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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

      one thing I think people dont consider enough when looking at eg the ability of the Taliban to resist US force, or the Viet Cong, or whatever, in the context of the value of small arms is that the US did not adopt the tactic of "kill everyone until the fighting stops"

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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

      yes the US did all sorts of horrible things in these wars and I dont mean to downplay that, only put it in perspective those horrible things tended to be exceptions or edge cases rather than part of a systematic effort to kill everyone until resistance ended

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    3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

      anyway while yes its true it would have been impossible for the US to adopt such measures in the current environment for a variety of reasons theres no reason to expect that constraint to hold forever in all cases

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

      so if your plan for revolution or resistance or whatever relies on guerilla warfare to bleed out an external force this might be worth considering

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        2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

          i should also be clear i am not arguing /for/ a kill everyone strategy. i think it is abominable. but many disagree and they might be able to enact their preferences sooner or later

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        3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

          pic.twitter.com/4SHr0rqC7D

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        4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

          to be extremely extremely clear this is something I hope im wrong about but it might be worth considering what the likelihood of it not being wrong is if this is something important to you idk glhf

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        5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

          eigenrobot Retweeted Evil (Political) Scientist

          political scientist who specialized in a related field hmm also note "kill everyone" only gets easier with certain tech advances I am reluctant to name but you can probably easily imaginehttps://twitter.com/knrd_z/status/1420567263388778500?s=19 …

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          Evil (Political) Scientist @knrd_z
          Replying to @eigenrobot
          I believe there's actually some consensus now that a 'kill them all' counterinsurgent strategy is very effective. US suffered because it had only irregular 'indiscriminate' killing (it tried to kill as selectively as possible but very difficult in foreign country)
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        6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 28

          eigenrobot Retweeted Dimitrescu-Bidenist

          good read on authoritarian counterinsurgency methodshttps://twitter.com/Joe_Adorno3/status/1420569862947184644?s=19 …

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          Dimitrescu-Bidenist @Joe_Adorno3
          Replying to @knrd_z @eigenrobot
          https://warontherocks.com/2016/02/death-solves-all-problems-the-authoritarian-counterinsurgency-toolkit/ … You both might be interested in this article from War on the Rocks. It's from 2016, but explores this idea and pulls from the literature on the subject
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        2. seagullsbutnosea‏ @seagullsbutno Jul 28
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          The thing is that for an outsider/occupier, employing high levels of force is almost certain to strengthen allegiance to guerrillas.

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        3. seagullsbutnosea‏ @seagullsbutno Jul 28
          Replying to @seagullsbutno @eigenrobot

          This isn't just a problem of optics; you need cooperation from the populace.

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        1. Bronze Age Colonel Thor 3’2” IQ 232‏ @lvelibertyislnd Jul 28
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          Yes but if it has come to that point the result really doesn’t matter does it?

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        2. Zac‏ @zacallier Jul 28
          Replying to @eigenrobot

          Civilian casualties inflicted by a military force are both harmful to the mission and to the morale of the perpetrators. There is limited utility in this approach which is evident in any lasting conflict post WW2.

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        3. Zac‏ @zacallier Jul 28
          Replying to @zacallier @eigenrobot

          How the military/police would be deployed against the population and the motivations for the uprising would be huge determinants in deciding the eventual outcome. No uprising today/near future would have a chance, hard to extrapolate decades into the future tho.

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