The last time our country became as divided as it is now, the Democrats fired on our flag at Fort Sumter.
I wonder who will fire the first shots this time?
I doubt anyone will. Our problem in America is that we live under a
Mediacracy, which means we get what the MSM wants us to get. Yes, FOX news included. So, unless the masses get the truth fed to them, we will never ever be able to stop the inevitable. I say fed, because the vast majority will never go out of their way to find it themselves.
The inevitable, will be the complete control of our lives in America. No society has ever been programed for control by it's government like America.
A simple proof of my point is the way we follow the rules set up by government. No society in the world pays it's taxes as willingly, or as proficiently as Americans.
Look what happens when the traffic lights stop working. Even in big cities, traffic flows, maybe not as smoothly, but it flows and moves good enough for progress to continue. Go to Europe or, God forbid, a 3rd world country and watch what happens when the traffic lights stop working. Total chaos.
Americans not only believe and follow the rule of law, we willingly follow the rule of unconstitutional laws.
Oh, we will bitch and complain, but we fall in place. Just like the Jews of Europe in thew 1930's, Americans are trained to walk into the showers while believing the water will flow, only to learn at the last second, that the rumors were true, but it will be too late,,,,,,, it's gas!
I hear all my friends and Freeper's talk about bearing arms and fighting to the death, but we all know the sad truth. We are a dieing breed. We are too few, and too unorganized to ever take on the most sophisticated military the world has ever seen.
I once had a friend in France back in the 70", when I was in the service, who was a member of the French Underground during WWII. The stories he told me about fighting against, what was then, the most sophisticated and intrusive government the world had ever known which was the Nazis, was amazing. That was then, this is now. Imagine if Hitler had the power our governmental leaders have now, compared to what we, the possible underground would have.
We can all have visions, and dreams of being the men and women who will fight the good fight while returning American to the freedom loving society we remember, but it is all just a dream.
Will you fight? Can you see enough patriots fighting that will make the difference? Sadly, our own trusted friends will be the ones who betray us by not keeping quiet about our intentions. This is not 1941, and our government is not Nazi Germany, nor Fascist Italy, and not the Vichy government of France. This is America, the country we helped become George Orwell's nightmare!
I save this opinion for comments, because way too many of my FReeper FRiends will never accept the sad reality of truth. If you disagree with me, then tell me that you are ready to die and give your all, like those who fought died while giving their all to win their freedom from King George.
Read the stories of those who were on our side that ended up penniless, famililess, and forgotten by those they gave their all for what would become the country we now see becoming what it is. That is the sacrifice the majority of the revolutionary fighters gave. Are you ready to give up what they did? Do you even know anyone who is willing to give up what is needed to give up for such a fight
Just imagine the every day conveniences we take for granted that would be sacrificed. A soft bed, a warm meal, clean cloths, warm house in the winter, cool house in the summer just to name a few. All this and much, much more that will be sacrificed for what would inevitably be a very, very long drawn out war that will be needed to win.
Sorry, but I do not know one person who is ready, nor honestly willing to give up what it would take. Think about it, how many conservatives do you know that have even given up on things like going to the movies, or buying things that directly enriches the left? How does anyone here expect them to give up everything they would be required to forfeit to fight a long war for freedom, as our Forefathers did?
You must also realize that we would be fighting against our own army, the most sophisticate military the history of the world has ever seen, with tools we basically defend our homes with and hunt with.