I think what you are not considering is the legions of chuds who have been wanking to Glenn Beck for a decade and have rifles and go bags all set up. The right has the full backing of the most extensive military on earth and a few hundred thousand “patriots” who will literally fight to the death to protect the status quo. We are outnumbered, outgunned, and cannot participate in asymmetrical warfare, because we are outnumbered there too. It’s not like Vietnam where a formal army is fighting guerillas 1000 miles away. It’s a formal army, guerillas, an elaborate spying network, the CIA, and a police state against 10,000 of us with guns we bought at the local sporting goods place. It is absolutely a pipe dream. Decades of propaganda have convinced generations of Americans that leftists are the second coming of the Nazis and they oppose us as hard as we do fascists.
I’m not saying guerilla war is good for anyone, and I’m not saying the left should be seriously considering it. What I’m saying is that literally every significant guerilla war has started with someone saying “this will be taken care of in a month.”
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a few hundred thousand “patriots” who will literally fight to the death to protect the status quo
Is an enormous exaggeration, even if there's a grain of truth. You're confusing the willingness to harm others (mostly indirectly) with a willingness to die for something. It's really easy to find people willing to pick on someone who won't fight back; it's a lot harder when there's even the possibility of significant resistance.
I think what you are not considering is the legions of chuds who have been wanking to Glenn Beck for a decade and have rifles and go bags all set up. The right has the full backing of the most extensive military on earth and a few hundred thousand “patriots” who will literally fight to the death to protect the status quo. We are outnumbered, outgunned, and cannot participate in asymmetrical warfare, because we are outnumbered there too. It’s not like Vietnam where a formal army is fighting guerillas 1000 miles away. It’s a formal army, guerillas, an elaborate spying network, the CIA, and a police state against 10,000 of us with guns we bought at the local sporting goods place. It is absolutely a pipe dream. Decades of propaganda have convinced generations of Americans that leftists are the second coming of the Nazis and they oppose us as hard as we do fascists.
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Is an enormous exaggeration, even if there's a grain of truth. You're confusing the willingness to harm others (mostly indirectly) with a willingness to die for something. It's really easy to find people willing to pick on someone who won't fight back; it's a lot harder when there's even the possibility of significant resistance.