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Corruption (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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So the richest man in the world spent $130 million to elect Donald Trump. Now he's being put in charge of a "government efficiency" agency while controlling corporations with billions in government contracts that are also under federal investigations. See how this works?
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

As a 2A advocate, I've recently considered buying my first gun. I don't own one mostly because I have young kids and I don't want to risk them playing with it and getting hurt, but there have also been a some incidents where people got shot due to road rage, and it would be nice to have an option to defend myself.

That said, regardless of how many or what kinds of guns I end up owning, there's no way I'm using them against the government, there's zero chance that ends well for anyone.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can't have a democracy if you can't hold it accountable. Violence is the last option, of course. But it must be an option in the face of the threat of more violence. Fascists will always exploit this weakness in liberalism.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Sure, and if I felt we were actually facing a fascist takeover, I'd reconsider my options (and probably move elsewhere). But I don't, I'm more worried about the crazies on the roads that got something messed up from COVID or something and are taking it out on drivers.

    Trump is certainly going to mess some stuff up that I care about, but I believe he'll leave in 4 years and we'll have another idiot in power, but hopefully one that brings us forward and undoes some of Trump's mess.

    We're not going to see concentration camps or death squads, so a gun won't be helpful there. I'm far more worried about random crazies getting more bold and threatening my family.

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