Again at least they're fighting. You can argue that the reason for doing so isn't in their best interests...and I would somewhat agree. I actually kinda like Putin...he gives zero fucks...but the point is they believe in what they're fighting for and they're doing so. America is dying more and more everyday with barely a whimper..
I think a lot of the difference comes down to demographics though. In Russia, the people who have been conned into supporting an ill-advised regime change seem to be primarily metropolitan youth with few responsibilities and little to lose. They also have international support, and have been building up power for over a decade now if I recall correctly.
The American dissident right, on the other hand, are people with crops to grow, small businesses to run, families to raise and protect, homes and property to maintain. If they go out and participate in something that might result in injury, imprisonment, or execution, everyone who depends on them could end up homeless, starving, and heartbroken. They're also on their own against the entire corporate and political establishment of nearly all the developed world.
Preparation and timing also must be considered. An impulsive riot here and there is not going to change anything for the better. A lot of people seem to be under the impression that the Founding Fathers just suddenly decided to grab their muskets one morning to go chase the Redcoats and Loyalists onto the nearest boat back to England. Even back then, things were actually far more complicated than that, and they've only grown more difficult since.
The only quick solutions would require either taking advantage of a major war against a foreign power, whether that be for an actual coup or simply withholding cooperation to obtain concessions, or building an alliance with at least one other major power. Anything else that actually stands a chance of working out would mean playing the long game, such as posing as leftists to gradually regain institutional power in secret.
I'm not naive enough to think that we patriots could really do much at the moment. Hell, they've already labeled us domestic terrorist. And I'm not itching for a civil war, I have family and friends that would be labeled "the enemy." I don't want my kids to go through something like that. I'm just extremely frustrated like a lot of people here. I hope we can figure something out...soon.
It's not that I thought you were suggesting it, just that it gets mentioned often enough to suspect some of the people reading would be thinking of it.
Again at least they're fighting. You can argue that the reason for doing so isn't in their best interests...and I would somewhat agree. I actually kinda like Putin...he gives zero fucks...but the point is they believe in what they're fighting for and they're doing so. America is dying more and more everyday with barely a whimper..
I think a lot of the difference comes down to demographics though. In Russia, the people who have been conned into supporting an ill-advised regime change seem to be primarily metropolitan youth with few responsibilities and little to lose. They also have international support, and have been building up power for over a decade now if I recall correctly.
The American dissident right, on the other hand, are people with crops to grow, small businesses to run, families to raise and protect, homes and property to maintain. If they go out and participate in something that might result in injury, imprisonment, or execution, everyone who depends on them could end up homeless, starving, and heartbroken. They're also on their own against the entire corporate and political establishment of nearly all the developed world.
Preparation and timing also must be considered. An impulsive riot here and there is not going to change anything for the better. A lot of people seem to be under the impression that the Founding Fathers just suddenly decided to grab their muskets one morning to go chase the Redcoats and Loyalists onto the nearest boat back to England. Even back then, things were actually far more complicated than that, and they've only grown more difficult since.
The only quick solutions would require either taking advantage of a major war against a foreign power, whether that be for an actual coup or simply withholding cooperation to obtain concessions, or building an alliance with at least one other major power. Anything else that actually stands a chance of working out would mean playing the long game, such as posing as leftists to gradually regain institutional power in secret.
I'm not naive enough to think that we patriots could really do much at the moment. Hell, they've already labeled us domestic terrorist. And I'm not itching for a civil war, I have family and friends that would be labeled "the enemy." I don't want my kids to go through something like that. I'm just extremely frustrated like a lot of people here. I hope we can figure something out...soon.
It's not that I thought you were suggesting it, just that it gets mentioned often enough to suspect some of the people reading would be thinking of it.