zombie84 said:

Answer: overthrowing the government is not on our minds. Just hearing that sounds genuinely insane. Seriously, is that something Americans think about? This perplexes me.

I doubt that it is something that Americans regularly (if ever) think about; myself included.

Still, we had to do it in the 1770s. If our weapons technology was not somewhat evenly-matched and our access to said weapons unrestricted, then we probably wouldn't have even considering taking up the fight.

(Edit: I think that this is what drove the Founding Fathers to write it into the Bill of Rights.)

What if the USA becomes a THX1138-level dystopia? Recent events and legislature would suggest that we're headed down that path...