We watch citizens overthrow governments and assume the same thing couldn’t happen here. But we have had one big civil war in the U.S., and several states — including California, where I live — have been talking about getting out of the U.S. for decades. What appears to keep us together isn’t the political structure; I think you could argue the USSR’s was actually stronger, and it fell. It is the
appearance that the government is representative. What if a majority, or even a massive minority, believed it wasn’t — much like what happened in the Civil War?
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How Twitter Could Trigger a US Revolution
Posted by: Rob Enderle August 6, 2012 05:00 AMWe watch citizens overthrow governments and assume the same thing couldn’t happen here. But we have had one big civil war in the U.S., and several states — including California, where I live — have been talking about getting out of the U.S. for decades. What appears to keep us together isn’t the political structure; I think you could argue the USSR’s was actually stronger, and it fell. It is the
appearance that the government is representative. What if a majority, or even a massive minority, believed it wasn’t — much like what happened in the Civil War?