In the (first) American revolution, only 3% of the colonists ever shouldered a rifle and fired upon the British, and about a third of the colonists unwaveringly supported the cause of independence.
Should this country ever come to a similar place, I would expect those percentages to be even higher because we're a long established country now. People wouldn't be fighting for the idea of a homeland all their own -- they'd be fighting to preserve and protect the real thing.
If I had to give it a conservative guess, I would figure that no fewer than 10% would stand in direct defiance to tyranny, while perhaps 50% or more would openly support them. I also believe that those numbers are well known to the powers-that-be, which is another reason they haven't attempted anything more aggressive with us so far.
30 million riflemen is more than any country's military can contend with. Not even the combined military forces of the planet could stand against such a force.
The 3% of yesteryear were people without the excuses that I hear all the time. “My house, my car, My kids college my PS4”. Now to be sure, the RevWar people put their material goods on the line and many lost them. Would they today? I go back to my question earlier. How many actual people right here on FR would you honestly trust to have your and your famlies back?
Whatever that number, it would be far higher than the general population. And nowhere near 50%. You might START with the 50% number until the first examples were made of the 10% willing to stand firm. After word spread of the first SWAT raids or the first big flash mob assaults, you would QUICKLY hear “Hey I got a wife and kids man...”
And then you’re at about MAYBE with luck, 20% perephrial support. And thats after the first round of brownshirts.
All you have to do is look at Germany. They were pounded down after WW1 by the terms of the treaty/sanctions and we have been pounded down by Obama and the nonstop media blitz against everything America stands for. And the people of that era were far stronger willed. Look at today’s ‘average’ American. Or try to without puking. Pussified, more concerned with killing their own babies, banning Christmas plays in grade school...OR ALLOWING IT TO GO ON, than lifting a finger to stop it.
I just do not see how anyone counts on them for support. Most will go Vichy to keep their material goods and live under the new order than do squat.
Yes, there are good people left. Solid, rugged and determined. But on the whole, person for person the American of today is the faintest fraction of his ancestor.
Most will not fight. Most will however reap the benefits of those who will. Put another way, This is Vietnam on a grand scale.