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Fascists aren't smart.
That's why fascism always ends up failing and fascists always end up swinging.
The two biggest examples of fascism in history - Mussolini's Italy and Nazi Germany - went down because they were defeated militarily by a much stronger power, the United States. I suppose you could blame Hitler's and Mussolini's stupidity directly for picking a fight with that much stronger power, but if you're thinking this trend does not bode well for the current fascists, who is the much stronger military power that they're going to stupidly pick a fight with and be defeated by? Hitler and Mussolini were absolutely never defeated by internal resistance, even in the face of obvious military catastrophe and around-the-clock bombing of civilian populations.
Americans have a lot of guns.
These fascists are stupid enough that they're going to significantly degrade the quality of life of their own supporters, many of whom have guns. I know it'll take serious suffering before a MAGAt realizes their mistake, but everyone has a line. I've been seeing some pretty angry conservatives who lost their federal jobs and aren't too happy with Daddy Trump anymore. That trend is only going to continue.
And I doubt they'd be much smarter in warfare. Big military, but size doesn't always matter if you're too stupid to shift your weight properly.
And also, the people have closets full of guns right now but give it a year or two of hard times and I bet a whole lot of guns are on the market.