Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,323,516
@1,323,443 (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
What I wonder is, school shootings were basically unheard of until about 25 years ago. Guns existed 25 years ago. In fact, it was actually easier to get them back then.
So why has this problem only recently come into existence??
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,323,520
@1,323,443 (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
If cops were the only ones that had guns then these kids would end up living in an authoritarian state deprived of the few rights they've been fortunate enough to inherit now.
Dana joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,323,521
@previous (E)
Plenty of countries do not have citizens owning guns like the US, and they are hardly "authoritarian states deprived of the few rights they've been fortunate enough to inherit now."
Dana replied with this 1 year ago, 5 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,323,523
@previous (E)
Alright, then could you please explain how, say, England is an authoritarian nightmare? France? Spain? Italy? Canada? I've been to all those places, and they are perfectly free and happy.
Anonymous E replied with this 1 year ago, 12 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,323,524
@previous (Dana)
England has a hereditary class structure that officially states some are born higher than others. The upper house of their legislature isn't voted on at all.
Not to say that it looks like a dystopian movie on the streets, but authoritarianism is often banal. Anyone who seriously challenged the system would be imprisoned or killed.
Anonymous E replied with this 1 year ago, 12 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,323,606
@1,323,603 (H)
The monarch can and does appoint new lords, and the theocratic beaurocracy known as the Church of England appoints some lords in a process that doesn't even pretend to be democratic. Some peerages are hereditary as well.
Any form of monarchy is authoritarian. If the brits were strapped the country would be a republic, but violence is monopolized by the crown.