If we rely on the No Kings crowd as an indicator, the answer is no. They demand more government, modern monetary theory at home and abroad, and the replacement of Trump with a President who won't challenge the other two branches to do their jobs. Most are content to ignore the Constitution, not exercise it. The selected color for this "revolution" is yellow for optimism; the "color of democracy." There's a lot of black as well, begging the question of whether they are really just Proud Boys in ladysuits. The expert troll himself jumped in, with his bright yellow tie just a few days before the No Kings rally.

Any protest against authoritarianism and the state must be welcomed, in the mode of Thomas Paine. Radical, brave, and with only his life to lose, he valued independence of self and mind, always chose reason over the stupid crowd, believed that blind faith in the state could be corrected by facts and logic. He boldly welcomed trouble in his time, so the next generation might have peace.

We all have a little Tom Paine in us, and no doubt we are blessed with a multitude of modern crises in which to nurture that bold seed of sheer contempt for the criminal state. Those of us who quell our Tom Paine urges and sensibilities will indeed lose badly. Beyond remaining slaves and dying as slaves, we will condemn our children to both slavery and war. On the other hand, what better time than now to exult and celebrate the man who understood that "...taxes are not raised to carry on wars, but that wars are raised to carry on taxes."