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minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoSuper-ness and gun ownership aren’t the same thing, and don’t work the same way. When everyone is armed, everyone can kill. When nobody is armed, a subset of people can kill. The former state of affairs is more fair, and hence less likely to lead to violence.
minus-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago When everyone is armed, everyone can kill. Like if all would be Supes. Therefore equality. When nobody is armed, a subset of people can kill. A subset like Mr. Incredible against the masses of normal people. Total inequality. Regardless my stance on that topic (please see my edit on my first comment for that) I see an analogy between NRA blabla and the Syndrom quote.
Super-ness and gun ownership aren’t the same thing, and don’t work the same way.
When everyone is armed, everyone can kill.
When nobody is armed, a subset of people can kill.
The former state of affairs is more fair, and hence less likely to lead to violence.
Like if all would be Supes. Therefore equality.
A subset like Mr. Incredible against the masses of normal people. Total inequality.
Regardless my stance on that topic (please see my edit on my first comment for that) I see an analogy between NRA blabla and the Syndrom quote.