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> I think few people would argue that the probability of revolution in the US in any given year is as high now as it was in say 1800. Are you saying it's not?
by bluesnowmonkey 8y ago
> I think few people would argue that the probability of revolution in the US in any given year is as high now as it was in say 1800.
Are you saying it's not? Were they cavemen in 1800, and now we are a thoughtful civilized breed?
The United States has been at war most of my life. My parents lived through a war with a draft. My grandparents experienced World War 2. Seems like war is normal and peace is the aberration.
- labster 8y agoThe Indian Wars were fought pretty much constantly from before the creation of the United States until Wounded Knee in 1890. Even for a relatively young nation, it's spent the majority of its existence at war with someone.
- thaumaturgy 8y agoRevolution, not war.
- simonh 8y agoWe’re talking about civil war or unrest within its own territory, such as to potentially justify domestic gun ownership for personal defence. That’s the topic of the article, and the subject of the discussion here. In 1800 the US hadn’t even completed the Louisiana Purchase, and had many border and internal conflicts in its near future. The whole of the 19th century was a turbulent time throughout much of the Union.