My guesstimate of the death toll of an American Civil War; 100,000,000, including 99% of all Freepers and our families.
My FRiend Sulla:
When the dogs of war are released, victory for the Constitutional faction in a civil war is not immediately inevitable; the outcome may be an American version of Oliver Cromell’s “Commonwealth” complete with a military dictator.
However, after all is said and done, restoration of the Republic under the U.S. Constitution of 1789 is as inevitable as the restoration of the Monarchy in England after the death of Cromwell. The Monarchy is in the English People’s DNA. The Republic is in the DNA of the American People.
Correct, Lucius. Finally a sane post on this thread.
Putting aside the concepts of “treason” and “please try to work within the system” for a moment, consider:
armed revolution = many innocent deaths
Maybe:
many innocent deaths + success
But much more likely today:
many innocent deaths + bloody chaos for decades to come
People suggesting the possibility of revolution today need to remember that this isn’t 1776!
Back then, most folks just kept on farming while the combatants fought a few pitched battles over a few years. Then everybody shook hands and went home.
Today, an American revolution would more likely spin out of control and be more like the horror of the Russian or French revolutions and their equally horrific aftermaths.
Not pretty or romantic at all.
I would respectfully suggest that the “revolutionaries” out there put their efforts instead into serious lobbying for a Constitutional Convention. This would be, IMHO, a much better way to try to fix this country’s many problems.
If you feel that there’s not enough popular will for a Convention, then there’s not enough popular will to cleanly win your “revolution”.