China is a dictatorship of the proleariat, shouldnt the dictators be armed?
on a more serious note, Marx and many theorists after him talked about how the proletariat being armed is a necessity, why does China has such gun laws?
China is a dictatorship of the proleariat, shouldnt the dictators be armed?
on a more serious note, Marx and many theorists after him talked about how the proletariat being armed is a necessity, why does China has such gun laws?
First of all, if the PLA is unable to defeat an invading army it is unlikely that civilians with rifles and pistols can. Secondly, if more people are needed to fight they can always be drafted into territorial defense militias and placed under the command of the PLA. Lastly, if all you are interested in is everyone having a gun when the enemy invades you can do what Zelensky did at the start of Russia’s SMO and just open the armories and start handing out AKs to every random guy on the street. But we have seen how bad of an idea that is, without discipline all you get is chaos, violence, a bunch of accidental deaths, and armed criminal gangs. You certainly don’t get any kind of combat effective force.
The idea of popular guerilla resistance gets romanticized a lot but in reality guerillas need to be highly organized and disciplined. On this topic you can read Che Guevara’s guide to guerilla warfare. You will see it is a lot more complex than your average gun toting American who fantasizes about taking on the government or an invading army like Rambo.
n i get that, but for example, in the middle ages, every guy that counted a bit was part of the lord’s militia, everyone owned their pikes and shields, and they were on call in case of an invasion, that system would be cool