re: #68 Iron Fist

But mankind wasn’t equal at its inception, nor made equal with the doctrine of Darwin and evolution (indeed, some of us are more evolved than others). It is said that Sam Colt made man equal, and there’s a lot of truth to that.

I would argue that Colt made men free. Freedom isn’t just a bunch of words on a scrap of paper. Freedom is only real if the people who consider themselves free have the arms and will to defend that freedom. Without that, some words on a scrap of paper 200+ years ago is effectively meaningless, because an oppressor with the will to enslave and the arms to impose slavery will ultimately enslave the “free” pacifists who believe themselves too good to fight for their own freedom.

“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!”
- Benjamin Franklin