I do not think a revolution is a viable solution because too few would take up arms,
***True today as well... Note that it’s a simple calculation of force available.
and those arms would prove ineffective against the awesome power of our military
***I think I remember this thread, and I think I posted the biblical line:
Revelation 13:4
Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?”
Revelation 13:3-5
Maybe we do have some small hope. Ayn Rand’s characters did not participate. This lead to a meltdown.
However unpleasant it is to think about this, some very smart folks are saying that a meltdown is coming even without our help. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nJ7LM3iyNg)
Perhaps from the ashes, and new nation can be built in the original image of our nation and it’s constitution, with safeguards in place to make damn sure we don’t go through this watering down again.
Perhaps there is hope in tribulation...