@Zergling_man @LukeAlmighty @beardalaxy @heavens_feel an amusing side effect of the second amendment is uhhh

standing armies were a key part of how abusive finance worked too. they literally created entire poll tax schemes in europe solely to pawn the king's army maintenance on to the peasants

that happens in the usa too now where like, you literally can't wallet vote out amazon or goober because every big tech has DOD contracts and you're robbed at gunpoint to finance them through these