• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    The main thing to remember about authoritarians is that none have ever been documented to be impervious to small pieces of metal moving at high speed.

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      Note to self: before becoming dictator, develop natural immunity to small arms fire. Begin with BB gun?

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      surprisingly enough, they are in fact physically just like us: just meat

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      Surprisingly enough, it doesn’t really stop them from trying, it only stops individual occurrences. And if the piece of metal only grazes, it often invigorates and galvanizes them

      An additional note: for all the people who advocate this approach, very few have actually gone through with it. Perhaps it’d be more successful if all the people who advocate for it actually did it instead of trying to get other people to do it for them.