Could something like the American Revolution be possible today?

 Today, could a completely inexperienced army compromised of civilians take the greatest superpower in the world?
 
Back then, the Americans had the advantage of knowing their own land and have all the will in the world, but with today's military technology, could it be possible?
 
What do you think?

No, it would never make it past organization anymore.  Information travels too fast.  You have to remember it took a boat trip across the ocean and back to communicate to the authorities during the time of the American Revolution.

Hell yeah.  We kicked British ass, and we totally owned the hell out of WW2, and doing alright in Iraq.
 
America could totally come together in arms and fight a future terrorist organization and spread freedom again.

im saying no, assuming that the military stays loyal to the government then they would be too strong unless EVERYBODY rose up. And if the military took over then thats a coup, not a revolution. 

" @KaosAngel:  I die a little inside whenever i see you post in one of these threads.... "

Rebels topple the Evil Empire?
I think you're confusing the American Revolution with Star Wars. The actual revolution is far from the idyllic, noble thing it's made out to be.

Is it physicly possible for the rebels to win? I think it would be possible, though the casualties would likely be pretty high on the rebels side.
 
Will it happen? No. Because us westerners have it to damn good. The system works at least well enough that people would rather keep it than put in all of the effort of overthrowing it and building a new system that will probably wind up being as good as or (more probably) worse than the currently existing one.

Well, if you could get enough people.

" @babblinmule said:

" @KaosAngel:  I die a little inside whenever i see you post in one of these threads.... "

I love my country, and I plan on serving it well with the FBI offer I got in the summer.  I'm sorry you take America for granted. "

" No, it would never make it past organization anymore.  Information travels too fast.  You have to remember it took a boat trip across the ocean and back to communicate to the authorities during the time of the American Revolution. "

" @KaosAngel said:

" @babblinmule said:

" @KaosAngel:  I die a little inside whenever i see you post in one of these threads.... "

I love my country, and I plan on serving it well with the FBI offer I got in the summer.  I'm sorry you take America for granted. "

That may be, but you're missing the point of this thread. In said conflict, we would be as inexperienced and ragtag as the forefathers were during the American Revolution. Try and wrap your mind around how well that would turn out in today's world. "

" @KaosAngel said:

" @babblinmule said:

" @KaosAngel:  I die a little inside whenever i see you post in one of these threads.... "

I love my country, and I plan on serving it well with the FBI offer I got in the summer.  I'm sorry you take America for granted. "

That may be, but you're missing the point of this thread. In said conflict, we would be as inexperienced and ragtag as the forefathers were during the American Revolution. Try and wrap your mind around how well that would turn out in today's world. "

Unfortunately, probably not.

" @GreggD said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" @babblinmule said:

" @KaosAngel:  I die a little inside whenever i see you post in one of these threads.... "

I love my country, and I plan on serving it well with the FBI offer I got in the summer.  I'm sorry you take America for granted. "

That may be, but you're missing the point of this thread. In said conflict, we would be as inexperienced and ragtag as the forefathers were during the American Revolution. Try and wrap your mind around how well that would turn out in today's world. "

You mean like the rebels in Afghanistan and Iraq? They seem to be holding their own.  Plus some of the founding fathers were vets of the french and indian wars. I;m sure if things got ugly there would be a few vets willing to help any revolutionaries. "

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" @KaosAngel said:

" @babblinmule said:

" @KaosAngel:  I die a little inside whenever i see you post in one of these threads.... "

I love my country, and I plan on serving it well with the FBI offer I got in the summer.  I'm sorry you take America for granted. "

That may be, but you're missing the point of this thread. In said conflict, we would be as inexperienced and ragtag as the forefathers were during the American Revolution. Try and wrap your mind around how well that would turn out in today's world. "

You mean like the rebels in Afghanistan and Iraq? They seem to be hold their own.  Plus some of the founding fathers were vets of the french and indian wars. I;m sure if things got ugly there would be a few vets willing to help any revolutionaries. "

How am i the only person that sees an issue with nuking a revolution in your own country. >.>

lol. no

" @KaosAngel:   Is this "AMERICA FUCK YEAH" attitude of yours just some joke that I am unaware of, or are you seriously in that mind frame? "

Both of your options are wrong. The fact that the state has more power at its hands isn't why a rebellion such as the American Revolution would be highly unlikely, but rather the fact that we are become weak, coddled babies compared to our ancestors.  
 
The fact of the matter is that conventional weaponry can do a damn fine job against an organized and well funded government force thanks to guerrilla tactics (see: Iraq), and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying through their teeth to put their view on this issue in line with their view on the 2nd Amendment. The only question is whether we would have the guts to do it, and to be honest, I doubt we would. 

" @KaosAngel:  Seems to me your military buddies seem to be 'shooting' more of the people than 'saving' them. And have you ever considered that 'commie' countries may just have a different view point and don't need saving?  Oh well, you're beyond thinking for yourself so this is kind of futile. "

If the military still supported the government, it wouldn't be very likely.  How would we get rid of the tanks?

" @mazik765 said:

" @KaosAngel:  Seems to me your military buddies seem to be 'shooting' more of the people than 'saving' them. And have you ever considered that 'commie' countries may just have a different view point and don't need saving?  Oh well, you're beyond thinking for yourself so this is kind of futile. "

Few things piss me off more than seeing people like you talk down about the troops. Only bad things make the news. If your post is futile, then you're fucking stupid for posting it. "

You know what? I bet if people didn't take all this stuff so seriously there would be alot less wars.

if a US rebellion could get their hands on weapons (which they probably can do) than yea
 
but i don't think there will be any rebellions soon, rebellions happened when the soviet union and communism was spreading fast, but lately i havn't heard of any uprisings

" if a US rebellion could get their hands on weapons (which they probably can do) than yea  but i don't think there will be any rebellions soon, rebellions happened when the soviet union and communism was spreading fast, but lately i havn't heard of any uprisings "

" If the military still supported the government, it wouldn't be very likely.  How would we get rid of the tanks? "

No shot.

no, i don't think it could happen. the governments would just be like BAM bring out the dogs and riot control. u will just a crap load of guys with tear gas, and stuff.

We werent as inexperienced or as ragtag as you might think we were in the revolutionary war. Most of our founding fathers were wealthy buissness men, not to mention the millions of dollars and weapons we received from France and Spain. Then you have to take into account that the majority of the solders and officers in the contenental army were veterans of the French and Indian war and other smaller conflicts which gave them experience with the terrain and tactics needed to fight in such terrain. Most british officers and solders were used to european style terrain and tactics witch were useless against the Native American style tactics employed by the Americans (cowpens is a good example of this). The only thing the contenental army lacked was manpower, so to make up for this congress recruited an ungodly amount of militia to fill in the ranks which led to the "ragtag" look of the army. 
 
taking all that into account, the united states should have won more battles than they actually did, i think they would have too if they had a stronger navy in support.

Hmm, if it was on a large enough scale, then it's quite possible that an extended rural guerrilla war could reach a stalemate with those in cities. But pretty much anything on a large enough scale would win. Also, it seems the 'bring in the tanks' mentality is fairly prevalent here. In reality armour is very ineffective outside conventional warfare, and there are ways of breaching most modern armour with homemade explosives or weaponry.

Don't be so shortsighted. Nah, revolution on American soil won't occur anytime in the foreseeable future. But all empires come to an end. And when they do, there's always some group of people quick to jump into that vacuum. If humans live for another thousand years, I'd be shocked if the political landscape of the world resembles what it does today.

"Psst: You're aware that France won the American Revolution, yes? "

I hope so! 
2012 baby!! 
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" @mikeeegeee:   Not at all.  We would have had no chance without the French Navy.  Sure, they knew they would win when they entered, but that is beside the point.  We knew the same when we entered WWII.  The reasons for entry aren't relevant.  What is relevant is that we could not have won without the aid of France.  It was their naval power that won the war.  Without it, the British could have walloped us by blocking resource deployment. "

" We werent as inexperienced or as ragtag as you might think we were in the revolutionary war. Most of our founding fathers were wealthy buissness men, not to mention the millions of dollars and weapons we received from France and Spain. Then you have to take into account that the majority of the solders and officers in the contenental army were veterans of the French and Indian war and other smaller conflicts which gave them experience with the terrain and tactics needed to fight in such terrain. Most british officers and solders were used to european style terrain and tactics witch were useless against the Native American style tactics employed by the Americans (cowpens is a good example of this). The only thing the contenental army lacked was manpower, so to make up for this congress recruited an ungodly amount of militia to fill in the ranks which led to the "ragtag" look of the army.   taking all that into account, the united states should have won more battles than they actually did, i think they would have too if they had a stronger navy in support. "

 Think the general population in North America are to lazy & selfish to really do anything if the correct political circumstances gave reason for a revolution. 
Maybe in Europe but then again the public doesn't have the firearms we North Americans have access to.    

" @KaosAngel:  I die a little inside whenever i see you post in one of these threads.... "

" @TwoOneFive:   Well, America does love it's chest-thumping, delusional nationalism as well as it's ignorance of history. "

" @babblinmule said:

" @KaosAngel:  I die a little inside whenever i see you post in one of these threads.... "

I love my country, and I plan on serving it well with the FBI offer I got in the summer.  I'm sorry you take America for granted. "

i dont agree with either poll topic because a superpower would never have to nuke an attempted revolution, what do i do?

"  Today, could a completely inexperienced army compromised of civilians take the greatest superpower in the world?   Back then, the Americans had the advantage of knowing their own land and have all the will in the world, but with today's military technology, could it be possible?   What do you think? "