• JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    The chuds are forming themselves into a complete militia able to react to the times

    If the framework of society collapses they'll have had good practice at subduing a population

    I hope you yankees are looking at and understanding what level of organisation theyre at and what level you need to be at or you're going to be staring into a ditch soon

    • Koa_lala [he/him]
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      I try to hammer this home too. I always get replies like "that won't happen yet", "we're not that far". American leftists should legally own a gun and know how to use it already!

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      they’ll have had good practice at subduing a population

      Stuff like this shouldn't be taken lightly, but there's still a big difference between setting up a checkpoint and subduing a population that puts up even cursory resistance. It's fun to play crossing guard until it involves getting shot at.

      • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        My point isnt that what theyre doing is effective only to point out what level of organisation they are currently at

        Ask yourself this: could you group together 5-6 people to go setup a checkpoint?

        • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          Ask yourself this: could you group together 5-6 people to go setup a checkpoint?

          How impressive is getting a few friends together to do something when there's no risk involved? It's not nothing, but the real test comes when you stand to lose something. A few people going to a protest, for example, face a far greater possibility of arrest, bodily harm, or some chud coming around threatening them than anything these guys realistically face. They're certainly not "subduing a population."

          • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            Setting up check points and stopping and searching peopleis literally the definition of subduing a population

            Look at literally any occupation force in the last 200 years and you see they use that tactic as a form of social control

            • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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              4 years ago

              "Subdue" implies resistance. If I ask you to hand me a bottle of water, and you comply, I didn't "subdue" you. Checkpoints are a part of subduing a population, but they alone aren't it, not even close. Look at Iraq or Afghanistan or Vietnam -- we did a whole hell of a lot more than checkpoints, and we still didn't effectively subdue those populations.

              Right now, this is LARPing. LARPing as paramilitary goons is still bad because that helps people get psyched up to do the real thing, but it's piss poor preparation for having to deal with even cursory resistance. It's the difference between me acting tough while I ask you to hand over that water bottle and me actually having to deal with you punching me in the face.

              • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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                4 years ago

                Lets try your analogy

                If you ask me for my bottle of water ill tell you to fuck off

                If you ask me for a bottle of water carrying an AR15 with five of your mates holding AR15s which wont let me pass to where im going ill go fuck it have it

                I have been subdued

                 transitive verb
                
                To subjugate (a region or people, for example) by military force.
                transitive verb
                To bring under control by physical force, persuasion, or other means; overcome.
                

                You guys need to quit with the "larping"

                LARP stands for live action role play where people would renact wars in an environment where everyone knows it is make believe

                If i take 5 mates out with guns and setup checkpoints...that is literally the opposite of a larp

                • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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                  4 years ago

                  How does this prepare those guys to get shot at? How does it prepare them for finding the people who would shoot at them?

                  • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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                    Dunno mate why do US army setup check points all over the countries they invade?

                    How does that prepare the US army to find the people who would shoot at them?

                    Why have people, in the last 1000 years, setup checkpoints as a form of population subjugation and warfare?

                    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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                      4 years ago

                      How does that prepare the US army to find the people who would shoot at them?

                      Does the Army do anything besides set up checkpoints?