What is liberty worth?

I read a LOT. Mostly Scifi shit, some fantasy, but also biographies, the classics, supernatural fiction, religion, mysteries, hell, if its got writing, I'll probably read it. And every now and then, something jumps out at me.

The current book, or more aptly, one of the three books I'm currently reading, is about war in space, and a bunch of mercenaries (the bad guys) are attacking a group of revolutionaries (the good guys).
One of the good guys is thinking: "Their pay cannot possibly be sufficient for the odds they face, and yet they don't back down. They follow these orders to their deaths. Is that bravery, or stupidity?"
(h/t to the author, Ann Aguirre, who wrote the Sirantha Jax novels. One helluva good read.)

Anyway, this got me thinking. (Something I try to avoid as hazardous to my health). And I couldn't come up with a payment large enough for me to risk my ass. I'm a cautious man for the most part. I look both ways crossing streets, haven't stuck a fork in an electrical outlet since my Dad said "go ahead, see what happens". (I seem to recall I was 4 at the time). And I don't go out gambling. Again, too much risk.

But for America? I stand willing and able to fight to the death. If there were a group of revolutionaries willing to take back our country, yes, I'd stand with them.

It's going to happen. Americans are not the type to allow a king to rule them. NO ONE RULES A TRUE AMERICAN. When our economy drops out, and its us or them, or us and them, and them, and them, Patriots WILL stand. In small communities, family units, redoubts, in hiding. But they WILL stand. They will fight against the injustices of our current regime government. And by the grace of God and the spirit of our fore fathers, I WILL stand with them.