Reply #62: Very good [View All]

A well thought out analysis of the situation. Reaching the 'tipping point' does not happen overnight and the ideas of action to take, like 'whats next' and the least that can be done are slow and cumbersome.

But thats the whole point of peaceful revolution and 'permanent' solutions to what ails our country. Even if a point is reached that the government does have the consent of the governed, those people that want to subvert that would still be around. Even the idea permanence is a illusion. What a crummy world.

We all, everyone of us have been living in a lie, that our country is a free Democracy and our government has the 'Consent of the Governed'. All that crap we learned in civics class is just so much horse manure. I wonder when 'we the people' ever did have the power to control these agents of the government.

My earliest recollection of thinking about the government was when JFK was shot. And as I look at history (trying to read between the lines from the accounts of history) I don't think my parents ever experienced a free life either, nor their parents. This country was subjugated by the power centers probably shortly after our countries founding, I'd say around 1830ish or so.

The only thing a hot revolution would do would embed these power centers even further into control. Nor would taking those in power and lining them against a wall do any good. Others would step into position to fill their place. It's like that mythical beast, the Hydra. Cut-off one head, another just grows back. Think of the french revolution for this example.

But what you speak about in your link will work, but it's gonna take a long time. Do we have that much time?