[Willie Green]

The question is, will it be a violent transition or a peaceful one.

No doubt it will be violent.

Improved flow of information will only serve to make the "masses' increasingly aware of economic disparity and fuel their dissatisfaction. It will not inspire them to be more educated, thoughtful and philosophical about their perceived condition.

The economic elite will typically seek to impose "order" by force, with typical resistance by those who physically outnumber them.

[JohnGalt]

And this is where (No doubt it will be violent) the paleo-libertarians and paleo-Conservatives agree. Well, off to another thread to argue troop movements in the Middle East with the neo-Cons, but this too shall pass, and in 4 or 8 years time, FreeRepublic will again be a place of consensus building for forefather enthusiasts rather than a forum of cheerleading for the welfare/warfare state.