this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2025
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[–] [email protected] 134 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Anon is slowing disarming America

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Can you imagine if that was your superpower. You just walk around and not machines, not tools, but guns specifically get disassembled in your presence.

Reminds me of a Nancy Kress story about a group of suburban terrorists who go around with a "dissambler" (nanotech) that erodes machinery in order to undermine a nanny state government that tries to keep a lid on technology. It eventually comes down to an arms race between different tech factions, and the idea of government is dissolved completely as the world descends (ascends?) into an anarchic-commune type situation.

[–] vithigar 15 points 1 month ago

There's a Ray Bradbury short story called A Piece of Wood about a man who invents a device that rapidly decomposes any modern weapon in his vicinity. It doesn't end well for him.

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