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[–]tomatosplat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The militias dont matter. They cant do anything. The military is not nearly as strong as people think it is. Big tech is the clincher.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Do you mean the military or militias are not as strong as people think it is?

[–]tomatosplat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's what I said. The military is at the mercy of tech companies, no matter how many stop-gaps they have in place.

And if these militias think they're going to all the sudden go toe-to-toe with helicopter gunships because they have a few .223s, they're wrong.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What do the tech companies have that the military/militias don't that make them a worse foe?

[–]tomatosplat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Complete control, or at least a back door into all software that the military uses for communications. The military has an ENORMOUS budget however, and spends a lot to prevent this. But, the name of the game is intelligence, and international trade of technologies makes it a constant struggle for corporations; much more so for militaries around the world.