The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires. A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax.
The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires
The 1st and 2nd Amendments exist for a reason. If powerful captains of industry and elected leaders don't want to comply with the Constitution and pulse of the people we're allowed to revolt. It's fucking written down. Voting isn't our only civic duty. Sometimes "good trouble" and non violent Kumbaya sit-ins aren't enough. The rich and powerful have convinced multiple generations that it isn't democratic to revolt. It's bullshit and anyone paying attention knows it.
Edit: A lot of the arguments below prove my point that they've been successful in convincing us not to fight. It isn't just about the guns it's about the will and tactics more than anything. Rebels can do the same thing with some gas and a bit of gunpowder that a multifaceted multi billion dollar army can.
US is armed to the teeth. The local home guard is more armed than militaries of some countries. This is before the army gets called in. Any chance of an armed uprising is naught. The only thing that will work is making the police join in the strikes.
Violence will be used as an excuse to attack people who stood against the govt. This part has been played many times in history. The last major one being in Tianenmen.
We don't need to defeat the US government as a whole or entire branches of the military. We need to assassinate like 8 people. That's definitely doable.
Its a hydra and not a minotaur. 8 heads will spawn 16 heads in stead. Structural changes require non violent continous revolution of Gramscian nature. Violence does not work as well as you think it would.
Maybe not but I think it would work better than you think it would.
An armed insurgency just defeated the US military in Afghanistan though
Not the same. US tried to establish a government and then leave the place. They had no plans what would happen after the invasion. If the plan was to establish permanent colony, there would be control structures which make sure that happen.
