>Sure, a CSA win in the Civil War would have been bad, but the endgame that is taking place today will have us all as slaves.
There are ways to avoid the endgame; but they involve reading and some balls.
Here’s one way, enacted by a state (NM in my example) against the federal government’s elite*: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2698298/posts
And here’s one against the state’s elite* using federal law: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2711585/posts
* - By “elite” I mean those who think that the law does not apply to them, or view their own power/authority to be superior of their Constitution(s), thinking that they are above and beyond it... i.e. the entire mentality of the 111th Congress and the bailouts.
>>There are ways to avoid the endgame; but they involve reading and some balls.
We are way beyond the point where some slick procedural maneuvering will save us from serfdom. The time for that was about 40 years ago. Now, the FedGov has its hooks into the state too deeply. They confiscate our wealth through taxes and give it back if we do what they want us to do. The brave Governor who starts his 10th Amendment revolt has to deal with the loss of federal money first. The welfare class will not like that a bit and they always seem to have time to take to the streets while the productive citizens are busy working.
The next problem is with the rest of the world. It is socialist at best and a lot of it is just plain communist. It sees America as finally being ready to join them, and any revolt may find itself being put down by African soldiers in blue helmets.
The final problem is Corporate America. It has a vested interest in this government, a government that has a tax code that favors the corporation over the individual and one that maintains order by giving spending money to people who won’t save it. People like you and I, who are frugal and sensible and would save or invest or just reduce debt if we came into money are useless to the Corporation. But the foolish welfare recipient will take a welfare check and spend it on goods and services immediately. Corporate America likes the present arrangement, regardless of how much they may complain about Obama. The know that their bread and butter is the continuation of the one-party Republicrat system.