Once this social avalanche cuts loose, there may be no arresting it.
Alas, Brave New Babylon
(link to the Free Republic thread)
“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.”
Sounds about right. If they are feeling froggy, let 'em jump. It won't be easy, but it may very well be the only way to restore the Republic.
Once this social avalanche cuts loose, there may be no arresting it.
Alas, Brave New Babylon
(link to the Free Republic thread)
If it happens, it will be as good a way as any to prove to the masses that welfare is a form of slavery to all those who partake of the system.
Applause...
This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
“...If they are feeling froggy, ...”
It would appear that they are indeed feeling froggy, brother...