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Michael Moore calls
for repeal of “ancient” and “outdated” Second Amendment
Well, there's not much that Michael Moore says with which I
can agree. He's often a big fool.
But here he is completely correct.
And few Trumpites seem even to understand why.
In the 18th century, standing armies were regarded as a
costly excess.
That's why well-regulated militias existed. That's also why
mercenaries like the Hessians were available for hire to states like Britain as
needed.
And that is what the Second Amendment is about. Nothing
else. It has nothing to do with the possible tyranny of your own government.
That’s a modern fable.
In any event, it should be apparent that all national
arrangements have reversed over the last couple of centuries. Modern nations
have completely changed the way things are organized compared to the 18th
century.
Large standing armies are everywhere, and that of the US is
a Frankenstein, and America's organized military includes a monstrous National
Guard and reserves.
There is no such thing as the 18th century concept of a
militia anymore. It is completely irrelevant.
And this complete change over time makes the argument about
"fighting tyranny" all the more ridiculous.
It truly is Monty Pythonesque to speak of opposing tyranny
in the US with arms, a bit like saying a bunch of farmers with rifles and
shotguns could have opposed the Third Reich, only in view of the nature of
modern armies and weapons, it is even sillier than that.
The US has become an imperial monstrosity, and only fools
even talk of challenging it internally.
The mouse that roared. A dangerous and rather demented mouse
at that.
But, of course, the silly tyranny stuff is only an excuse
for the gun-mad set.
The real drive of the gun-mad set is more closely related to
America’s terrible racial history and its continued reverberations. And the
highly aggressive, paranoid attitudes displayed are just what a massive military
such as America’s encourages with its continuous intake of young men for killer-training
and its endless march through imperial wars against non-existent “enemies.”
