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That's such a bad example. Let's just look at a few differences from Taliban:

* the government controls your money and can freeze all your accounts.

* the government controls all the imports and exports. You're not going to get massive shipments of reinforcements.

* the government has all your information, where you live, where your parents live, how many kids you have, and who your friends are

* the government controls all the roads, toll booths and CC cameras. Where you're going to hide? At Yosemite? Are you going to burrow yourself in the ground and dig networks of tunnels?

You've been spoon fed this story of a militia since you were little. It's not the 1800s anymore. You can't take a gun and multiply it by 10000, and then walk into DC from Nebraska to take your freedoms back. That's a dream.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, there's school shootings, mass murders at a scale that's not found in any other country... but it's a small price to pay, because one day you'll get to play out that militia fantasy of yours, right?



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