Jefferson's statement, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants", is looking like more than just a quote.
It would be easy to get the military, the front line soldiers, to help with a coup once it becomes clear that their missions could lead to the annihilation of human kind. They and their loved ones, after all, are part of human kind.
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He is also a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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