by Butler Shaffer

LewRockwell.Com

04/08/05

I have long thought that the oppressive and destructive American political system will eventually reach a breaking point where the addition of one more intrusion upon the lives of people will produce a nonlinear reaction (i.e., a consequence out of all proportion to that singular factor). Like the Boston 'tea party' or the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, some will mistake this single event for what may prove to be the 'cause' of the collapse of the American nation-state. Something which, standing by itself, would seem to have little significance -- like a woman refusing to move to the back of a bus -- may become the focal point for the release of long-suppressed emotions and resentments...

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