A very good point. I suppose this is where the idea of the 4th amendment comes from in the US, that should an armed minority rise up and attempt to seize power, the citizenry has the right to make armed resistance against such an uprising and seek to, by force, restore a government to power who has the mandate of the people. Not sure how well this would work in practice in the 21st century, but it is at least an interesting idea.
It is certainly very scary to me that there are people out there that believe in ideals so strongly that they trump the lives and well-being of the people. Perhaps that is a somewhat functional description of extremism. I am quite scared that I live in a country (the US, though I am a UK citizen) where this seems to be the prevailing direction.
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Date: 2010-07-19 01:26 pm (UTC)It is certainly very scary to me that there are people out there that believe in ideals so strongly that they trump the lives and well-being of the people. Perhaps that is a somewhat functional description of extremism. I am quite scared that I live in a country (the US, though I am a UK citizen) where this seems to be the prevailing direction.