Very powerful image. I understand your post. No one knows how events will unfold over the coming years. Most everyone I know is very worried.
I can't picture anything like the original Revolution being fought. There will not be a single entity to fight against.
The government parasite class at all levels has it's evil tentacles in our lives. You have half the populace that is lazy and not motivated to "do the right thing." They want handouts. You have Conservatives desperate to convince the populace that government at all levels need to be slash if our Republic is to survive -- currently an seemingly impossible task.
It seems the most likely scenario will be a miserable, unending decline into a Socialist hell.
A peaceful turnaround towards Liberty just doesn't seem probable. Against that backdrop, maybe people only responding, wanting to leave, because they see as individuals they can do nothing. It is a rational response.
I ask, what set of events can occur that will spark a new set of Patriots to restore Constitutional government? What can we do to make our Founders proud? 2012 will be our last chance.
And on the general subject of "Where in the U.S. to be?", this thread needs a link to here:
The CW2 Cube -- Mapping the Meta-Terrain Of Civil War Two by Matthew Bracken [MB = FReeper Travis Mcgee]
A second civil war in the United States would be an unparalleled disaster. Nobody who is sane and who has studied modern civil wars from Spain to Lebanon to the Balkans and beyond would ever wish to see one occur. But if political, cultural and demographic trends are sweeping us toward that unhappy destiny, it would be wise to at least cast a weather eye over the possible terrain.
Click on the link for the full article with accompanying graphic. Worthwhile.