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ProfessorPlum

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7. That's kind of a weird contradiction

Reply to mia (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 01:40 PM

Jul 2015

Arming people to the teeth is a weird strategy for the overlords - but on the other hand, I guess they figure that those arms will never be turned on them - that the people can be made to use them against each other easily enough, and that if they ever do turn to the powerful, they will have alternatives (the military, other weapons) that will make firearms not effective in an uprising.

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What is the conservative end game? The slavers are still with us [View all] ProfessorPlum Jul 2015 OP

Big big K&R!-nt Anansi1171 Jul 2015 #1

I think it's wrong to assume they have an endgame in mind. jeff47 Jul 2015 #2

I disagree ProfessorPlum Jul 2015 #5

The resulting problems are all burdens on the little people. Leaving us less time and resources GoneFishin Jul 2015 #9

To crush the middle class into an underclass which will do as they are told if they want to eat. GoneFishin Jul 2015 #3

Exactly. And, now, Jeb Bush demonstrates our reward by commanding the plebes to ProfessorPlum Jul 2015 #6

Their propaganda and promotion of assault weapons is turning our youth into assassins. mia Jul 2015 #4

That's kind of a weird contradiction ProfessorPlum Jul 2015 #7

History is on their side. Octafish Jul 2015 #8