Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ...
by jlarocco on Monday June 10, 2013 @12:41PM
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That's not really true any more.
When Thomas Jefferson was alive it was feasible for the people to protect themselves from tyranny by fighting the government because the technology available to "normal" people was the same as available to the military.
Today it would be impossible. Even the police are 10000x better equipped than any group of civilian can be. And then there's the military...
Besides that, I'm skeptical there will ever be an issue where enough people are angry enough to start a revolt against the government. Right now people are outraged because the government is massively violating our rights, but nobody's talking about an armed revolution.
When Thomas Jefferson was alive it was feasible for the people to protect themselves from tyranny by fighting the government because the technology available to "normal" people was the same as available to the military.
Today it would be impossible. Even the police are 10000x better equipped than any group of civilian can be. And then there's the military...
Besides that, I'm skeptical there will ever be an issue where enough people are angry enough to start a revolt against the government. Right now people are outraged because the government is massively violating our rights, but nobody's talking about an armed revolution.