“The American Revolution was essentially a British civil war, and it was started by men who quite a bit to lose, and most of whom DID lose it throughout the course of the war. “
Note: I read over this for spelling and feel the tone might seem angry. Perhaps I am angry, but certainly not at you.
The setting, times and people were entirely different. England was essentially, by that time, an occupying foreign force. The colonists had been fighting Indians and French and others for years. They were trained fighters and thought they had earned their freedom. There were organized, armed trained militias in every small settlement.
Drive along any city street today and look at the riffraff and imagine them as a united, disciplined fighting force. On the streets bordering Florida State University the “men” are wearing makeup and carrying purses. Do you see them going through a Valley Forge experience? I can’t even imagine them going a week without Starbucks coffee and social commentary.
The American Revolution was and is without precedent. They also believed in God and God’s law. Now we have “living laws” that mean whatever the cognoscenti say they mean at that moment. And, probably fifty-five percent of young people believe God is dead. That means God’s law is on life support.
We can’t even get rid of the worst mass murder machine in all of human history, “women’s health care.” Hitler, Pol Pot and Caligula are probably looking up from Hell and thinking, “Gosh, why didn’t we think of calling it health care?”
Thank you for your interesting thoughts.
Sometimes the term “civil war” means any kind of war within a country over the future of their government. But sometimes what is meant is a particular kind of internal war that is very messy and confused. When the colonies revolted, they actually did so under legal structures of government. Similarly, when the South seceded, there were legitimate organs of state governments passing ordinances and levying troops. But what we are discussing here would not be like that.
Well, perhaps a governor somewhere would nullify some federal directive or perhaps some sheriff would arrest an agent of the BATF, but I cannot picture anything like that on a large scale in this country. I am grateful for your insights.