Where is Thomas Jefferson when you need him?

[robinturner]

I know I am getting a reputation on LJ as a Europhile anti-American pundit, but please allow me one more question.

Given that a large number of Americans are strongly opposed to their government's Middle-East bloodlust;

Given that a large number of Americans believe with good reason that the last presidential election was fraudulent;

Given that the current American government exists largely to promote the interest of the few against the many, believes in the principle of one dollar, one vote, and is a quagmire of corruption and nepotism comparable to the England of George III;

Where is the revolution?

I see many demonstrations of popular dissent, and I welcome them, like most people in the free world. But I see no strikes, no civil disobedience, no calls to arms. The current protests are a dim reflection of what we saw in the 1960s. Please read once more your Declaration of Independence. Call a strike. Boycott American goods instead of French goods. Destroy government property. Invade military bases. Physically harass a congressman. You used to be able to do it.

When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Comments

[alienghic.livejournal.com]

The closest I've currently come to revolution in the US is to push for bike and pedestrian transit (and continually go off on the US dependence on oil.) Although I do keep desperatly keep trying to stop buying stuff from US companies (I got rid of one of my monopolistic phone companies). I'd like to continue to work toward participating in a shadow economy, though I'm having difficulty finding it and getting involved. (All based on the theory that most of what's wrong with the US political system is corruption from corporate interests, and if we stopped giving them money they'd be less able to bribe politicians).

The other thing is the US government and corporate media do like to push the message that everyone is going along with us, so you should to. (they desperatly keep trying to ignore debate from the progressives).

(Though I'm wondering if my passport woes are stemming from my anti-war emails.)

[solri.livejournal.com]

It sounds far-fetched, but you never know with the current administration.

[alienghic.livejournal.com]

Rationally I considered it to be highly unlikely, but irrationally there's something comforting about being able to blame Bush for all of my problems.

Also there's one bioweapon that I could cheer the Iraq's for using. There exist some bacteria capable of eating oil and transforming it into protein. No nasty release of pollutants into the air, and they still get to reduce the amount of oil in the world.