That regulated militia would happen very quickly and i think you’ll be surprised by how well equipped it is.
I look at the history of Germany, England, Soviet Union, China. They will come for us individually and threaten us, our wealth, and family. The key word is INDIVIDUALLY.
It is only when we have nothing left to lose that most will fight. And even then, many won’t have a clear understanding of what to fight for. I have wondered what motivated some of our founders, some it would appear considered their lively hood and wealth lost, some were driven by their faith and understanding of God.
Again, I have stood up for what is right and I have stood alone................................. that is human nature, but there are exemptions. But is is important that we understand human nature and history. Most people are sheep. Study the 30’s in Germany. What would you and I have done? There are a lot of individuals and their choices revealed to us in history.
Human nature shows us we will not group up until we have to. We like our independence. Our founders learned AFTER THE BATTLE that a well regulated militia was necessary, but doing this counters human nature.
How does the old story go? When they finally came for me, there was no one left..........
Lets be realists, not pessimists or optimists. It will be a long, hard battle.
If our people were like their peoples, our country would already be like their countries.
We are also not stupid. We know any authoritarian would like nothing better than to face down individual targets with overwhelming force.
If you call yourself a conservative, why is it you subscribe to the assumptions of the liberal when evaluating our people?
“I would hope you are right but this happened very SLOWLY in our revolution. “
It never really did gain momentum until the Winter of 1976 with the crossing of the Delaware. Even then it never received full equipment and funding. There are two lessons in that.
1. You don’t need to be a fully equipped, well funded, army to defeat a superior enemy.
2. Don’t expect to be a fully equipped, well funded, army.
However, we the people maintain more guns, more ammo, more food, more medical, more of everything than the military has especially on a per solider basis.