They don't have the balls to make that kind of play.
Agree.
I also don't think it will start from our side, it's just contrary to where almost all of us come from. It is the nature of Conservatism to support order and lawful government until there is some unequivocal sign that any further attempts to keep it on life support are not only hopeless but immediately harmful.
The likely tiger to turn on its rider will be the entitlement class who have been rendered completely dependent on Caesar's free bread, and the day comes when there is no more money to bring more shiploads of grain into port.