There Is No Question... as to Whether The United States of America (and Indeed The World) is in a State of "Revolution"! The Question Is... Will It Be a "Peaceful One"... or a "Violent One". Most Probably... It Will Fall "Somewhere In Between"... with Reactionary Violence Being the Major Motivating Factor for a Finally Effective and Established Progressive Change.

But... Before that Happens... Millions (perhaps Billions) of People Will Suffer from the Consequences of a "Degree of Violence" from The Entrenched "Status Quo" and Our Expanding Militant Government... before Order and Justice and "A Sense of Sanity" is Regained by Our Government... and Our Society in General. Indeed, Many Already Have... and Already Do!

Everyone Knows... as a Nation... "We Have Problems". But Few Understand the "Severity" of Our Problems. And Most Understand Our Turmoil in Terms of Solely "The Economy"... and "Political Corruption" in General. What Most of Americans Don't Realize... is That there is an Evolution of Social Consciousness... a Growth of "Essential Ethics"... that Is Gradually and Decisively Dividing The American People... and Indeed, The Peoples of The World.

The Impending Revolution... is Not Just About the Distribution of Power, Wealth and Opportunity between the "Haves and Have Nots"... or Corruption in Our Political & Economic Systems and Social Institutions. It's About Understanding and Compassion... an Awareness of "SELF" and Others... and Essential "Rights" that All Earthlings Deserve. It's About an Evolving "True Spiritual Growth"... that Will Not Be Denied or Suppressed... Under "ANY" Circumstances.

The "Critical Question" that We Have to Ask... as a Nation... is "What Will Be the Factors That Will Ultimately Motivate or Force Individuals and/or Social Groups to Stand Up and Take "Aggressive Offense" or Even Militant Force Against The Various Institutions of Government, Education and Religion"? At What Point Will People Finally Decide "I've Had Enough... and I'm Not  Going to Take Any More"? At What Point... Will People "Literally Put Their Security (and Even Lives) on The Line"... for a Cause or in Defense of Their Homes and Livelihood... or Perhaps a "True Nation"?

Obviously... "Defensively Aggression" Doesn't Initially Manifest Itself in an "All or None" Manner... nor Does It "Take The Form" of a "Direct Expression". For Most of The Population... as a Result of Years and Years of "Conditioned Compliance and Submission"... Their "Aggravation, Frustration and Violence" will be "Turned Inward" on Themselves or Indirectly Passed On to Others in Their Personal, Family or Working Lives... Resulting in Emotional, Psychological and Physical "Diseases" That Are So Common Today.  Rarely Do We... as Individuals... Confront The "True Monster" or "Source of Our Angst". Indeed, Rarely are We Even "Consciously Aware" of The Source of Our Primal and Essential Dissonance?

"Violence" in Our Society is an Undeniable Circumstance... that is Escalating at What "Sometimes Appears" to be an "Exponential Level". We All Agree on That! But... What Are The Sources of this Violence (which is a National Epidemic)... and What Can We "Do" About It? And While The "Experts" and The General Public have a Vague Understanding of the "Causes" of Our Increasing Violent Society... Seeing It as Inherent Stress from Our Cultural and Fast Paced Life Styles... Many of The "Root Causes" Continue to Go Unnoticed and Intentionally Evaded. We Need to Be "Looking Harder and More Intently" at Ourselves, Our Artificial Systems, and Our Spiritual Nature.
 

Signs of Revolution are All Around Us... from an Increasing Incidence of Social Violence and Unrest... to More Subtle Forms such as Social Apathy and a Loss of Meaning and Relevance in All Aspects of Our Lives. People are Angry and Depressed... but Most Important is The Sense of Hopelessness and Impotence that We Feel... as Citizens and Workers... and Members of The Human Race. "Humanity" is a Concept That is Understood and Recognized Less and Less by Our Government and Social Institutions.

Our Country is Becoming More "Fascist" by the Day! Corporate and Political Corruption is Rampant. It's Hard to Find a Politician Who is Literally and Sincerely "Representative" of The Public They are Suppose to Be "Serving". The Wealth is Increasingly Moving from The Middle and Lower Classes to The Upper Classes. It is Increasingly Harder for Individuals and Families to "Make Ends Meet". The "Single Worker" in a Family is History. Even both Parents of a Family find it Hard to Make a Basic Living. Many "Bread Winners" of Growing Families Find It Necessary to Work Two and Even Three Jobs to Survive with a Decent Lifestyle. Increasingly, Children are "Moving Back In" with Their Parents as an Economic Necessity... and Contributing to The Families "Bottom Line".

American Citizens are "Taxed to Death". We Pay "Taxes on Taxes on Taxes". Ultimately, We Pay Approximately 70% Taxes on The Money We Earn. Businesses, Increasingly want "More for Less" from Their Employees. Employee Rights is Non-Existent for Most Workers in This Country. The System Keeps the Unemployment Rate High... so That Business has The "Advantage and Leverage". "Ya Wanna Eat and Have a Place to Live... Well, Toe The Line Buddy". People are Working in Jobs for Years... and Not Even Being Compensated for Inflation! Sure... You Can Always Leave! But... Where Do You Go? It's a Dead End Street.

At This Very Moment... Our Complacent Congress is Working on Legislation to "Bail Out" the Banks Who Backed the "Subprime Lending Crisis"... which Is Responsible for Billions of Dollars in Irresponsible Debt... further Throwing Our Economy Into a Downward Spiral. You Would Think They Would Have Learned Something from The "Savings and Loan Scandals" of Yesteryear. We Bailed Them Out Too... with only a "Slap on the Wrist". We Literally "Taught" the Predatory Loan sharks " How To Screw Millions Out of Their Savings and Investments... without Any Risk". They "Knew" then the American People would Bail Them Out... and That "Nothing Significant Would Happen to Them". And They "Know Now" the Same Scenario Will Play Out. And Guess What... a few Years Down the Road... They Will "Do It Again"... Considering that We Have an Economic System Left to Exploit. And Our Politicians and Legal System Actually Want Us to Believe that "It Is The American People They Serve"? What Hog Wash! It's "YOUR" Taxes That Will Cover This Fiasco... Not the Corporate World Responsible for It.
 

Corporations are Getting Very Sophisticated in The Ways of Exploiting The Public. Sometimes They Use Subtle Psychological Methods... and Sometimes They Use Covert Power Plays. The Sad Thing... is That Government is Serving "Their Interest" and Not Ours. Our Rights are Continually Being Eroded and Literally Violated. We Never Really "Had" a Lot of Protected Rights in the First Place... but in the Last Few Decades... We Have Seen Our Constitution and Constitutional Rights Being Ignored and Trampled. We Have a "Dictator" (Bush) in The Presidential Office... along with Sympathetic Republican and Democrat Corporate War Mongers and Corporate Whores in Allegiance... and We Can't Even Impeach The Idiots. And Yes... We "The People" are Mostly to Blame. We Fell for The Same Ploys and Tricks that Hitler Used on Germany in a Fearful and Economically Depressed Time in Their History. We (like Germans) are Basically Very Smart People... but We Are Insecure and Gullible... and Trust Our Politicians Way Too Much!

While Many People Still See "The Revolution" as a Conspiracy Theory... Most of The American Public are Still "Searching" for The Rights "Words"... and "Revolution" is Just a Little Bit too Dramatic. We Find It Very Hard to Perceive "Our Government" and Our Institutions as "The Enemy". But... "In Effect"... a Person's Government is "Always The Enemy"... and Our Founding Fathers Were Not Reluctant in Pointing That Fact Out. Where Did We "Lose Sight" of That "Natural Conditional State of Government"???

If We Look Closely... There Are Endless "Signs" of an Impending Violent Reactionary Revolution Brewing in America. Underground Militias have Been Preparing for what they Perceive as The Inevitable for Decades. But... for the Most Part... There are Few (if any) "Organized Groups" that Are "Actively Planning an Armed Revolution". But... the Number of Militias that are "Ready" when and If the Time Comes are Probably Staggering. But... Militias are Examples of "Potential Signs" of Reactionary Revolution... Not "Active Ones".
 

The Signs That The Revolution has Officially Started are People and Groups Who Are "Fighting Back" in Some Situational and/or Physical Way Against What They Perceive as "Social Wrongs" or Injustices to Individuals, Animals or The Environment. Most of These People are Involved in Peaceful and Legal Nonviolent Protest... such as Marches and Sit-Ins. Some are Involved in More Passive Aggressive Behavior... such as Chaining Themselves to a Fence... or "Standing in Front of a Tank". Then there are Those Who are Putting Themselves in Harms Way... like the People of Greenpeace Who Actively Harass and Interfere with the Activities of Whalers and Seal Hunters. Then there are Those Activists Who are "Destroying Property" and Physically Intimidating the "Perceived" Most Irresponsible Violators of Human, Animal and Environmental Interests and Rights.

Perhaps The Most "Evident" Signs of Revolution Though are Found in The Animal Rights Arena. The Ranks of Those "Taking a  Stand" are Growing... and Punishment by The System is Not an Effective Deterrent to Their Actions. Indeed, It is Considered More a "Badge of Honor". And Many are Willing to "Die for Their Cause".

Conscientious Individual Activists and Animal Rights Groups are Growing Tired of Trying to "Reason" with Public Ignorance and Corporate Indifference to Animal Rights and Welfare. While the Great Majority of Individuals and Groups both Practice and Advocate Public Education and "Peaceful Persuasion"... Many Have Given Up on "Dialogue" and "Banging Their Heads" Against The Proverbial "Deaf and Dumb" Materialistic Wall. They See "Destructive Aggression" Against Institutional Entities as The Only Avenue of Effective Change. Still, They Are Not Practicing "Aggression Against Humans"... but rather Destruction to Physical Structures. The People Involved with Institutional Animal Abuse are Socially and Politically Harassed... and Their Discretions Made Public. Will a Time Come When "Vigilante Groups" Will Act as Both "Judge and Jury" in Dealing with Those Who "Torture and Murder" Animals (for Whatever Reasons)... and Administer Punishment Accordingly? The Answer is "Yes, They Will"! And While Most of The Population Perceives "Animal Experimentation" and "Factory Farming" as Acceptable and/or Necessary... The Critical Question Is... "IS IT". Are Individuals Who Put Their Security and Even Lives on The Line... Heroes or Terrorists? Are Those Who Support Animal Abuse and Exploitation...  Ethical Citizens... or Essential Criminals"? The Government has Defined and Labeled Animal Rights Activists Who Destroy Property as Terrorists... effectively "Waging War" with Extreme Animal Rights Activists and Fundamentally Supporting Those Who Torture and Kill Animals. Will There Come a Time When "You" Have to Decide "Which Side You Are On"... and "Who and What" You Will "Fight" For?

In Conclusion and Summary... I Mainly Want to Emphasize The Need for Americans and All Citizens of The World to Openly and Honestly and Sincerely Investigate and Study The Source and Impulse for both Peaceful Revolution... and Violent Revolution. And to Realize that "Evolution" in All Aspects of SELF and Existence is an Essentially Natural and Universal Dynamic... That Cannot and Should Not Be Denied... but Rather Nourished and Facilitated.

My Point Here is Not to Advocate "For or Against" Violent Reactionary Revolution... but Simply to Address the Potential Reality of Its Occurrence... and Offer Some Ideas as to "Why" It Is a Potential Risk for Society and It's Orthodox Institutions. My Purpose Is Primarily to Alleviate the "Need" and Evolution of Violent Revolution... by Encouraging and Promoting Peaceful and Holistic Social Revolution. Hopefully, The Inevitable "Changes" that This Century will Bring Forth... Will Be Happen through Willful Volition and Not Forceful and Violent Reactionary Revolution.

Unfortunately, if History is Reliable Predictor, the "Odds" are Against Us. America... still in Its Formative Years... Is Being Confronted with Its Ultimate and Decisive Challenge. We Survived The Civil War and Met The Challenge of Inalienable Human Rights for Everyone. Will We Survive The War for Animal Rights... and Meet The Challenge of Essential Rights for All Sentient Earthlings? Will We Meet The Challenge of Protecting and Caring for Mother Earth... and Not Only Save Our Country... but Our World? 

Will We???

For a Better Informed & Involved Public...

Lonnie J. Burris

Activist & Concerned Citizen