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No offense but you articulated myth # 1. No revolution without large numbers of people going hungry. Most if not all revolutions are by small numbers relative to the total population. The Communist Revolution in 1918 was by about 225,000 out of 100,000,000. The French Revolution was about 200,000 out of 35,000,000, the American Revolution was about 150,000 out of about 4,500,000. However, it is not yet time. We owe it to those who have gone before to try the usual political methods first. It is good to see the number of people posting here who are starting to think about the coming fight. It will come the morons being elevated into power are zero!!

That's some interesting info you've posted. Assuming the figures you've cited are accurate, it would appear that the American revolution actually enjoyed the broadest popular support (about 3 1/2 percent). There wasn't any danger of starvation or total economic collapse in 1775 North America either. It would appear that I was still holding on to some Marxist/Socialist theory that I'd been taught. The figures you cited would certainly prove that it doesn't take a large number of dedicated folks to change a nation - which is actually encouraging given the current sinkhole we seem to be experiencing.