I am duty-bound to suggest that anyone who thinks even halfway-seriously about the potential for armed revolution in the United States needs to read the last chapter in Jeff Snyder's powerful collection of RKBA essays, "Nation of Cowards".
This chapter is titled, "The Line in the Sand", and deals directly with the viability of such an occurrence. To quote from David Kopel's review:
"In the final chapter, "Revolution", Snyder considers whether revolution could be justified today. He answers in the negative, based on his assessment of the current American character. First, today’s American character more like that of the revolutionary French than like that of America ’s Founding generation. Americans today are dependent on government and afraid of responsibility, and therefore unfit to make a new government.
Second, Snyder points to John Locke’s observation that a revolution cannot succeed unless much of society agrees that radical change is necessary, and there is no such widespread belief in modern America."
The mention of John Locke's observation is taken from that worthy's "Second Treatise of Government", wherein he states that those who rebel with arms against a government, however tyrannical that government may in fact be, if the majority of it's citizens do not themselves feel the weight of the oppressor's boot, the rebels will be immediately and easily marginalized and defeated as mere malcontents, and will not garner the support of their fellow citizens. This sad fact cannot be overstated.
I cannot recommend this book more emphatically. You can purchase this book on the web HERE . The price is only $15 a copy and the book is a very quick and worthwhile read. Please note that I have no affiliation with the publisher or author of this book. My only motivation here is to inform and empower those of us who still know, honor, cherish and seek to protect our freedoms.
God knows, there's a terrible amount of work to be done there.
