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Catfishman, the issue is that of the will. Note that the USSR collapsed from an absence of will, not from the demands of an armed populace. We do not know whether or not the Jews of Germany would have had the will to use firearms on Krystallnacht.
But Marko was pointing out the interrelationships among individuals, I think, more than the relationship between the populace and the government.
If you want my money, you must somehow persuade me with a sales pitch, or try to use force. A gun enables my resistance to your force.
Civilization is about buying and selling, not mugging.
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