I think gun smithing will be the only way to survive a dystopian future were guns are confiscated.
This serbu .22 has that spirit.
View: https://youtu.be/GW3KWfD1i48?si=ff96Iq2FUy1pymFK
It comes down to satellite power, scalar weapons, secret weapons, industry, things like that.
If they control space, they control sky, and on downward.
It's not an issue to convince a blue-haired starving GenZ/Millenial to push a drone strike button on an oil refinery owned by a bunch of "MAGA Nazi Terrorists".
This is exactly why the military went woke.
They need weak scared obedient drones, given high status after a generation of being looked down on for having a high voice, low IQ and half an Adam's apple.
To the layman, yes, steel milling and back to basics will be mandatory for all.