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Guns don’t protect you from authoritarianism. What does protect you from authoritarianism is belief in liberal and democratic norms.
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Anonymous 2d

There is perhaps a balance

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2d

Agreed. I think guns have played a pretty important role in protecting civil rights in just the past 100 years

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2d

But OOP’s post is absurd and very out of touch

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2d

Maybe it helps but ultimately if the people with guns don’t believe in those values it doesn’t matter. What helps the most is institutions that reinforce these values.

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