Did not Mao-tse-Tung say that “power comes from the barrel of a gun”?
“Did not Mao-tse-Tung say that “power comes from the barrel of a gun”?”
Yes he did, but he didn’t tell the whole story - power comes from the WILL to use that gun, or whatever you have at your disposal. Without the WILL to use it the gun is useless.
So “will” comes first in the pursuit of power. Means are also nececessay, but as the old saying goes “where there is a will, there is a way”. It’s absolutely true.
That’s why, even though conservatives are armed to the teeth, the unarmed leftists are wiping the floor with us in this culture war. We have the means but not the will or conviction to use them. They have the will and conviction... and find many ways to impose it.