Yes defend yourself from the government 😆 name 1x that has ever been successful. Not to mention the National Guard being deployed in every major cities based on how they voted. And ICE roaming around harassing citizens arresting people at random. The adoption of the Chinese style surveillance state using AI.
Why Critics Reject That Characterization
Legal experts, law enforcement officials, and land management agencies view the incident very differently:
No Legal "Right" Was Established: Federal agents withdrew not because pointing firearms at law enforcement was ruled legal, but as a deliberate de-escalation tactic to avoid a mass-casualty event like the 1990s standoffs at Ruby Ridge or Waco.
The Bundy Ranch standoff stands as a clear example of armed citizens using force to compel federal agents to stand down on the ground. However, its legal victory was the result of a botched prosecution rather than a judicial ruling that armed resistance to court orders is legally protected.
Individually it’s pretty hopeless to defend against the govt (and nearly so for even hiding from it).
That said, collectively if there was a big enough event & was something which united large swaths against the govt … it’d be pretty hopeless for the govt. Even
the US military would get overwhelmed if the percent of the population was big enough.
What would really impede the success of an
(armed) revolt isn’t govt firepower, but its
surveillance apparatus. It’ll get stopped before it hits critical mass.
1776 the American Revolution, the men who revolted were among the wealthiest and most comfortable people in the colonies. What kind of revolution was it, anyway? Was it really to secure freedom, democracy, for all Americans?
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u/JurboVolvo Jul 28 '26
😆 you know pure freedom except a few things.