Is this the Second American Revolution?

Is this the second American Revolution?

According to Gerald Celente, the worlds leading trend forecaster, we are in the beginning stages of the second American Revolution. For those of you who are not familiar with Celente, he isn't some run of the mill quack that goes around trying to spread false rumors. In fact he is often considered the foremost authority when it comes to accurate predictions concerning world economies. The publisher of Trends Journal and a business consultant, he has accurately predicted many major economic shortfalls throughout his career. Most notably was his predictions of the 1987 stock market crash, the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, the 1997 Asian currency crash and the 2007 sub-prime mortgage scandal. One thing is for certain, whether you agree with Celente or not, you cannot argue with his past success of predicting trends.

In a recent article, Celente argues that the second American Revolution has already began and that it will continue to grow as the "natives" get more restless. According to Celente, the April tax day tea parties, the July 4th protests, the disruptive town hall meetings and the anger/suspicion over the Swine Flu Vaccinations are just the first shots fired in what will eventually turn out to be an inevitable change of global proportions.

If Celente is accurate and I believe that he is, we are indeed living in historic times. During the late 1700's a group of "revolutionaries," inspired by enlightenment philosophers, such as Rousseau, Locke, Smith and Montesquieu literally changed the world. These Patriots, led by Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison and John Adams to name a few, were all responsible for a revolution that created a new order. Is it possible that we are on the cusp of another world changing movement? This one inspired by the likes of Marx, Engels, Darwin, Lenin, Mao, Sanger and a host of others? If so, the world as we know it could be turned upside down, but then again isn't that the purpose of a revolution?

While the revolutionaries in Washington are carefully orchestrating "change," the American people are starting to awake from their slumber. The media treats dissent as if it was a fringe movement, but technologiy is saying something entirely different. With websites, blogs, tweets and the use of Cell phones and digital cameras, the truth of what is happening can be viewed from every angle, it cannot be denied. The old order is rising up to face the new in what could very well be the second American Revolution.

Note: It is not the opinion of this author that this revolution will be fought in the same manner as the first, with weapons and mass violence. I do however see the culture of our country changing. The people will either revert back to the values, morals and ethics that made this country a great nation or they will succumb to the new order. The spirit of volunteerism, responsibility and core values must be re-established among the citizenry in order to bring our country back. We must become a more economically responsible people, we must socially hold one another accountable for our actions and we must draw a line in the sand clearly identifying what is right and wrong. We must no longer allow political correctness to blur the lines, we must remain tolerant but not to the point that we have to forsake our value systems just to appease perversion or atrocities. Finally, we must limit term limits and find a way to gradually move away from political party allegiances, our loyalty should be to God, country and family.