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The 2A people ~~joined~~ aligned themselves with the new government perpetuating the abuse. They’re against the parts of the constitution that include rights for people they disagree with. They aren’t interested in protecting anyone, their interests are in supporting the oppression.
Yeah, the 2nd Amendment was intended to prevent exactly this, but the authors of the constitution placed far too much faith in decent and intelligent people running the government. They never foresaw the intent of the rules being corrupted and those tasked with defending the constitution instead deciding to dismantle it.
E: removed “joined” to avoid semantic debate. It is a self reinforcing loop. The political sphere courted the extremes, the extremes voted in more fringe politicians, those politicians supported the extremists. White extremism is part of the government. White extremism and right wing politics in general exploits the Second Amendment to use it as implied threat of violence to perpetuate their extremism.
Not all of us "2A people" support or tolerate fascism.
I'm not sure what you mean by "joined" the government. I'm sure many are politically or ideologically aligned a lot of the current adminstration's actions but aren't actively participating in any acts of opression. I'm sure there are many people working in government that are "2A people", and many more who would like to disarm the populate completely.
And you're flat out wrong about them not being interested in protecting anyone. They are very interested in protecting themselves. That just doesn't necessarily include the rest of us.
When they thought COVID lockdowns were a threat to their personal freedoms, they picked up their AR-15s and stormed on the statehouse in Michigan. And again... The police were disciplined, restrained, and de-escalatory in the face of an armed protest.
I don't know why you think the founders couldn't imagine abusing power in violation of the constitution. The same man who wrote "all men are created equal" said of slavery “we have the wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.” They clearly documented their knowledge that their actions were unjust but opted for political expedience.