agreed ...

One thing though - when you say "I've seen rednecks and hippies eyeing each other with barely concealed distaste, not even realizing that they share a common enemy: namely, a government that wants to stop one group from owning guns and the other from owning drugs" - I have to ask, which group is which? I've known quite a few rednecks who love them some drugs, and not a few hippies who love their firearms.

But yes, if we could unite all those who have been persecuted by our out-of-control government, we would certainly have a majority. For all that, our government certainly understands the logic of "divide and conquer".