yeather

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[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 51 minutes ago

There has never been a case where governments are able to hide technology from the people for more than a decade at a time in modern history. It might start out expensive, innovations usually do, but over time the expense drops, someone makes a quick buck selling to the masses, and all of a sudden money is meaningless.

Worst case scenario you may have to use your second amendment rights to acquire the technology for the masses, which is what it was designed for.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

If you can afford the machines and the associated power usage, yes. Though the magnets inside are what you really want and would be easier to set in place than the whole machine.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago

If someone is attacking me, I would rather take the chance of getting my gun out and ending them than trying to wrestle with them and potentially losing. If someone is attempting to kill you, I would take the great equalizer any day.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

By your second point, the situation only becomes less safe for one person, the one without a gun. Having a firearm makes you more safe against a threat without one, and no more or less safe from a threat with one.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Small arms are not inherently offensive or defensive weapons. In fact a pistol is more defensive than offensive in many circumstances. The only true offensive weapons are those that cannot be used defensively, ones that cannot discriminate against targets, for example, a grenade.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Good take until the end.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If we want to go that route, the vocal minirity of the instance ruins it for the rest of them. A few bad apples spoils the bunch. Also, it should be noted many of the .ml accounts made in the wake of thr Reddit Exodus are lurkers or have swapped instances. So yes, .ml consistently has a worse community and a worse mod team compared to other instances, and I have no desire to interact with them.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Not entirely. The concept of Germans escaping to Argentina is real, ranking party members and leaders would hide with the help of the Catholic church and make their way to neutral Spain, then take a boat to Argentina which accepted Germans and their ideals plus helped them attain new identities and jobs in the country. Mossad hunted down and assassinated many high ranking Nazis in Argentina and Spain. Operation Paperclip specifically only took German scientists, and the Russians did the same. If you could not be taken under Paperclip, you went to Argentina.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Yes, however the .ml community as a whole is trash. Good users are closer to the exception than the rule.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (6 children)

More like .ml has bad mods and community.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago
 

 

They get swapped out for M1 Abrams in the very next scene.

 
 

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