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Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Don’t forget that laws of physics don’t prevent that from happening. Think about it this way: if you’re being left behind to starve and die, what do you have to lose?

All of these advanced death machines need equally advanced supply lines and staging grounds, both of which would run through civilian populations. Look at Afghanistan as an example: with all the might of its war machine the US couldn’t kick the Taliban out, who we love to tout as fighting with sticks and stones.

In fact the only issue stopping a worker’s revolution in the US is the lack of organization. The technology factor is really small in comparison to the inherent asymmetry of the situation.

The last few years have proven that it is quite trivial to take out a high value target with a drone.

The fact that it isn’t routine is a testament to how accepting people are of the status quo.

They told musk electric cars are a pipedream too