C.I.A. (Curing Indoctrination Angrily)

Like you, I am very angry at the state of things currently. I definitely agree with your overall sentiment. But, some points:

1) The current regime profits from violence and war. A revolutionary/civil war would only feed the war machine that brings the PTBs the majority of their money and power, as well as give them yet another 'Great Enemy' with which to terrorize society with and get more authoritarian power granted to them 'to deal with the danger to our great Nation'.

2) Our lovely and ever-increasingly-authoritarian government/the previously mentioned power elite that owns it have done everything in their power to ensure that they have *the* lock on violent power. Even with as well armed-populace as America has, much of what is available to the people is many generations behind what is available to the Elite and their enforcers.

Look at the Middle-East -- gun ownership there is at least equal to the U.S. on a per capita basis, usually on the scale of an AK-47. And we rolled right into town while they unloaded everything they had. Our losses were infinitely less than theirs.

At the least, to be successful a revolution in the sense you describe would require enormous coordination amongst the people, on a nearly unheard of scale.

3) The current system, as distasteful as it is in many ways, does give us other options to effect consequences for those in power. Through voting, and through spending. With these tools, and with enough coordination (overall less, I think, than would be necessary for a more physical overthrow), we can do much to reform our society through reasonably peaceful means.

I'm not so naive as to believe that some form of physical protest and civil disobedience won't be necessary as part of any realistic solution; or to believe that there won't be crack-downs by the elite utilizing violence if and when our movement truly begins to succeed, and the house of cards built by the elite begins to crumble. Their infinite-growth based model of society is beginning to really hit the walls and boundaries of the Earth's capabilities, and they know it. As I mentioned in my first comment, the taking up of arms may indeed be necessary at some point.

However, we can do much to weaken their power before this occurs by being smart with how we spend our money, and by holding those we vote into power seriously accountable for their actions by getting rid of them when they fail us and voting in someone else. Do this often enough, and consistently enough, and I believe we will start to see change.

Above all, what is at war is are principles and ideas just as much as -- indeed, in my opinion, even more than -- people. The most important thing I see is for us to maintain a moral high-ground, so that those who are watching from afar identify with us and not those who wish us ill. This is the way to fight overwhelming firepower. If we do fight, we should at least not be the ones to strike the first blow. We have other tools at our disposal, legal and effective tools if we organize and use them correctly.

As Sun Tzu teaches: Choose your battles wisely. Never meet your opponent on the field of his choice. Never fight a battle you aren't sure you can win. And never waste your energy and risk a fight if there is another way.

The main goal is to keep us divided and squabbling amongst each other over non-issues. The most important thing to do right now is to come together and organize. Whatever else we need to do will require that as its foundation, anyway.

Anyway, just my opinion on the subject, I certainly have felt just as you describe in your poem occasionally myself. Perfectly understandable, given what is going on. What matters is that you have noticed, and you care enough to do something about it.

But I would encourage you to exhaust the less physical options first. =)

"You must *be* the change you wish to see in the world."
Mahatma Gandhi