Power and Principle

The American Mind ^ | 04/06/21 | Ryan Williams

[PoliticallyShort]

The logic from some on the Right seems to be: “let’s not do what the Left does and use government power to protect friends and punish enemies. We’re principled, after all, and on top of that, if we give the government more power to help ourselves now, then when the other side takes over it will be used against us.” But let us be practical and prudent. The only real power in America that the Right has now is political, especially in the states. America’s largest corporations, Big Tech, most of the media, most of the mainline churches, Hollywood, schools, and universities, etc—all are in the grip of the latest ideological fads of leftism. Conformity with these fads, in word and deed, is being fanatically enforced across civil society and by national and state governments and bureaucracies. The stakes are high and the time to fight is now—wielding whatever levers of power are available.

Will the other side abuse governmental power if the tables are turned? Of course, but that will happen regardless. Part of the Right’s losing strategy in recent years has been to forget a key lesson of game theory: if you never wield power in defense of your interests, exacting real costs on the other player, you cannot expect any modification of behavior by your opponent.

[EasySt]

“ Part of the Right’s losing strategy in recent years has been to forget a key lesson of game theory: if you never wield power in defense of your interests, exacting real costs on the other player, you cannot expect any modification of behavior by your opponent. “

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Especially if you have a tacit, backroom agreement among the Uniparty, such that it is understood by “both” sides that there is to be no such modification of behavior.

~Easy

[Bodega]

Apparently we have no conservative national leaders opinionated, raucous and with brilliant thoughts and plans about what we should do, exactly do, to allow us to exist and get rid of the LIbs who don’t want to and won’t allow us to exist. When will that change?