@Taco_lad that is the essence of it.

the #2A is an insurance against tyranny...

Cuz #disarmed and #defenseless citizens are trivial to #rule and terrorize!

A revolution is currently taking place in #Iran. Please be the voice of the people of Iran so that with your help their voice will reach the world. The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has severely censored people since September 16, 2022, and they are always oppressing and #killing #defenseless #people.#Mahsa_Amini #death_to_dictator
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The George Floyd Act wouldn't have saved George Floyd’s life. That says it all | Derecka Purnell

The reforms being pushed could not have even saved George Floyd’s life. We need much more than this

#Prophet #Muhammad’s “Rules of War”:

Protect #trees, #children, the #elderly, places of #worship, the #defenseless, #women, #religious #leaders, #animals, & #prisoners.

“And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a #mercy to the )world” (Qur’an 21:107).

The key theme here is *MERCY*.

Poor people are surveilled and imprisoned, monitored and fined. They are trapped within a social #panopticon that permits and encourages their constant observation. Poor people are treated presumptively as #lawbreakers, and as a result, the state approaches them in a way that leaves them #defenseless before it. To be #poor is to be almost completely lacking in the basic #civilrights associated with what an earlier generation would have called bourgeois #individualism."

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Privatizing Poverty | Kim Phillips-Fein

The poor are trapped within a social panopticon that permits and feeds on their constant observation.

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