#1: Overthrow of the Constitution and the establishment of a military dictatorship. While some at FR who favor this solution believe that this would be a temporary state of affairs, a study of history shows that once the military gets used to running things, it won't yield power back to the people. This is the Roman Solution. The Romans never got the hang of the rules of succession for an emperor, and that would no doubt be the problem here.
#2: Overthrow of the Constitution and establishment of a monarchy and a theocracy. See #1 above for details. This is the Hapsburg Solution. Who would be our royal family? Bush? Kennedy? Clinton? Rockefeller? What would be our national religion? Catholicism? Lutheranism? Mormonism? Some branch of the Baptist faith? Would we allow religious toleration or require all people to convert to the national religion under penalty of death? The only improvement over the Roman Solution is that at least we have the succession problem licked.
#3: Dissolution of the Union. This is the Confederate Solution. Thanks to the Lincoln Precedent, legal dissolution is only possible by a constitutional amendment dissolving the Union, and requiring three fourths of the states to agree to the terms of dissolution. Any other method of secession would risk a second civil war with hundreds of millions dead, and the country occupied and dismembered by enemy armies taking advantage of our lack of unity.
Do you have an alternative to those I've listed above? Can you perceive that a Convention of the States may be the only avenue left before people step outside the rule of law and resort to the cartridge box?
Look at Rome.That is our fate. We were once a virtuous people fit for self government. You know the answer your self. Look what was elected in 2008. Look at the vast numbers following Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Look at the people themselves: eating, drinking, drugging, copulating, evacuating their bowels and snoring. No! Self governance is in the past. Absent a miracle the future will be very violent and it will start at any time, just listen to the speeches of public figures.
By the way the “human offal” statement was directed at those who gave us what is in the White House and who follow Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. There are decent people left in America as there were such decent people in Imperial Rome. Decent people will not count absent a miracle.