You will be aware that I have been posting for some years now on these threads concerning Article V that it would probably require some sort of "black swan" event in order to bestir an otherwise lethargic American public to pursue constitutional remedies to restore the Constitution.
There is a chance, albeit a small chance and one that I certainly do not want to present as a high probability, that this coronavirus might prove so grave a disruptive health and economic disaster that desperate Americans will seek new constitutional revolutionary remedies.
If we mirror to any significant degree the convulsions now going on in China, our country will likely be ready to change our government. This, of course, cuts both ways: the left has a history of never letting a good crisis go to waste and we conservatives are famous for missing every chance. We conservatives will attempt to cope with wrenching dislocations, disintegration of the healthcare system, widespread death, even starvation as the entire civil society begins to disintegrate by lawful and constitutional process. We know the left will not scruple about process, they will go for the jugular, they will seek ultimate power.
I pray that no such black swan occurs, history confirms my instincts and tell me that we will dodge this bullet, but if we are put to the test, we must be as prepared as my ancestors were prepared to defend our liberty.
We do not want the situation to disintegrate to the point where we must choose between Article V remedies constitutionally enacted and a civil war.
