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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I mean you could remove the "minorities" from the post and it would be just as accurate.

An armed population is harder to oppress.

Look how dictatorship 101 starts with removing any easy ways for the people to defend themselves.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago

What are you talking about? All those idiot gun nuts who voted for trump are oppressed as shit. They have them around their finger, no matter how many guns they have. In fact they use their gun ownership to feed the cycle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Unless you go full Syria on your government, the oppression will continue as usual.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That's true, but one of the biggest hallmarks of fascism is framing a minority population (or several) as the villains responsible for all that ails the nation, and often times there's no one to stand up for them save for themselves, ultimately resulting in that old addage:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

If you're a minority and no one will protect you, it's important to consider what means you might have of protecting yourself, and other minorities. If you're willing to stand up for one another, their safety is yours, and yours is theirs.

You're definitely not wrong though. I just think it's perhaps especially important for vulnerable populations