[ExI] ring of truth

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 11:37, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] ring of truth
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> On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 10:45, Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <
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> OTOH, you may have noticed the only shops not being destroyed were
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> >…I didn’t notice that, but what I was asking was if the mobs decided to
> assert their “second amendment rights” on the grounds that they were
> forming a militia to protect themselves from the authoritarian state. What
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> The authoritarian state isn’t out there rioting, looting and burning.  The
> militia is there to maintain law and order in the event that the police
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I thought you said previously that the militia was there to protect the
people from government going bad. (I admit, I had previously assumed the
guns were for hunting and to scare off burglars.)

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Stathis Papaioannou
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