I have a leftist friend who's a historian writing a paper on how the right is so successful at organizing and why the left sucks at it. Trying to help them gather sources. The more scholary the better.
She's particularly looking at right wing paramilitary organizations (proud boys, 3%s ect) And why the left has trouble forming their own.
Edit: question might have been a bit ambiguous, we all know a lot of the basic reasons for this, what I need is the type of thing that can be used for an academic research paper. Interesting discussion is still good though so have at it.
You still need to organize, but you honestly don't need to be an operator. Join/create a community organization. Learn first aid/CPR Help others prepare for the times ahead with food/water/medicine, etc. And for pete's sake, if you are able and willing to bear the idea of owning a firearm, at least build/buy an AR lower and begin assembling one.
An Anderson stripped lower is like $30-$40. You can buy the pieces a little at a time if you don't have a huge amount of money. You don't even need to put the upper on, but the cool zone is inching closer and closer..