| It doesn't even consider that the military is made up of, you know, Americans, who generally love their country and the values it represents. I’m sure the people of Germany never thought their fellow citizens would turn against them either. There have been plenty of examples throughout recent history where citizens turn against each other because they believed in the cause of a charismatic leader. Yeah, that's why the US completely killed it in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Mission Accomplished! And they were all funded by another superpower. Who is going to fund these rebels? The people in Waco thought they were fighting against a tyrannical government. How did that work out for them? EDIT: It doesn't even consider that the military is made up of, you know, Americans, who generally love their country and the values it represents. Plenty of people in rural Tenessee don’t see those “god hating west coast liberals who are part of the war on Christmas” as “sharing their values”. It’s only been since the early 80s that the South had to get rid of laws making non heterosexual sex illegal. How easy was it to get a bunch of people thinking that their government was being taken over by a Muslim who wanted to impose Sharia Law and get Chuck Norrus all riled up thinking that the federal government was trying to take over Texas? |
This is an interesting one, because this actually is more of an argument for 2A then you think. For one the Germans didn't turn against what they saw as their fellow citizens, they turned against a minority...and had that minority been armed...well I doubt it would have been as easy as the gestapo raiding houses in the night and putting them on a train to a camp. At least a few gestapo would have gotten some rounds in the chest for their trouble.
If anything, much like the LA riots when the police derelict of duty, chose to not protect the Korean neighborhoods, but white ones, Koreans as a minority, were able to protect themselves in the famous "roof Korean" incident. 2A if anything protects minorities (and women who are usually at a physical disadvantage from attackers and makes them equally lethal in a situation) from being targeted with outright violence, and the first gun control laws, like those in California were a direct response to minorities (e.g. black people, Black Panthers) arming themselves to protect/assert their rights.
You don't even have to go back that far in American history to see things like coal miners arming themselves against corrupt mining companies who were literally bombing citizens.
You have a short term view of human history, you assume the status quo is permanent, and its almost like the history you were talk in school or chose to read about is selective.