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28. As much as this may be a wasted effort, here's a perspective.

Where the government fears the people, there is liberty; where the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The weight of history here is on the side of the government trusting the people. With that trust comes the people's responsibility to act within the law. This is the very basis for the idea of individual rights.

To address the 'tribe against the army' question: there is no scenario I can envision where a serviceman in the US would make war against his neighbors. However, should the time come as mentioned in the Declaration...

(That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.)

...I see at least as many service against the government as would be for it.

I don't trust government nor do politicians deserve any trust but I do trust our Guardsmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.