Post #154
The armed citizen is no longer the relevant unit of force
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Right now, the average interested autism-American with a cumulative $10k invested has technical parity with all but the elite individual soldiers fielded by the US military. Imagine a team of somewhat disciplined guys with full NVGs, M855A (or even M855A1) Ammunition, smoke grenades, and body armor getting in a fight with the local police force. It’s very likely the militia-types would win, at least initially.
But the 2020s do not reflect the conditions of the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921
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Direct violence is becoming secondary to the control of information, the control of high technology, and the exploitation of information asymmetry.
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technological development has rendered the gun an ineffective tool for demanding redress from a recalcitrant government.
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https://substack.com/home/post/p-209879372
Interesting question: What _are_ the relevant units of force today ?