• RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world
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    Well that’s a dumb myth. Even with a heavily armed guard, they could not fight 100 people and win in almost any situation.

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      That isn’t the point. The point is that a single heavily armed guard is enough to deter a hundred people from even trying to fight until they are desperate.

      The point is that, even though those hundred people would win a fight, and even if they know it themselves, those hundred people are individuals. Unless they are desperate, none of those individuals are willing to stick their neck out to fight.

      We see this in prisons. We saw this under slavery. We saw this in concentration camps. A few armed people are sufficient to suppress lots of unarmed people. Sometimes the unarmed revolt, and when they do, they often succeed if they are willing to take massive casualties. That doesn’t change the fact that they rarely try to revolt in the first place.

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      It isn’t important. A guard can be non-armed except for a club. Slaves won’t attack. Because they are slaves.

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        1 day ago

        I mean, slave revolts have happened numerous times in history. I think you need to educate yourself more on this.

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          Yes, and between those revolts, there were NO revolts for very long periods of time.

          I don’t say that revolts are impossible, I say that they are rare and happen only under very special circumstances. If slave revolts were norm, then slavery wasn’t a thing ever, because guards were always in the minority.

          I think you need to educate yourself more on this.

          And I think that you don’t think.