Technology

I have a feeling, even if the World Trade Center had been completely depopulated on the morning of September 11th and the hijacked aircraft only had jihadists aboard, the event would have probably still been declared an act of terrorism.

The determination of what constitutes terrorism isn't for us normies to make. The people in power get to have that particular privilege, regardless of what we feel.

Strategic dissent is what matters. I doubt things would have been improved if targeted groups in Germany had violently rioted and smashed Mercedes, Benzs, and Volkswagens (or whatever the main rides were at the time). I mean, the Reichstag Fire was the perfect excuse to accelerate the tyranny (and it was probably an inside job!). Just the same, smashing cars probably won't endear the generally-docile public to the cause. I would say most people (i.e. the support force necessary for widespread change) don't want to be associated with violence. It might win some over, but it'll polarize others, exacerbating the situation and possibly creating Rittenhouse militias to evolve into gestapos.

Sure, once the ruling evil exists in earnest and the rule of law is declared fully dead, clandestine resistance saboteurs may be necessary, but they'll aim for strategic targets with a high gain of hurt laid upon the tyrannical regime. They won't expose themselves to frivolous targets like individual electric cars. If anything, they'll target infrastructure and try to make it look like government incompetence to incite people against those in power.

This gray time is confusing and scary, by design. Extreme action just probably won't elicit the desired effect right now. Figuring out a way to inceptually make The People attribute their various pains and grievances to the actions and personalities in power should be the goal.

Maybe we can all give Trump all our money and he’ll just go away! Yay!

Pretty sure property damage is one of the options to attack a tyrannical government. Assassinations too. At least its options people have used, not sure exactly how effective it was but the nazis lost in the end.

Do John wick style bullet proof suits actually exist (and work)?

Sounds about right, yeah.

In all seriousness microwaves are the #1 leading cause of death for hobby electronics people, be careful around them and know what you're doing before you open it.

It's quite dangerous, the magnetron can kill very easily. There's this youtuber called styropyro who's done some really cool stuff with them though