Basman

Most of human history btw. Genocide is the norm, not the exception when you lose an existential war. The notion of Native Americans as halpless victims is a political narrative central to Native American activism. And activism because war is untenable for them. Its their only viable option. They fought till they physically no longer could (plus many Americans feel bad for them). They aren't a death cult like many Palestinians are. It's not incorrect that they are victims, but moreso in the sense of being victims of losing a war. Settlers didn't have the option of leaving and Native Americans weren't going to give up their territory. It was a conflict that could only be solved through war and genocide and the Natives simply lost. Its ugly, but that's human history in just about every country in the world.

If America became authoritarian, most people's lives would probably not change significantly. You would live normally and probably actually think less about politics due to there being less news. Just can't criticize the government too much. I don't think such a situation would inspire many to rebel and "take up arms" in my opinion.

I don't think Americans would be all that unified against an authoritarian regime if it came to power if many of them percieve it as more legimitimate and American than what we have now. Or just don't care. You have already people who are in support of ICE rounding up illegals and shooting lib protesters. Purging them in camps would be like setting things straight. Plus, an authoriarian regime would clamp down on the press because its better then that people don't think about politics. You might not even know about any purges going on. I think a civil war would be fought by a minority against the rest of the country + the military. But I could be wrong.

The American fantasy of needing to combat an authoritarian takeover is funny because a lot of Americans would probably support it and see it as more legitimate than the current order if it where to happen. Trump's authoritarian and a sizable portion of Americans support Trump. People are at an all time distrust of the government. Why would they fight and die for it?

You will just import guns if your at that point of civil unrest like every other civil war across the world has. Even as is, rebels would still want to import bombs, drones, machine guns, ammo, etc. The Mexican cartel will run a gambit. Point is, I think the militia justification is an outdated idea. Preparing for civil war is schizo.

They probably could have gone the terrorist route is my point. Terrorism is just a strategy. And it was a war. They just lost and got genocided. They had no qualms about genociding their enemies themselves, make no mistake. Whitewashing Native Americans is cringe propaganda. It's funny, because people have no issue remembering that the Aztecs where brutal but when it comes North-American Natives its controversial to say they where anything but peace loving hapless victims, despite Aztecs also being Native Americans and one of their biggest cultures at that. Of course because the South-American genocides where Spanish and not political to Americans. White guilt is real brah.

Americans have no chance at beating the military. It's a pipedream that they can meaningfully resist. At best they can hope to outlast the military till it exhausts itself politically. Guerilla tactics has outlasted the US military before, but no American wants to pay that cost realistically. Nobody wants to be at the tail end of an MQ-1 Predator. You can't see it, but it can see you. Strong institutions are much more meaningful at curbing government corruption by a longshot. And the US already has some of the strongest institutions in the world. Americans are just being dumb.

I think the 2nd amendment is kinda outdated. We don't need militias anymore, private people, to run security and we haven't had to for over a century. The whole stipulation is centered around the necessity of militias, if I'm interpreting it correctly. People interpret it as a blank right to own guns with no stipulation or purpose. But guns are part of American identity, which is why its not going to change much. Other countries have very little hang ups over banning guns in contrast if they serve no functional need. The monkey, the man, then the gun.

They both a squashed people. Native Americans have been at war with Americans till the early 20th century. They had to take their kids hostage at schools and militarilly quarter them into reserves to squash them. I believe it was Hamas that invented the terrorist playbook. Suicide bombing, hijacking, etc. Native Americans had raids and guerilla tactics till fighting became unfeasable. Palestinians seem much more fanatical in comparison.

In Europe, you have two types of greens. University kids who are all idealistic and shit and middle-aged people who live in boat houses and run sea shell shops/artsy bars. The latter are really chill and warm people.

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Native Americans didn't go crazy terrorist when they got squashed. Weren't that many planes back then I guess.

You can makeup any fact and twist things to justify your position.

How so?

Your propaganda bores me