• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      10 hours ago

      Armed minorities are harder to oppress.

      Organized armed minorities make governments afraid.

      Make no mistake, this is yet another message, “we do not care about you or your struggles”. Listen when they tell you they won’t protect you.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”