That's actually where democracy came from. When guns came along, it became extremely cheap and easy to turn every random peasant into a soldier. This meant that you essentially always had to have the will of the people on your side.

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Not necessarily. Prussia managed to be “an army with a country” and be despotic

[–] Justfollowingorders1@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I guess hypothetically it doesn't take long to teach someone how to use a gun, but based on my interactions with people who refuse to touch a gun or want to destroy any current legal firearm ownership legislation - teaching them to be proficient with a firearm will be an entirely different ballgame.

[–] GoAdventureTo6665RutledgeDriveFairfaxStation@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

nerd "um, actually political power flows from the end of a voting slip, its like malcolm x said, malcolm-checks "by any ballot box necessary" "

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

I can't believe that the soviets didn't just vote Hitler out of office smh