The liberal “elite” would be removed from existence.
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Not over that. When the economic house of cards of the welfare state falls, then yes.
That isn't going to happen. At the height of the collapse in 2008, the feds had contingency plans that had contingency plans that were never used. The political elites aren't about to allow themselves or their families to live in the mad max environment of total economic collapse. It would take many different "apocalyptic" events to happen all at once in order for economic collapse to really take its toll.
The truth is, there are not any actual patriots willing to stand anymore. There just aren't. See my tagline. In order to stand, one would have to put all at risk - everything they've worked for over the last years would go away - the mortgage, the car(s), the toys, the ability to feed and clothe the kids and to keep the spouse in climate control - all of that goes away when you stand. No one has the balls to do that, so we use the excuse that we're waiting for some big "trigger event" to occur that never will. But hey, at least TALKING about revolting makes us feel all warm and fuzzy, right?