Anarchy

So recently I have been following the rioting in Egypt and it got me to thinking. What would it take for citizens of the United States to stand up to its government? Could anything provoke us into revolution? Has our society become so weak and submissive authority that we cannot stand up for what we believe in?

In the past several years some very controversial issues have come up, things like socialized health care, the erosion of the right to privacy with TSA and airport security, the economic melt down, the rising cost of living, the rising unemployment rate. The list goes on and on.

I know the amount of effort it takes to bring people together and have them walk up against their own government must be incredible and they must have a cause worthy enough to bring them to arms. But even so nothing has happened, people are all talk and no action. I think we have become so concentrated on every thing else that we have lost track of the fact that for true change to come about there needs to be a reason for change.

A political figure will always try to appease both sides, so that they can become re-elected. I think they don't really care about what happens to the country, I think that all they care about is their own political power and trying to advance their own career. So it falls on us to give them a true incentive beyond just a check next to their name on a piece of paper. We, the citizens of the United States, need to learn that the world is not all fun and games, some times if you want something done you have to do it your self and you will have to get your hands dirty.