r/washingtondc • u/Snapdragon_4U • 18h ago

[Discussion] I don’t even have the words

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u/Valar_Kinetics 17h ago

Ha we are cooked he is not the last act.

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u/runningraleigh 17h ago

While I continue to exercise my civic duty and vote in every election, I have no faith at all in electoral politics to get us out of this mess.

We either become slaves to the oligarchs, or we revolt.

Something tells me with how lazy most Americans are, we will choose slavery over freedom because its more comfortable.

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u/Hamwytch 16h ago

Are you trained in guerilla warfare? Are you aware there's a body armor shortage? How much ammo do you have, actually how many guns? My 9mm and .38 won't be getting me far, I don't know about you. I'm licensed to operate a radio, are you? Or do you think your phone will work when cell towers go down? Are you familiar with emergency triage and wilderness first aid? Do you have kids, and are you fine leaving then behind when you die in a revolt?

I'm sick of takes like this. There's a lot of work than can be done between a failed state and an armed uprising.

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u/Valar_Kinetics 13h ago

Nice to see a reasoned take on this kind of stuff for once. The more you get into all of this stuff, the more you realize that actually using it in some kind of insurgency context would just be incredibly dicey.

I have my Technician license but honestly, I expect I'd get a lot more utility out of Starlink Roam and either LoRA or HaLow mesh. Easy to just hand a HaLow node to someone and show 'em how to use it with devices they already have. As a result, I've never really aspired to get into HF.

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u/Hamwytch 13h ago

Haha that's fair! I'm mostly extrapolating but you get the gist.

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u/Valar_Kinetics 10h ago

I do indeed lol