Quote Originally Posted by medicinal
The problem is the military, we have to get them on our side or it's over in no time. With the weapons they have, we could never win a revolution against the powers that be without a capitulation by the military.
the key to a successful revolution is popular support, not collaboration with the military. a military coup would only lead to a totalitarian regime (we're well on our way to that without their help) or a constant state of revolutionary emergency (i suppose we could mimic china's perpetual revolution, but our over industrialized society would soon tire of the need for such drastic measures). unluckily, our complacent population has lost the courage to endure even a moment of anarchy in the quest for a better way of government. even our poor are maintained in a state of sated poverty, just satisfied enough with their government handouts to want to avoid the possibility that the meager gravy train might be interrupted.

what of that other backbone of many a revolution, the nations students? i wouldn't expect great things from that quarter. here in the us, our academics have been fed a steady stream of senseless causes and illusory ecological disasters to neutralize their youthful zeal. on our campuses you are more likely to find placards crying out to feed the world or bemoaning the fate of the latest version of the spotted owl than to find anyone seriously contemplating the more immediate matter of the survival of the original american ideals. in this world of instant gratification, they seem to believe that the planet can be saved without a real base from which to perform such a miracle.

revolution is born of suffering and most americans don't even understand the concept. they won't allow themselves to see the dangers until that final moment when the last freedom has been erased. once the international concerns have demolished this country's sovereignty we will be as impotent as the individual members of the eu and, unlike our european cousins, we will be buried in a tide of poverty from the south. what is left will be the private domain of those smart enough to have hidden their wealth from the grasping claws of governmental greed and those to whom we have ceded our unique liberty.

i'm afraid that all that is left are minor instances of personal revolution. each of us denying the monster where and when we can. hoping to postpone the inevitable for our few remaining years and leaving the remainder to our heirs in the hope that they will be smart enough to do the same or lucky enough to find a more receptive audience.