REVOLUTION! ... or what? (Vanity)

Lazamataz ^ | 12/24/2010 | By Lazamataz

[Lazamataz]

Let's face it: We are losing against the forces of Socialism and Communism.

Over the course of the last 100 years, we have gone from a purely capitalist society, to one slowly working through the throes of communization. The New Deal; the seizure of privately held gold; The War on Poverty / Drugs / Whatever; Social Security; Medicaid and Medicare; the abuse of Eminent Domain; the creation of the EPA, EEOC, FCC, NEA, CPB, and a myriad number of other barely-accountable agencies -- these have been the slow ratcheting-up of the forces of Socialistic control.

It has taken generations, and we now stand on the precipice of the full realization of the Socialists desires: Forceful control of the citizenry -- from cradle to grave -- and the destruction of wealth and the middle class, with an emphasis to collectivizing that wealth in the hands of government.

So, it is obvious that it is WELL PAST Claire Wolfe's popular admonition: "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." It is, indeed, past time to shoot.

However, this is not America circa 1776. The things that may have worked then cannot work now. This is not even America circa 1968, whereinwhich only marginally violent 'social force' was useful.

Force is an odd bird, today. Let us consider the range of options available to the resistor:

1. Somewhat-organized brigades of irregulars: Frankly, the best you could hold to field would be barely-trained irregulars with very poor C3 (Command, Control and Communications). If you could even assemble them, the irregulars would be put down quickly by professional military and police combinations. Armed with over-the-horizon technology, devastating missile technology, and unmanned drones, you'd never see it coming, and as a heat source, you'd stand out in the wilderness like a lightbulb.
   
   Okay, that won't work too well. The armed rebellion seen in 1776 won't work today. Well then, how about if you convinced a great number of military elements to desert and join our cause?
   
   
2. Professional Military Crossover: You'd get some takers, no question. We still have patriotic people in the military. But, they would be stripped of command and control machinery and the best weaponry. They would be a good adjunct and advisor group to irregulars, but they would not have the true power of the geniune military. They, too, would be crushed.
   
   Well, then, there is always the emulation of successful cell-groups as practiced in Islamic circles, or as practiced in the resistances of occupied countries since the 1900's. Let's look at that:
   
   
3. Leaderless Cell-based Resistance: These are routinely branded as terrorists, and are treated as non-citizen combatants, replete with the stripping of civil liberties, etcetera. Monitoriing and surviellance (especially network link-analysis) makes them relatively ineffective in this very-modern, very-computerized society, since any code you define would be immediately cracked, and patterns of contact are very observable. Further, what mischief would you make, without garnering negative publicity?
   
   Clearly a non-starter. Let's look, then, at the left's strategy of mass demonstrations in the 1960's.
   
   
4. Mass Demonstrations: There are now very effective non-lethal counters to this form of resistance. From the microwave-emitter to much-more-potent pepper-sprays to the sound-caster, there are ways to effectively break up a demonstration without actually killing or maiming people, and thusly the government garners no 'Kent State'-style negative publicity, with the concurrent changing of the public's mood.

Ok. Looks like direct confrontation would be a poor option. The form of tyranny we most likely face, is what I call the Soft Tyranny. It isn't like Stalin starving his Ukranian foes. It isn't like Hitler rounding up his hated Jews for orderly disposal. It isn't like Pol Pot lining up the town leaders for summary execution on the spot. It, instead, consists of a low-level bureaucrat coming over and fining you $25.00 because you are using the wrong kind of light bulb. Most students of history see that this (genocide and mass killings) are not the most effective form of control. The most effective form of control is the small regulation and the tiny civil fine. Those tend to make people behave 'correctly'.

One important caveat: If the governmental parties are NOT students of that history, then every thug they sent to round up and kill one of us, obviously, should be liquidated.

Again: giventoday's society, you are much more likely to see a soft tyranny, what are the most effective tools?

The answer is clear: Emulate the success of the left.

Widespread infiltration and the changing of the public's mind: To do this, you must educate. Free Republic is one such form of education, but it's reach is limited. The goal is to train millions of youth. Homeschoolers have a chance to do this, also, perhaps groups such as the Boy Scouts and other social groups. Here, you can educate the minds meaningfully.

Maybe even reach the immigrant population, meaningfully. Deradicalize the La Reconquistas if possible, and show them the merits of freedom and the ways to defeat - by law - government control.

Install more journalists. Train them and send them out.

Get into more churches.

Turn to social media.

Launch more conservative blogs and websites.

The best weapon against communism and socialism is truth, imparted slowly and over a generation. They have two generations on us, so we won't be alive to see the fruits of our labor.

But labor, we must.

[The Duke]

Conservatives' patience and "tolerance" has juuuuust about reached its end-we've seen that with the Tea Parties and the mid-term elections.

Our local Republican Executive Committee had officer elections just a couple of weeks ago, and a couple of very respectable Tea Party members attempted to unseat the established officers, and were defeated by a very wide margin.

That's shaken my confidence in the ultimate effectiveness of the Tea Party. And it's not because the rank-and-file are so strong, but because the Tea Party doesn't seem to have the gumption to do more than make noise.

[servantboy777]

Totally missed the point ding dong.

[ctdonath2]

Enlighten me.

[servantboy777]

Certainly.

Not only is this a war it is a direct assault on our constitution and way of life.

Rudy Ridge - Vicki Weaver shot and killed while holding her baby by fed snipers.

Waco - 80 men, woman and children murdered by Janet Reno's hand....never charged with a crime.

Elian Gonzales - forcibly removed from a free country and placed in the hands of Castro's communist thugs.

Uncle Sugar's use of IRS intimidation of citizens that hold dissenting views. Example: Scores of folks that came under IRS audits after coming out against ol Billy Boy. Jaunita Broadrick, Paula Jones, Jennifer Flowers, Liz Gracen...and more.

Scores of American citizens missing along the Mexican border due to inaction of federal border security.

Thousands of American citizens killed and or injured due to illegal Mexican drug / human traffic gangs within our country.

American citizens jailed and harassed attempting to bolster border security. Vigilantes they are labeled by the FG.

LDS temple raid in which 126 children were removed by force. Sniper nest, armored vehicles and the like used in the raid. The LDS group were not armed and did not resist. The courts ordered the feds overstepped and the children were returned.

National guard troops ordered to confiscate guns from law abiding citizens. Citizens held at gun point and lil ol lady roughed up for protecting her own home.

The list goes on....shall I continue.

When I say, Civil, Civil War, I am referring to the covert war being waged on the sovereignty, culture and soul of this country.

Been to a gun show lately? I'm thinking the American public is in no mood to sit around the campfire with Uncle Sugar and sing Christmas carols.

[ctdonath2]

One side murdering a few select noncombatants to keep the other side in line is oppression, not war.
And it’s sure not civil.

[gimme1ibertee]

That's shaken my confidence in the ultimate effectiveness of the Tea Party.

Really? This one incident? C'mon now,Duke...Think about it. The Tea Party was very effective in the midterm elections.Become unshakable. It ain't easy to be optimistic and strong in these trying times but we have to be....we just have to.

[archy]

So, it is obvious that it is WELL PAST Claire Wolfe's popular admonition: "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." It is, indeed, past time to shoot.

When we face up to the fact that there are are some of our fellow citizens who are in fact our mortal enemies, and we begin to refer to them as such, then we'll be on the path to saving America.

Well done, Laz.

[servantboy777]

I know where your going now. I agree with you.

[archy]

Any protest or standoff at the neighborhood level would, at best, end like the Branch Davidians in Waco. It was all over the news, and people cheered for the government.

Just so. But there'll be a day, very soon, I believe, that the federal death squad members will return to their homes after their victory celebrations and filing of their per diem payment paperwork, to find some of those homes burned to the ground, and their own family members inside the burned-out husks, or hanging from utility poles outside.

I'm certainly not in favor of it- nor particularly against it. But we'll either go the way of Finland in 1918 or that of Rhodesia in 1979.