I understand what you mean EV. I’m getting a bit long in the tooth myself. While I try to remain optimistic about Americans using the soap box and the ballot box to turn this Nation around, I believe that ultimately we will have to get out that last box:
The ammo box.
Well, again, no sane person wants these things to be settled violently, if it can possibly be avoided.
But...
‘If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.’
— Winston Churchill