another thread on this page got me thinking. it was about whether or not the government could eventually threaten the internet as a free place.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=113102
my question is, in this day and age, what mechanisms do we actually have for standing up to tyrrany? when the constitution was written the idea of keeping arms to physically battle tyrannical governments was there. today, short of voting out officials we dont like (as if our votes are really counted anyway), what can we do?
protesting just gets massive police power against us (just look at NYC during the republican convention when people were literally rounded up and thrown into detention centers down in the piers on the westside, sometimes for days...google it, its true). and in this age of The Decider, what effect does protesting have anyway? who listens? the politicians sure dont.
we cant physically fight...i guess some of us who have firearms could get together and attempt something but look what happened in New Orleans..police and Blackwater came in and illegally confiscated weapons! what the hell?! and against the forces of Blackwater (Bush's secret army led by his relative) a home owned semi automatic 9mm isnt going to accomplish much.
i guess we could go on massive strike which would result mainly in suffering for us, ourselves.
what would you do if suddenly martial law was announced? seriously. not suggesting it is imminent but what if there is another false flag , 9/11 and a nuke goes off in NYC. check out REX84 and the Continuity Of Government laws that have been snuck in over the last 40 years. there goes the constitution.
before labeling me kooky please just think about it. there have been many posters on here saying 'out of my cold dead hands...' and things to that effect but what would YOU really do if confronted by a true tyranny situation?
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=113102
my question is, in this day and age, what mechanisms do we actually have for standing up to tyrrany? when the constitution was written the idea of keeping arms to physically battle tyrannical governments was there. today, short of voting out officials we dont like (as if our votes are really counted anyway), what can we do?
protesting just gets massive police power against us (just look at NYC during the republican convention when people were literally rounded up and thrown into detention centers down in the piers on the westside, sometimes for days...google it, its true). and in this age of The Decider, what effect does protesting have anyway? who listens? the politicians sure dont.
we cant physically fight...i guess some of us who have firearms could get together and attempt something but look what happened in New Orleans..police and Blackwater came in and illegally confiscated weapons! what the hell?! and against the forces of Blackwater (Bush's secret army led by his relative) a home owned semi automatic 9mm isnt going to accomplish much.
i guess we could go on massive strike which would result mainly in suffering for us, ourselves.
what would you do if suddenly martial law was announced? seriously. not suggesting it is imminent but what if there is another false flag , 9/11 and a nuke goes off in NYC. check out REX84 and the Continuity Of Government laws that have been snuck in over the last 40 years. there goes the constitution.
before labeling me kooky please just think about it. there have been many posters on here saying 'out of my cold dead hands...' and things to that effect but what would YOU really do if confronted by a true tyranny situation?