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I agree that the erosion and attacks have gone deeper than the somewhat symptomatic effects we tend to focus on (my post included). It is a systemic pathology at work that threatens implosion and ruin as a result of internal collapse. I have noted in other posts my observations of the breakdown of the social contract and trust in any number of areas of American society as we see it today (the acceptance and normalization of decadence and debauchery in the Clinton years, the embrace of socialism in the election of Obama, globalization, marginalization and eventual destruction of the underpinnings of political, social and familial stability, etc.).

I have often seen FReepers post sentiments like "we'll get through this", or, "we've faced deadlier enemies before, Stalin, Hitler, etc.". Those, by and large, were external threats. But now, for the first time in the modern era (or perhaps ever), the enemies of the Western traditions of individual liberty, self-reliance, and the function of government as a securer of individual rights as opposed to a grantor of them, are within. That so many do not even recognize the threat, much less being motivated to oppose it, makes me fear for the worst.

That so many do not even recognize the threat, much less being motivated to oppose it, makes me fear for the worst.

There's the crux of the matter. It's a form of denial, really. No one wants to think the unthinkable - that we're just that close to slavery and servitude (or worse); that our once proud Republic could come to resemble something like the the Siege of Sarajevo almost overnight; that the gun, the gulag and the mass grave beckon at the behest of our new masters. Yet our survival - from that of our nation right down to our individual survival depends upon doing precisely that.

Much of what i've tried to to accomplish is to get folks to think - and to consider the unthinkable. The lessons of history and the foibles of human nature are all out there, plain to see for anyone who cares to look. Look: I'm no genius, I'm no scholar, I'm no hero, I'm no leader. I'm the guy next door who sees his neighbors house is on fire and I'm trying to get their attention. I can help put it out, but I can't do the whole job myself, especially if the neighbor won't listen for some reason.

There's a terrible conflict coming down the pike, a conflict that we can neither vote nor talk our way out of.

Can I change history? I dont' know. But one of the lessons of history is that the entire course fo the world has often times hinged on one man's decision and willingness to act.

Am I willing to fight for what I believe in? Absolutely. History also teaches us that there are fates worse than physical death. I will not yield to them. Better to die on your feet than cowering in submission.

These and many other dreadful questions are about to become starkly real to ALL of us.

I have often seen FReepers post sentiments like "we'll get through this",

I've said that, and I believe it to be true. We just don't have the luxury to believe otherwise.

That doesn't mean every one of us will get through it; just that we, the USA will. Some of us may croak at our keyboards; some five miles into a long hike. But some of "we" will be there at the end, and many of "they" will not.

I agree with you, and many others, that this nation has never, ever been in greater danger than now. I also see the left losing their support day by day, and our side gaining support little by little. The whole world is watching this powderkeg.