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I don't know. Maybe.
I would rather have the protection of the constitution properly followed than not have it. I would rather have a well informed, and knowledgeable public over what we have now.
While we have those protections, you have time and the rhetoric to persuade the populous that this government is not working --- and perhaps never did.
But adnoto, go to youtube and listen to the old Beatles tune "revolution" --- only a few will be persuaded by anger and violence. If it takes a revolution, I hope for one like in India a while back. But even if it will take guns and blood to free us --- you will not get sufficient numbers on your side unless you present a better picture.
Reading over the above words tells me I am rambling and need to contemplate a bit. But I am trying to say that damn few people will join your team after you repeatedly call them blind foolish idiots. It is a human nature thing.
Now I am not trying to build a consensus and hence will use "idiot" or worse on occasion. In fact, just today I told a good friend why an absolute monarchy beats the hell out of a democracy. But then, I am not trying to build a revolution. It is a "wu wei" thing.
