enemy is armed, it might be a good idea to also be armed.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My people are them. We’re our own enemy. Idk how you could possibly fail to see how life is in the USA, to instead think it is like isolated minority sects or a bunch of fantasy guilds or some wack shit like that.
You cannot tell the ones deserving to die from the ignorant buffoons. There is no effective training to fight “the other ones”. There is no preemptive strike in good conscience. There is no guarantee of any violence on American shores unless we create it ourselves. More and more and more people will go hungry and cold in the streets for decades and it might still never devolve to the point of “death squads”.
So speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.