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Having traveled a similar educational path, with many of the same teachers as Mr. Arnn, I have to disagree on end results.

Oligarchic tyranny can only be overcome with the violent death of the oligarchs. Any cursory examination of history shows this to be true.

The oligarchs have the means and the will to bring national and hired military and economic pain and destruction to those that oppose them.

This means the overthrow has to be extremely brutal. The resulting order, or what is left of the population and resources, will result in another dictatorship of one form or another.

The reason is simple. The failure in representative or “republican” democracy to reign in the oligarchs to begin with proves there is no such nexus sufficient to reestablish it after an overthrow.

In sum Americans ain't what they use to be, not by a long shot. The populace that could read and respect the wisdom of the founders, and men of the founders quality that could build freedom structures and respect the liberty of the people, are both never coming back.

So please Mr Arnn, aside from your cute but trite stories, tell me exactly how you will defeat not one or two oligarchies but a vast host of them that currently exist:

The political oligarchy
The big business oligarchy
The educational oligarchy
The military oligarchy
The media oligarchy
Various international oligarchies

Perhaps you might reflect on Churchill's teachings on what to do in the face of an implacable opponent who wishes to curtail your liberties and has the means to do it.

Or as Professor Jaffa might say, study is hard, perhaps you should try harder.