American Revolution

So really, what are the chances of an uprising in modern day America?  Not only do you have police everywhere, along with National Guard/Reserves and regular military bases throughout the country, but anyone that dares to fight  is an automatic criminal/militia/fanatic/terrorist.  Of course that means you're judged by the very rules you're trying to overthrow... but what chance is there that someone could overthrow the country's entire rule system and start from scatch, or even have the support of the majority of the people who watch TV and see everything thtrough a filtered media that puts negative spin in order to dissuade the efforts of a revolution?  The problem is the majority of the population is content and complacent.  Revolutions occur when the majority is poor, pissed off, and tired of the current system.  It would require people to have no access to their books, television, movies, computers, video games, or anything else to distract them.  It would require wealth to diminish to nothing, houses to lose their value, and utilities and public programs to become completely ineffective.  I don't see any of this happening unless the US is assraped by the Middle East or communist Asia.   

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    I'm not talking about executives making mistakes that hurt the company, I'm talking about when they do something that isn't in the best interest of society or the people below them. My entire point is that the people in government are supposed to serve the people while businesses have no such responsibility. Perhaps I didn't make this clear enough, if so my mistake.
    I would be the last person to say the federal government is managing its budget correctly. But at the same time, one could argue that this may be due to the fact that it relies so much on the private sector. When something needs to be done they contract someone. As you said, the military is watched the closest and this is where we see the most evidence of private businesses contracted by the government taking advantage of people. You'll also see some of the largest spending in areas where the government needs to contract with the private sector.
    I agree with some of what you say and disagree with other bits. Hell, you even changed my opinion a bit. Still though, its important to look at the larger situation and realize how reliant the government is on third parties to simply maintain itself. I seem to think this is a large part of the problem.