I mean, this weird "US is the best at democracy" thing is just nonsense. The US is, at best, adequate at modern democracy
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(Many dictators in modern times have been voted in, an armed populace does nothing to prevent tyrants they aren't that dumb)
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Of course. Hitler was famously pro-gun ownership, except for the Jews. The USSR only disarmed its political opponents
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Also, do you really think that the civilian populace armed with (mostly) hunting rifles and shitty pistols would win against the US army?
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That's all lovely but you still honestly think that a bunch of civilians with small arms would win against the US military?
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I'm not saying that a US dictatorship is LIKELY. Just that some normal people armed with hunting rifles wouldn't do much against a tank
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Absolutely. And unless the entire populace banded together against the US military, I'd bet on the army.
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