Tell that to all the other countries that have been in endless civil wars.
Those countries don't have (BY FAR) the largest and most powerful military in the world.
Can you even name a
single nuclear power that has had the government overthrown by armed civilians? I can't.
Hypothetically, If the US government went down the path of one of the aforementioned evil countries, what would you do? Would people just get in line to the gas chamber or firing squad? Would you?
Well, when a society goes down the road of one of those
evil countries, the first thing that happens is
thunderous applause from the citizens. I keep citing this example and no one ever seems to address it, but when jackbooted government thugs came to snatch lawful Japanese-American citizens out of their homes, other Americans were clapping and cheering. And in that situation, your choice is not whether or not you
voluntarily get in line to the gas chamber... it's whether you
get to see your wife and children gunned down, killed in an explosion, or burned to death after you fire on the law enforcement that has come to haul you off to the camps.
And this is not some far-bygone history of ancient depravity. It was only a few years ago that when people would come to our border to legally apply for asylum in accordance with lawful international treaties, our government would
steal their children and then deport them. Again, this was met with wild applause from half the country.
So I have very little interest in these hypotheticals about
uprising against evil tyrants. When evil tyrants arrive,
at least half of the country will be feverishly cheering them on, and anyone foolish enough to raise a handgun in opposition will be reviled as terrorists, as they are utterly wiped out with the full force of the state.