[TaZ]

There is a regime, made up by the powerful elite, who not unlike other tyrannies, rule as an oligarchy by exercise of their wealth and power.

The common American senses the futility of their position and that is why most choose not to participate in the farce that is the U.S. two-party system, through not voting at all.

If the only political options that a so-called "free" people have come from two-parties corrupted and controlled by a rich upper class and their puppet political incumbants, you can expect the middle and lower classes of that "regime" to feel hopeless and out-of-touch with the political process and to be seen as a threat to the those who control the system.

The U.S. was established for the common good of the common man under common law.

That no longer exists in America today and at best the "common man" can only hope for a benign tyranny that allows him to live in a semblance of peace and liberty.

Be prepared to show your license to law enforcement if you intend to exercise your God-given rights.

[steve50]

"There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents... There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents; for with these it would belong to the first class... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provision should be made to prevent its ascendency."
--Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 1813