I ran across John W. Whitehead's post which really lays out clearly the hard place citizens are being put into at this point in the history of America.  He begins with this quote from John F. Kennedy:

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

—John F. Kennedy

 And then goes on to make it very clear in a short concise article the various components which bring about the rebel, the revolutionary and the slave...  

The Bundy Paradigm: Will You Be a Rebel, Revolutionary or a Slave?

By John W. Whitehead

Published: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:14 PM CDT

    “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

—John F. Kennedy

Those tempted to write off the standoff at the Bundy Ranch as little more than a show of force by militia-minded citizens would do well to reconsider their easy dismissal of this brewing rebellion. This goes far beyond concerns about grazing rights or the tension between the state and the federal government.

Few conflicts are ever black and white, and the Bundy situation, with its abundance of gray areas, is no exception. Yet the question is not whether Cliven Bundy and his supporters are domestic terrorists, as Harry Reid claims, or patriots, or something in between. Nor is it a question of whether the Nevada rancher is illegally grazing his cattle on federal land or whether that land should rightfully belong to the government. Nor is it even a question of who’s winning the showdown— the government with its arsenal of SWAT teams, firepower and assault vehicles, or Bundy’s militia supporters with their assortment of weapons—because if such altercations end in bloodshed, everyone loses.

What we’re really faced with, and what we’ll see... MORE