>>I think that most Americans would sooner become like North Koreans than die for a Republic. There really isn’t much hope.<<
I think there is some truth to what you say. IIRC, however, even during the revolution there was less than 50% support - at first. I could be wrong, but the fact is that there was, at the least, a large majority of colonists that did not want to give up their “comfort” and wanted to stick with the status quo.
The question is whether or not we will even have the 10-20% who are willing to be called “terrorists” for standing up to evil.
The enemy is more than willing to create as many Waco type incidents as they need...and finish them off down to the last child.