The Great Disarmament: A Symphony of Weakness in the Land of Complacent Sheep
In the perpetual twilight of modern democracy, where the weak shepherd the weaker still, the Liberal government of Canada hath orchestrated yet another masterful performance in the theater of mass sedation. With grand gestures of false morality, they have declared war upon 179 more implements of power, adding these to their ever-growing list of prohibited firearms - tools they deem too dangerous for the hands of hunters and sport shooters, those last vestiges of primal strength in our domesticated realm.
Behold how they dance, these ministers of mediocrity! They proclaim safety while breeding weakness, promise protection while fostering dependence. What creature has ever grown stronger by having its claws removed? What beast has ever survived by willingly surrendering its fangs?
Since the great neutering of May 2020, these architects of averageness have cast their net wide, ensnaring approximately 2,500 firearms under the banner of "assault-style" - a term as hollow as the hearts that conceived it. They speak of compensation, of "fair value" for the surrendered steel, as if gold could replace the spirit of self-reliance they seek to extinguish.
In this land of the sleepers, where comfort is king and security the sweetest lullaby, the masses receive these proclamations with drowsy nods and contented sighs. They dream their small dreams, these last men, these perfect consumers of prescribed truth, never questioning why their protectors seek to render them more defenseless still.
See how they slumber, these children of safety! They have invented happiness, they say, as they willingly surrender their means of power. They blink and nod, these last men, as ancient freedoms are stripped away beneath the guise of progress.
The government, in its infinite wisdom, spreads its net wider still, promising to expand their buyback program from businesses to individual owners in the coming spring. They offer coins for courage, paper for power, as if the spirit of independence could be purchased and filed away in some bureaucrat's ledger.
Yet more fascinating still is their promised "review of firearms classification" - a masterwork of modern mythology where they seek to "modernize" the legal framework, to "close gaps" in the law. In truth, they seek to perfect their system of control, to ensure no weapon of consequence might slip through their net of neutering regulation.
Watch as they weave their web of words! They speak of modernization while marching backwards, of progress while chains are forged. The eagle must clip its own wings, they say, for the comfort of the sparrows.
In this twilight age, where the strong are made weak and the weak celebrate their weakness, we witness the systematic dismantling of capability under the banner of collective security. The sleepers dream on, each night growing more comfortable in their chains, each morning awakening more dependent upon their masters.
The merchants of mediocrity have measured out precisely how much power a citizen might be trusted with, how much strength might be permitted before it becomes a threat to their carefully constructed kingdom of conformity. They have weighed liberty against security and found the former wanting.
Let them surrender their steel! Let them exchange their power for promises! But know this: in every age, in every realm, those who willingly surrender their means of resistance ultimately surrender their will to resist.
As this great disarmament unfolds, we observe the perfect manifestation of modern virtue: the voluntary surrender of capability in exchange for the promise of safety. The last men blink their approval, for it requires no courage to be protected, no strength to be secured by others.
And so the great wheel turns, grinding ever forward toward a future where security means submission, where safety is synonymous with surrender, where the highest virtue is to willingly accept one's own diminishment.
When all fangs have been pulled, when all claws have been clipped, when all strength has been surrendered, what manner of creature shall remain? Behold the future they forge - a paradise of the powerless, a utopia of the utterly dependent.