You want “reasonable steps?” Great idea. I’m all in favor of it. But what are those “reasonable steps?” Voting? take a look at how many voters turned out for the recent elections and you’ll see that people are simply too busy to bother voting. Either that or they figure it’s a waste of energy and time, that The Powers That Be will do what they want anyway.
Another “reasonable step” might be mass demonstrations... that is if the media would actually cover them and accurately report them. Didn’t a couple of million people flock to D.C. only to be totally discounted by Zero?
Slightly less “reasonable” would be resistance to federal mandates. Montana led the march with a state law that declares firearms manufactured and staying within the State of Montana would be exempt from federal regulation. A number of other states have passed similar laws and the Feds are planning to ignore those upstart state laws and enforce their own draconian rules.
So what’s the next step? Do we take up arms against the Fed leviathan and risk having the military come out against us or do we sit back and wait for the military to do our dirty work for us?
There is no easy answer. The voters simply will not turn out — for whatever reason and if a two million person demonstration on the mall in front of the Capitol can’t get the attention of our elected “representatives,” what will?
While a military coup would be my last personal choice for resolution of our political problems I think it might — if properly done — be better than a civil war in which everyone would lose.
My suggestions (back then) require a great deal of organization & commitment to peaceful civil disobedience (note: that's not a military coup) tactics. What I learned is that there's no stomach or will for it.