To follow on my last comment:
I am not a defeatist, but am trying to be a realist. The good fight for American liberties should be fought, but we must think in terms of creative alternatives that maintain and restore personal freedoms (including eceonomic freedom) despite a government onslaught.
I don’t know off-hand what the specifics of such “creative alternatives” would be, but I can envision a kind of stealthy “virtual secession,” where many people and communities find ways to “drop out” of large portions of the functions of society with alternative schools, alternative employment (especially a lot of self-employment), creating new sectors of the underground economy, etc. At the same time, this “new American community” would encourage military service for its young. As it is, the kinds of people who are likey to go for this “secession” includes a majority of those who tend to fill the combat portions of our armed forces already. The latter point is to reinforce the spirit of the 2nd Ammendment by making sure that a disproportionate number of American citizens who have military experience belong to this new “other America,” and that the sentiments of the armed forces continue to be largely similar to those of the “secessionists.”
Crazy idea? Yes, but think: America’s powers-that-be have cavalierly allowed 12-20 million undocumented aliens into our midst, where, unlike that silly Bushism, they are not operating in the shadows, but in broad daylight, often with respectable jobs and decent housing and entire communities. As a matter of fact, they may now comprise a plurality of our working class. If millions of actual citizens began living “outside the law,” what would the elite and the government mechanisms they control really do? I’m not saying that they will do nothing, or not be alarmed — especially if the left holds the levers of civilian power — but it would be a major crisis for them that they may not be willing to combat effectively.
Democrats control Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Wall Streeters are mostly moderate Democrats and liberal Republicans. Why shouldn’t a more conservative and libertarian ideology control the military?
