Quote from CaptainObvious:
There will be no coup, no revolution, just a bunch of people pissing and moaning, myself included. Let's face it, most of us still have too much to lose. Who among us is ready to take the first bullet? Lead the charge up the White house lawn? Risk life in prison? Death? Not me, and not you either.
Sad ... yes.
Our liberties have bought us bondage to comfort.
However when the comfort is gone and there is nothing to lose ...
well ... the outcome is unpredictable.
I see it as a developmental stage. The colonies went through the pissing and moaning stages.
They got uncomfortable ... they got smart and drafted the declaration of Independence.
There was a revolution. The majority of the signers of that declaration went through hell.
We piss and moan and may learn from history or repeat it. Regardless; a squeeze play of necessity is on ...
work through the issues or overcome them ...
Our founding fathers knew these dynamics and set our nation up with that forethought.
Americans have the 2nd amendment ... it has become a "national public insurance policy" against oppressive government,
that says ... "Don't push us too far" and "don't let us become uncomfortable" ...
and "certainly don't piss us off" ... or we will revert to redneck sunsabitches ...
Few understand the sheer brilliance of this by the drafters of the constitution.
It has bought us additional decades of liberty and positioned us for the following ...
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson