Guerrilla power derives from the whole population, not weaponry

Evidence

Hegel wrote, “Weapons are nothing else than the essential being of the combatants themselves, a being which only makes its appearance for them both reciprocally.” If it is true that weapons constitute the essence of combatants, what is the essence of those who fight using drones? — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 609 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A guerrilla’s power rests in incarnating the whole people’s resistance; Technological superiority does not guarantee military victory in guerrilla warfare. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 713; A guerrilla movement becomes unliquidatable once it becomes the people’s way of life. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 19 (+7 more)

Related

• Weapons constitute the essence of combatants, not mere instruments (similarity 0.88)
• Technological superiority does not guarantee military victory in guerrilla warfare. (similarity 0.81)
• Weapons’ means, not ends, determine the form of violent action. (similarity 0.81)
• Combatants grasp their own essence only by being the object of an opponent’s weapon (similarity 0.81)
• A guerrilla’s power rests in incarnating the whole people’s resistance (similarity 0.81)
• Analyzing weapons’ mechanics reveals the political form they impose on action (similarity 0.81)
• A guerrilla movement becomes unliquidatable once it becomes the people’s way of life. (similarity 0.81)
• A combatant’s weapon defines the moral essence of who they become (similarity 0.80)
• Aviation proved useless against dispersed guerrilla forces in their early stages. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• A guerrilla’s power rests in incarnating the whole people’s resistance #corroborates (0.95)
• Weapons constitute the essence of combatants, not mere instruments #contradicts (0.85) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 609
• Power loses its ordering function if anyone can resort to violence freely #complicates (0.75)
• A guerrilla movement becomes unliquidatable once it becomes the people’s way of life. #expands (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 19
• Technological superiority does not guarantee military victory in guerrilla warfare. #qualifies (0.55) — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 713
• The 1954 revolution released a long-prepared tactic rather than awakening a passive people #expands (0.55)
• Weapons work primarily as deterrents that prevent fights rather than win them #complicates (0.50) — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 966
• Weapons’ means, not ends, determine the form of violent action. #complicates (0.50) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 119