Gun control is predicated on the belief that private citizens cannot be trusted with firearms. That the state should have a “monopoly on violence” because it is less violent than individuals. And that firearms should be taken away from private citizens because only the state is responsible enough to handle them.
On this episode of the Resistance Library Podcast, Dan and Sam discuss the problem with this and the concept of “democide.” Democide is the murder of any person or people by their government.
States are statistically far more violent than individuals. After all, in the 20th century alone, 262 MILLION people died at the hands of their own governments.
Democide is an important concept, as it is more expansive than the better-known term genocide. While the largest genocide in history is widely thought to be the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler’s work pales in comparison to that of Josef Stalin or Mao Zedong. In fact, one aspect of Stalin’s terror was the “Holodomor,” the intentional mass starvation of Ukrainians, which killed over seven million victims in less than two years (compared to six million Jews over the four years of the Holocaust).
Democide might be a practice as old as time, as mentioned above it reached new depths in the 20th century. This is when warfare became mechanized and, as pointed out by anarchist philosopher Hans-Hermann Hoppe, war shifted from being about property disputes over pieces of land into ideological crusades. Democracy vs. monarchy or liberalism and communism vs. fascism are great examples of this.
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If anybody is paying attention, what’s going on now should show people they should never give up their guns. Not the police or anybody else is going to save you. I doubt this rioting will leave the blue states/cities. But if it does, there will be blood in the streets. Normal people don’t put up with lawlessness. Since the police are AWOL, the people are taking it upon themselves to protect their lives, families and businesses, as it should be.
Gun sales are up 80% according to one story I saw.
And I bet it will go higher. I’m about to add more myself.
I believe the majority of firearm owners will not give up their firearms,without at least fighting to the bitter end and taking some with them during “relocation”.
After all, what do you have to lose? You can at least take some out if you go down. It will take out some that may come after your sons, daughters and grandchildren.
By the way, better get some walkie-talkies or CBs because taking out cell phone towers may become imperative since that’s how they communicate.
It is also how they track almost every one of us.
Not me. I don’t have a cell phone. I’m not conforming.
They will get control of all the blue states and cities first, then they can focus on anything smacking of conservative “Fascists”. Never mind that nobody knows what Fascism means.
There are blue cities in red states. And both red and blue seem to have little respect for the rights and liberties of the bill-payers if their authority is questioned or threatened.
I said blue cities, left out red on purpose. Red usually denotes Liberal Republican majorities but they have enough conservative people to slow down surrender to Antifa/blm commie rioters, so they will wait until the obviously blue states are secured.
When Reagan won the presidency, the map was almost solid blue. It was shortly thereafter that the media changed democrats from red to blue. Red is the color of communism and the dems did not like the public to so easily see their true colors. It was about controlling the narrative and changing the meaning of words/symbols.
1 individual with a gun is a concern. 1000 individuals with guns is an even bigger concern. Somehow granting sovereign immunity to and arming 100,000 individuals and calling them “government” isn’t a concern.
The logic of those who blindly support government power.