• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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      9 months ago

      Most leftists, generally yes.

      Doesn’t mean they like US style gun culture or obsessed with them. But the system leftists oppose is armed and has/will use those arms upon leftists that gain any significant amount of power.

      Arm the oppressed.

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      9 months ago

      Honestly, the “likes guns” part doesn’t work anywhere outside the US, if that. And that includes conservatives.

      Internationally I’m pretty sure “hates Trump” would absolutely be in the center, too.

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        9 months ago

        “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” - Karl Marx

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          9 months ago

          This quote applies to Marx’s time though. When armed workers would have had nearly the same arsenal as a professional military. When horse carriages and trains were the only way to move soldiers at all.

          In the age of tanks, jets and missiles, do you seriously believe workers have the slightest chance against a military? It takes a single nuke to crush a revolution that is not supported by the military.

          • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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            9 months ago

            Leftists maintain that Revolution is necessary, and the past century has shown countless guerilla victories over Imperialists with better technology using asymetrical warfare tactics. War is evolving.