Pretty much. When all is said and done once you venture into ‘revolution’ no laws apply until both sides agree its over. IOW its a free for all, raise the black flag, no holds barred affair. I think those who relish the idea have no idea how bad it could become. This is esp so given the over armed/trained bevy of govt agencies looking for any excuse to play w/ their toys. It’ll be a long and bloody business w/ dubious benefits at the end depending on who takes the hill. I think few have thought much beyond the killing part.
“once you venture into ‘revolution’ no laws apply until both sides agree its over.”
Not according to our tradition, according to which nature and the God of nature’s law persist. No man made laws apply, I guess, so long as men don’t obey them. But there’s never a time when they hold no sway whatsoever, or if so at least very temporarily. Wars are relatively lawless, but not entirely. King George, for instance, stuck somewhat, if not perfectly, to the English legal tradition, international law, and the informal customs of warfare.
“It’ll be a long and bloody business w/ dubious benefits at the end depending on who takes the hill. I think few have thought much beyond the killing part.”
I agree with you, but consider: the Founders spent riches and lives in a dubious, to say the least, endeavor to escape dominance by a central government, which, though more distant and less democratic, was radically weaker than our own. We also had the highest standard of living in the world at the time, I believe, and the protection of the world’s greatest power. All that, plus our tie to it had persisted not for 200+ years, but since time imemorial.
What a bunch of nutty extremists they were! And it wasn’t just the one rebellion, they advised as many additional as necessary. Some of them even started further ones, shortly thereafter and fourscore and whatever years later.