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The problem is: you are thinking Chess. Obama is playing Go. You can try to ignore all the side shows and fight the main battle. But one day, you will wake up enmeshed in the fruits of those small enemy victories. This is what “Think globally; act locally” means.

AIG is not just a side show. It distracts from the other thrusts, it directly strengthens an important assault (more regulatory power over other companies), undermines societal and constitutional defenses, establishes precedent for confiscatory taxation under a popular banner, actually enlists Obama’s enemies directly in one of his initiatives and thus, indirectly, in many others.

Fast forward a few years.

The US will see a network of local Soviets. (“Originally the soviets were a grassroots effort to practice direct democracy.”) Local organizing is already going on. Organizing For America.

These will be backed up by an army in uniform. The civilian service corp. It's roots are already in place through the recent “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act” As an organizer said, “We're not looking for a fight. That will come later, when we have an army.”

An “progressive Party” will exist as a power in parallel with and, increasingly, as a replacement for State institutions.

Organized mob fury will have intimidated resistance. The AIG mobilization is just a prototype.

The mainstream media will have been bailed out. It will serve its masters loyally, if not well. The new media will have been regulated. The close partnership between party and state mechanisms will allow the later to be deployed to snuff out hard cases.

The tax system will have been deployed against the Party's enemies. That is coming from the new tax commission. (Notice, a semi-governmental structure). The Party will be one of the chief beneficiaries of the revenue. ACORN hospitals and social service offices will have begun to dominate the landscape.

Eventually the stupid, complacent population will have woken up to what was happening. But too late to organize effective resistance. State organs will collect intelligence and bring down punishment. Party organs, in communication with the State, will intimidate and, if necessary, apply muscle.

Too late.

AIG is the opening battle. And we wimped out.