Unconfirmed reports floating around from Chinese social media circles now that the government is using the widespread chaos caused by this epidemic to crack down on dissenters, either ones that have already made government blacklists for years, or ones that have posted online messages that the state does not like. Reports and tweets circulating that 'health personnel' are rounding up people who they suspected have fled from Wuhan and taking them to quarantine hospitals for "monitoring". Of course, these people appear to be healthy and are resisting their detaining forcefully, thus raising suspicions that "monitoring Wuhan refugees for nCOv symptoms" may be a much more sinister political plot by the government to quell opposition.
Of course, this might just be bullshit. There is so much fake news and fearmongering circulating on the Chinese mainland social media sites by certain people who simply take pleasure in watching the world burn that it is virtually impossible to filter signal from noise... HOWEVER, the PRC IS a totalitarian regime with a thoroughly documented history of cracking down on any political opposition so such reports have to be viewed seriously.
A situation like the one portrayed in the Twitter thread above opens the table for wargaming on just how to deal with such a situation. Personally, if you are going to barge into my home for no reason and drag me onto a van, I am going to immediately assume the very worst, that I will never see the light of day again, and I WILL kill as many of you motherfuckers as possible before I am completely incapacitated or killed in return. Even if all I had was a knife, the initial noise and confusion of the door finally breaking open, especially in a dark and narrow hallway, will give me ample time to do the stab, twist blade left/right, and yank protocol on at least 2 or 3 intruders. Bottom line is, in a situation like this, I do NOT expect to win. HOWEVER, I will make you pay before you get your prize, and at least two, three, or maybe even four of you mofo's will never return to your families again... And that is assuming that I am a mainland Chinese urbanite with only a knife. With a semiautomatic pistol, the body count will be much higher and it is safe to assume that I will be able to take out the entire first wave of the entry team while they are still in the doorway and trying to adjust their vision to the darkness.
Now, all of us here on this board possess enough firepower and are PERFECTLY capable of making the latter option happen, should we be faced with a situation like this. Assuming that we survive the first wave and completely neutralize them, we are then faced with much more serious and difficult choices: What do we do next? Over the past year and a half, we have seen how easy it is for armed citizens to make thousands of lighthearted memes about "stacking the entry teams" during the boogaloo. Those are always funny to see. However, what comes directly afterwards from a situation like that is no laughing matter. And it is ESPECIALLY serious when you have family and loved ones sharing your home which is now a battlefield.
Let's say you manage to completely obliterate the "first wave" of a politically motivated totalitarian attempt to seize you from your home and turn the members of the assault force into brain and blood jam. What is immediately going to result right afterwards will be a siege. These guys have overwhelming backing and resources behind them and now you will be left with a few options...
A. Try to make a run for it. It will be incredibly difficult, and even more so if you have your family with you. They most likely will already have your residence surrounded and you will not be able to break out of the ring unless you can coordinate help from the outside.
B. Hunker down and kill any others who try to enter. Remember now, you had the element of surprise on your side when you took out the initial wave. That is no longer the case afterwards. It will be a gun battle. Expect lots of return fire, sniper fire, and all sorts of noxious gases and pyrotechnics to try to flush or burn you out. For lone individuals, this is not a problem, especially for those who are already committed to a course of action. For those trapped with their families, it is going to be tough.
C. Taking one of the wounded thugs hostage, if there are any survivors to begin with. Kneecap the mofo and break his hands so he cannot defend himself. That will show resolve to the tormentors, buy you time, possibly enabling you to let your family members get away from the residence without being harmed, and also make the thugs outside less willing to deploy the artillery.
This is something that we, as the body of the armed citizenry living in a world where totalitarianism enabled by technology is increasingly common, must consider and develop strategies for. If this exact thing has not been wargamed yet, I might start a dedicated thread in the Fieldcraft board just for it.
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