giantripdrop

I agree with you and would say the same thing to my Trump supporting colleagues about Bernie in particular, circa 2016:

“I get it you hate socialism, and Bernie is going to turn us into Venezuela or whatever, but do you really believe that is his intent? Or do you believe, as wrong as he may be, that he thinks he’s doing the right thing and trying to help people.”

Most would always agree, that although he is wrong and a communist fascist socialist dope, he is earnest.

But back to the paradoxical supporters of Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders, I think the genuineness is a big draw, but the politics are not completely incompatible… they both agreed on one big thing in different ways… Ron Paul wanted to audit the Fed, Bernie wanted to tax billionaires. They both were going after the masters of the universe pockets.

This was always my problem with the “2a saves us from tyranny” people. Hypothetically, if I’m driving my car and I get boxed by armed masked men, I’m letting some rounds off. Legally, you don’t know who these people are and they don’t have any right to detain you, to search you without a warrant, you fear for your life, etc.

But Realistically, I end up dead. My family probably gets hunted down. It’s similar to state sponsored rights violations and owning a firearm doesnt do shit.