Do the police think that they are gods?

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74. Those were a handful of people.

Nicolai Ceaucescu and Moammar Ghadaffi were taken down by large armies of rebels. Syria/Assad is teetering.

Tunisia and Egypt also fell to large armies of insurgents, though in a less dramatically violent way.

Moammar Ghadaffi, in particular, sent the full might of his army against his people. Where is he now?

The difference is, the people rebelled, and they did not back down. America doesn't have that kind of starch, that should be your argument, and you would be right.

We can, however, wage a non-violent economic war, one of extreme deprivation. Deprive the Corporate State of money and it will wither and die. Go back to bartering, buy local, starve the Corporate State. They can't arrest you for refusing to buy their stuff. Yes, that means we don't need guns to destroy the Corporate State. It can be done with guns - just ask Ghadaffi - but it doesn't need to be.