I was half joking when i said i'd vote democrat because I still think there is a chance to change our course, and keep on going. Plus I'm aware every generation thinks this is the worst. I do not think our society is at a place where a revolution is needed, basically we are free, however both sides of the political spectrum are willing to sell out our freedoms to gain small victories for themselves. Worst case senario we're still 50 years away from our country being in such a terrible place.
However I don't think a revolution in this country would be very hard. If you get 10% of the people to just run sabotage and roadside bombings of legitament military targets we'd win in three days. Look at Iraq, our military can't chase down uneducated fanatics who make a very small portion of Iraqi society (maybe 1/10%). Not to meantion our armed forces are staffed by people who love freedom, I doubt our armed forces would fight a war against its people when a clearly repressive government was in power.
Well, I hope you're right.
In 1861, the CSA managed to "flip" about a half of the Republic's armed forces, including the best and brightest of it's leadership.
Had it not been for the divicive issue of slavery, which potential allies in Europe - primarily England - took a dim view of, things might have turned out quite differently.
As it was, over 660,000 American lives were lost in the attempt.
America, at the time, was about the last of the "Christian" Nations to tolerate slavery.
Moslem societies, of course, still engage in it, albeit usually on a more covert level.
IMHO, the issue splitting America down the middle now is abortion.
Just incidentally, both slavery and abortion deprive individuals of their sacred Humanity.
In one case, the criterion for dehumanization was the color of your skin; now it is being an unborn infant.
America seems to have paid an awful price for the sin of slavery - how much blood and suffering will be exacted from us when the bill for the sin of abortion comes due?