[ExI] ccp struggles

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 at 07:55, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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> >…You think that there would have been millions of murders in America if
> there were no “right to bear arms”??
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> There would have been hundreds of millions.
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> We would never have had the War of 1812.  It would be the War of 1795, and
> the British would have won.  We would be subjects of the queen today,
> bowing and meekly paying any tax she wished to dictate to us.
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> >…Why is America so different to other countries in this regard?
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> America was born out of overthrowing tyranny.  It is in our DNA.  That’s
> why we don’t have runaway government power here.
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> When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.  When the
> government fears the people, there is liberty.
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> Which do you prefer?  Me too.
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I don’t think that the main reason the US Government is not a tyranny is
that they are afraid you have have a gun. If it were the case, why is the
US different to other stable non-tyrannies where citizens lack guns?

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Stathis Papaioannou
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