tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7043755768404927777..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The “Are You Paranoid Enough?” EditionFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-15255169207158842802017-03-18T14:24:35.941-04:002017-03-18T14:24:35.941-04:00There are probably 120 million people in this coun...There are probably 120 million people in this country who own guns, approximately 400 million of them and growing literally each day. If the powers-that-be are not careful, then something they do will trigger a certain percentage of those people to revolt and literally start taking out government bureaucrats & media types who are all-in for the government, and even some police and military targets. I imagine that the most likely trigger will be a withdrawal, or near total withdrawal, of cash from the system. As you mentioned, that will eliminate all pretense of Liberty and privacy, and many tens of millions of people know this in their bones. Of course, the powers-that-be will try to bribe the population by paying them a fairly hefty bonus in electronic credits for cash that they turn in (which won't cost anything, it's just a few keystrokes), but not everyone will buy it. Personally, I hope that Trump and a few key people in the government understand this, and do everything that they can to dismantle any mechanisms that would make this more likely. I am not holding my breath waiting for this, but I do retain some hope that the American spirit is still alive somewhere. If not, then there are going to be some very dark days ahead for all of us.<br />Some guy in Texasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-6983848164545625292017-03-18T09:46:57.836-04:002017-03-18T09:46:57.836-04:00I'm not sure if yours is a majority opinion ei...I'm not sure if yours is a majority opinion either, but I rather doubt it. I, for one, am with you -- and I design and build embedded devices which talk over networks, albeit not the internet.<br /><br />As for evading the agents of violence who embrace their "duty" to mercilessly oppress We The Plebs; if each of us were to take one or two of them with us after they've shot our dogs and flash-banged our babies in their cribs, their numbers would certainly dwindle much more quickly than ours...FrozenPatriotnoreply@blogger.com