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[โ€“] Corelli_III@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

that's what i think is so perplexing

modern war completely negates your individuality, i mean unless you count your individually starved ass, but uhhh the world won't

maybe if you're lucky your incineration shadow on a wall will become part of an artistic photograph

there's nothing to equalize but Americans think a glock and sunglasses mean something other than your suicide or a childhood gun accident

[โ€“] thecaptaintrout@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

It absolutely does, cogs in the meat grinder.

That said, It brings everyone down to that level.

With guns, the mightiest general can still be killed by a lucky private. In most fantasy worlds, that would be near impossible for a basic untrained person to be a threat to a skilled warrior or mage.

And you are right, in the US there are an insane amount of gun deaths from murder, suicides, and accidents. Too many of us treat them like toys or emotional support Glocks, use them to be their masculinity.