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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
Under what circumstances, if any, would it be appropriate for American citizens to overthrow the United States government by force?
This is a theoretical discussion only.
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An interesting topic. When Hitler came to power, Germany was the most highly educated nation on the Earth. It also had a rather large percentage of Christians and Jews (people who would ostensibly be rather reluctant to participate in Hitler's later activities). Besides a few small coup attempts, the German people never attempted a "revolution".
The Declaration of Independence you reference was a good example of an "appropriate" reason for revolution, although today's average US citizen is much too passive for this to be a realistic spark to revolution. Presently, I think it would take an occurrence such as the Armenian Genocide, mass starvation, or a complete Constitutional breakdown, for normal taxpaying US citizens to take a stand.
Appropriate vs. Realistic is an important distinction.