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I just started reading a book called "Dirty Wars" and it is pretty interesting. It goes into the scandals of our American Covert war on terror. It talks about the targeting of civilians (American citizens) and such. It doesn't target any one Administration (it is pretty damning of Chenney and Rumsfeld as well as Miss "Pass it to see what's in it" Pelosi.
Well this book got me thinking. We hear about how we have the 2nd amendment to fight the corruption. I know. Crazy right? Nobody is going to start a revolution. That is stupid. Revolution in America? Come on. We wouldn't have that now. We had the civil war in the 1860s and the 1960s were pretty turbulent. So what would it take to piss off American society enough to actually say: "Well time to start killing the politicians."
The first step will be interference. I am not talking about questionable wars. Not really even targeting civilians involved in terrorist conspiracies. I mean that the Federal government has to start actually doing this to get in the way of our lives. I mean your pursuit of happiness. Maybe raising taxes on you to an extreme? But more likely it will be ridiculous things like having to give out personal information, tests, licenses, and all kinds of excessive beuqacratic crap. And that crap needs to result in people being turned away from things they want.
So it will start with doctors, lawyers, writers/journalists, professors, and so on. The upper middle class. People with influence. Why these people? Well these people have community influence. These are the people who have employees and are active in society.
I think these people will actually have to have their lives made difficult to the point that they can no longer use the ballot box and the wallet to stop corruption. For the most part if you close your eyes for 4-8 years do you actually notice a difference between presidents? Not the Economy. The President. What about your Senators as Congressmen? Now flip back to the American revolution. Who started it? Was it a "people's" revolution? Of course. But the people were lead by the upper/upper middle class. The lawyers and the doctors and silver smiths. Back then those people were impacted by severe taxes.
Fast forward to the civil war? Who was impacted by Slave changes? Certainly not your industrialists in the North. But the land owners in the South were. People invested in slave then like stock now. So why were people upset? Money. Federal government stepping on their toes. Which people? The "land" owners. The upper middle.
If you disagree let me know. Let me know what you think is required to spark a revolution here. I'm not talking about a fringe group shooting at cops. I am talking a legitimate attempt at civil war.
Well this book got me thinking. We hear about how we have the 2nd amendment to fight the corruption. I know. Crazy right? Nobody is going to start a revolution. That is stupid. Revolution in America? Come on. We wouldn't have that now. We had the civil war in the 1860s and the 1960s were pretty turbulent. So what would it take to piss off American society enough to actually say: "Well time to start killing the politicians."
The first step will be interference. I am not talking about questionable wars. Not really even targeting civilians involved in terrorist conspiracies. I mean that the Federal government has to start actually doing this to get in the way of our lives. I mean your pursuit of happiness. Maybe raising taxes on you to an extreme? But more likely it will be ridiculous things like having to give out personal information, tests, licenses, and all kinds of excessive beuqacratic crap. And that crap needs to result in people being turned away from things they want.
So it will start with doctors, lawyers, writers/journalists, professors, and so on. The upper middle class. People with influence. Why these people? Well these people have community influence. These are the people who have employees and are active in society.
I think these people will actually have to have their lives made difficult to the point that they can no longer use the ballot box and the wallet to stop corruption. For the most part if you close your eyes for 4-8 years do you actually notice a difference between presidents? Not the Economy. The President. What about your Senators as Congressmen? Now flip back to the American revolution. Who started it? Was it a "people's" revolution? Of course. But the people were lead by the upper/upper middle class. The lawyers and the doctors and silver smiths. Back then those people were impacted by severe taxes.
Fast forward to the civil war? Who was impacted by Slave changes? Certainly not your industrialists in the North. But the land owners in the South were. People invested in slave then like stock now. So why were people upset? Money. Federal government stepping on their toes. Which people? The "land" owners. The upper middle.
If you disagree let me know. Let me know what you think is required to spark a revolution here. I'm not talking about a fringe group shooting at cops. I am talking a legitimate attempt at civil war.