Spartan » 21 Jun 2022, 9:55 am » wrote: ↑
In studying past incidents from history we know that, inevitably, when an insurgency forms, it is a very small percentage of the population that chooses to engage in direct action against the enemy. It is only over time, as the insurgency's successes lead to more draconian crackdowns by the already totalitarian government, that larger percentages of the population become sympathetic to the cause.
sometimes that is the case. Other times, villages are already opposed to some standing army in their borders, and they support rebels.. hiding them, supplying them, informing them. Look up Vichy French resistance For example.
Combatants are just one wing of resistance that comes in many forms.
just cuz I nitpick you doesn’t mean I don’t agree that owning firearms is essential for self defense and absolutely mandatory if there is ever civil war