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[–] zd9@lemmy.world 71 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

In reality, the starving monkeys would kill the shit out of that monkey and take all his bananas to share with everyone else.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

We shouldn't have invented weapons ☹️

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

A billionaire can't hold a million AK47s. A million people can though.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not yet. I think they're desperately working on it right now.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The population of the United States is over 300 million. If we lose to the robots that can't even load a dishwasher it's gonna be really embarrassing.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Never get involved in a land war in Asia is a known truism, thanks to the frigid Siberian winter and the mud season. Except there are plenty of historical examples of the Russian steppes being conquered, usually when there is a lot of internal strife between the factions there. A lot of the time they don't really get a long.

And so it is with the US. The people here are struggling to get organized, and I still point to the massive far-right propaganda machine that dominates social media and television viewership that is telling us that our marginalized groups are the cause of all their woes. I want to believe we're smartening up what with rising prices and illegal wars and the blatant corruption of the political and ownership classes. But much effort has gone into keeping the common white American really ignorant and stupid.

I think they're going to try to do it with a large human paramilitary force, such as with ICE, and with the help of the surveillance state. For now they're coming for the immigrants. Then the disabled. And then the protestors and then the Democrats.

I really hope we catch on before it's too late.

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

ICE has received more funding than many other countries' entire militaries. Palantir, Anduril, Shield AI, and others are all owned and controlled by the tech fascists trying to collapse the United States and rebuild as Network State monarchies.

If this situation ever ends, it's not going to end peacefully.

[–] kadotux@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well do you know what happened between Australians and emus?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's called the Taint.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

And it only takes a single bullet

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

AK47? What kind of garbage platform is that? Maybe M-16 or M-4

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I used the AK47 knowing it would bait gun nerds.

There is a reason the AK47 is a symbol of revolution for those that dare to resist imperialism. The AK47 is significantly more reliable and easier to maintain than either of those weapons. In guerilla warfare it is far far superior to either of those weapons. The AK47 keeps firing when it's covered in dirt. The same cannot be said of the M-16 or M-4.

You're essentially saying that reaper drones are superior to the Shahed drones. Yes. On paper. But it's not about one weapon going head to head with another. It's about what is actually best for winning the fight.

Iran has proven that high maintenance and high tolerance weapons with massive firepower and features will quickly become inferior to the easy to manufacture Shaheds that are essentially flying on a lawn mower engine.

Not to mention the countless resistance forces that defeated the American military with the AK47 as its flagship weapon of combat.

Edit: Shahed not shaded. Autocorrect.

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure it depends on what the conflict is, who's fighting it, what the logistics and infrastructure looks like, etc. As a symbol, sure AK47. However in reference to America in this thread, actually an AR-15 type rifle would probably be the best symbol.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Absolutely. Definitely less AK47s in the US sitting around. I just knew a gun nerd would come along and I appreciate the conversation.

[–] petersr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A billionaire can hire a million people to hold those AK47s.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

If those people are provided for by their community and able to live a stable life within it, why would they ever accept a position to harm that community and disenfranchise it of its resources?

For them to be hired they must first be destitute enough to consider abandoning their solidarity for the possibility of stability.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Can we point them at the billionaire?

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

Anything can be a weapon if you have enough imagination... including bananas.

[–] stumpelrilzchen@feddit.org 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Don't worry! If only the other monkeys allow that one monkey to own and monopolise all the banana trees, eventually some of the bananas will come trickling down to them... in the form of ~~ape~~ monkey piss.

//Edit: terminological correction

[–] bloogoose@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The monkeys would kill the hoarder and take the bananas...

[–] feetandballs@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It would never happen because as soon as they take a little too much, they'd be kicked out of the troop. Like with everything else, overpopulation is a big part of the problem here. A human troop kicking you out doesn't have huge consequences like it did when we lived in groups of 150 or so.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Overpopulation is a eugenics myth. Stop spreading it.

The problem is our economic and political systems incentivize the hoarding of resources behind private ownership in order to leverage access to them in return for status and power.

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[–] belunos@lemmus.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Trickle down something I dunno I wasn't paying attention

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bananas rapidly devalue the longer they are held, cash stored in a bank or pretty much anywhere else increases in value

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

No, cash doesn't. That's the one benefit of inflation. It causes cash to lose its value over time. It encourages people to invest. But the wealthy don't horde cash, they horde ownership and I'm sure that's basically what you meant.

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