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[–] [email protected] 36 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Did you know, chimps don't have remote killing drones, armored vehicles, or nuclear weapons.

Well human do, and its usually not the average person that have posession of those things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

How many wars the US has won since WWII?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 12 hours ago

In addition to what MattsAlt said, the people in possession of those things still rely on you and me to meet all their wants and needs. So a crucial first step before they become edible is for us to stop meeting their wants and needs. Exactly who "possesses" what starts to become a little more ambiguous when that happens.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Average military pay is like 2100/month so I guess if the dudes in charge of the nukes/drones/tanks decide to stop getting cucked by business interests it would probably be fine.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Or decide not to kill their relatives. Like in previous revolutions ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 minutes ago* (last edited 18 minutes ago)

That doesn't always happen, look at the massacres in South Korea before the end of the dictatorship.

The numbers on wikipedia are lower than actual numbers as questioning them could literally get you executed until the 90s. For example the official number for the Gwangju uprising is 165, but the city recorded an extra 2300 deaths above historical averages for May. That doesn't include thousands who were arrested, many of whom sentenced to death.

The government ordered the soldiers to shoot the protesters, and they did, and hardly anyone knows about it today.

Indonesia is also worth looking at.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

You should watch the movie Ants, it's an amazing example of why this line of reasoning doesn't hold water.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 14 hours ago

Don't have to own em, just have to get the people paid to operate them on the right side