No there won’t be. But the solution is not violent government.

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I am still not hearing what the solution that replaces the existing “constitution”.

What the solution is*

The constitution is a piece of paper with ink on it and it isn’t even doing what it claims to do. Because it’s a piece of paper and can’t do anything. This is equivalent to saying we need to replace an idol with something else. It won’t fix anything but you insist that it needs to be replaced with something.

The piece of paper can’t do anything, but the army that’s pledged allegiance to it can.

Then the piece of paper is irrelevant. The people choose to act this way.

Yes, it’s a collaboration.

A “tribe” of its own.

Is this not sufficient? Couldn’t people work together to fix their own problems then? Because if you accept the premise that the constitution is just a piece of paper with no real power, then all we really have left is a group of individuals acting.

Instead of this strange example you gave where a government is overthrown, let’s try another scenario. What would happen in this same “country” if all the people stopped paying taxes?

If you don’t like the terms “government” and “country”, then substitute all of it for “tribe”. I am good with that.

What would happen if everyone stopped paying taxes?

🤷🏻‍♂️ ask your tribe?

I don’t have a tribe

What happens to a government institution when all funding is removed?

That's the view from behind the rosy glasses, indeed. Not reality.

Constitutions are trampled by emergency powers, and the US has been in a constant state of emergency for over half a century. You could say the constitution is "temporarily"® suspended, until the emergency ends™. Not a new game, same happens to every babylonian state.

Voting for change is a meaningless practice as the unfavorable result to the status quo gets discarded or a re-do forced. Voting to legitimize a corrupt oligarchy however is not meaningless - that's the reason elections get massive publicity. Without your vote, which wont lead to positive change for you, they would have to resort to more obvious authoritarian methods. That's bad for bizz and grifting so voting is heavily encouraged.

The alternative to a bad practice is not doing it. The alternative to stealing and killing is not doing it. So the alternative to voting for masters is not to vote. If you insist voting is the only meaningful activity to your community I encourage you to think if you are in a good place and if not - move (vote with your feet).