(February 23, 2018 at 5:27 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(February 23, 2018 at 5:09 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Other countries are piss-ants.
"[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind."
https://constitution.com/new-hampshire-s...-17842007/
A document that was written in the era of muskets, when the colonial government and populace were about on par with each other in terms of military might (indeed, without a standing army, the local populace was the military might of the colonies).
One's assault rifle, despite being an incredibly formidable weapon in its own right, does jack shit against an attack helicopter, tank, armed drone, jets, etc. The notion of armed revolution in the modern era is ridiculous. Turkey couldn't even manage it when portions of its army sided with the people and attempted to stage a coup.
I say this as a person living in the "Live Free or Die" state. This isn't the mid-to-late 1700s any more. Any romantic notions of successful armed revolution are bullshit. Reality isn't Red Dawn.
Organized crime can still operate, because their fire power is a massive deterrent to government intervention. It doesn't have to be a revolution. The populace can be enough of a threat that subduing them isn't feasible.
