Too many on both sides are preparing for an armed insurrection. This would only serve the big government masters.
Unfortunately, I'm afraid that few of our fellow citizens will join us and our small numbers will probably not make one iota of difference.
At further risk of sounding like a defeatist, I believe the die was cast decades ago and the recent congressional battle over extending the national borrowing limit was confirmation that we're on the same glide slope of every nation that has gone before us.
Realistically, our only hope may instead be to gather in sections of the country among like minded people and prepare to weather the coming storm.