“You Say You Want a Revolution?”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

Beatles – Revolution

Maybe you’d like to discuss revolution (h/t Gerard) today; a notion – it seems – that is gaining more traction by the day. So much so in fact that your government has established a special Domestic Terrorism Counsel to keep an eye on you insurgent types.

For most of our lifetimes the concept of a second American Revolution has been unimaginable; the concept of taking up arms against our own government being discussed only by the looniest of loons in both camps, and even then only semi-seriously.

Butt then came The Won™ and his full-throttled progressivism, cheered on by millions, swearing to “fundamentally change” America into Europe West. Goodbye Constitution – we want to be more like Brussels! Fewer liberties, freedoms and guns; more beer, lace and chocolate!

All I know is that the subject of revolution pops up in the Google machine a whole lot more regularly than it ever used to. Perhaps that’s a good thing As they say “War is when your government tells you who the enemy is; Revolution is when you figure it out for yourself.”

You say you’ll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it’s the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao

You ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right?
All right, all right!
All right, all right, all right!
All right, all right, all right!
All right, all right