Flowings of Your Everlasting Taffyman

“Who's the one to blame for this strain in my vocal chords?
Who can pen a hateful threat but can't hold a sword?
It's the same who complain about the global war,
But can't overthrow the local joker that they voted for.”

Lately I been pondering revolution. And not in the “hey lets go” fashion but in the “why hasn’t this happened?” sense. All the ideas are there but the economics isn’t. Which lends credence to the Marxist views of how things are run and how they have been run. But I have asked some people very recently, “If the republic fell, would you do anything?”
-the scenario goes like this. Say Bush takes over in the name of national security, but suddenly it looks like no free elections in 4 or 20 years, things don’t change a whole lot though. The same people are in power, the occasional random pick up by the secret police the occasional oppressive police brutality in some city far from you… but in general life continues. You hear less and less on the tv and from the news papers as the media follows its orders. You don’t know many people who’s lives are so very different…. in general, the republic is dead but the empire continues.

Do you do anything?
Fight with weapons?
Fight with words and signs and marches?
Organize in any way?
Just continue about your day?

The only people I can imagine doing anything are those who are ultra conservative and feel they need their rights like they need air… and those who are bored and dislike their lives already.

Would the military change anything?
-Generals who are too afraid to take charge for fear of reprisal.

I guess its an interesting idea. I wonder if those who complain (me included) have any stick to back their beliefs… or if its all empty. And if its all empty… have we already lost it all?