• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You’re right. If the military comes down on a side, that side probably wins.

    You assume that a) such a hypothetical starts with the military and b) I was talking about all out war to start with.

    There’s a very large spectrum here.

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      1 year ago

      In what scenario does the military not pick sides? No matter if it’s from the get go or not.

      All out civil war? Same scenario, military gets involved? The side they’re on will be told to hide, they’ll shoot anyone walking around with a gun and it will come from the sky.

      The second amendment was written at a time when it made sense, with today’s military it doesn’t make any anymore and it achieves the opposite of what was intended, putting people in danger instead of keeping them safe.

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        1 year ago

        In the scenario where they fracture in command- most likely that’ll be a regional thing at the base level

        Politics has been more easily explained throughout American history as “north” vs “south”. In addition to the regular army, there’s all the nat guards that’ll probably go with their states.