FYI - I'm not advocating violence, just that we need to organize in mass and be outspoken. Have regular massive protests with hundreds of thousands in the streets and massive peaceful civil disobedience. We could learn a bit from the left here as this works for them.
What I would suggest is exactly what's happening right now.
People are getting involved locally while we all are collectively pushing back on every single illegal dictate coming from DC. That's all necessary to hold the line. Who knows, maybe some of the election challenges will succeed, but we can't count on that and the grass roots efforts are going to be needed regardless.
Bigger picture though, is that this all started when the States ceded power through the 17th Amendment. This allowed the Federal Gov't to grow into the monstrosity it is today. If we don't massively shrink the Fed Gov'd down, this crap will just happen again. Centralized power is too dangerous, and that's why the Founding Fathers put in place checks and balances.
This has to be a Constitutional solution because there's real danger of us becoming that which we hate if we go down any other path.
State Nullification of illegal dictates will force the legal confrontations that we need. If they system fails us then, the narrative changes. But we aren't even at the point of writing a Declaration of Independence. The Founding Fathers pushed back legally for more than a decade before it became necessary to go kinetic. I suggest we show the same patience.
People are acting like a bunch of Patriots got upset at injustices in 1776, grabbed their muskets, and the rest was history.
The reality is that England had been pushing them for a couple of decades, and the Colonials sought legal redress in many ways. It was only when the Brits tried to take away their guns that the kinetic war started. And it started with a few dozen Bostonians. The rest of the colonies wouldn't join in for quite some time.
We are not at that point yet, and there's a huge difference. We now have a Constitution that clearly states how illegal this administration is acting. It gives us more legal leverage than the Founding Fathers had. But many here want someone to give "the signal" to charge at......something.
When those who can use legal leverage to help are also not acting in ways that show respect to the constitution and to the people they serve, we have a problem.The reality is that England had been pushing them for a couple of decades, and the Colonials sought legal redress in many ways. It was only when the Brits tried to take away their guns that the kinetic war started.>
I guarantee if there are ''sweeping'' gun control changes, there will be war and quite rightfully so. Taking away the guns of responsible owners, when the black market is still booming with gun sale business, is not a way to inspire faith in you as a legislator.
1700-1830s = British culture without the norman aristocracy or anglican church
1830s-1900ish = Broadly northwest european, a hybrid of British and German culture.
1900-1964 = Broadly European. A hybrid of European cultures subordinate to an overarching north west European culture
1964-2011 = Judeo-liberalism. Culture built around the worship of the self, money, individualism, self-gratification and deification of Jews.
2011-present day= Obliteration of the self. A culture built entirely around self mutilation and destruction. Its a stretch to even call modern American culture self serving or greedy anymore. Its simply race to see how fast they can mutilate and murder themselves and their country.
Trannies, drag queen story hour, negrolatry, onlyfans, drug legalization, homosexual ''education'' for kids, veganism, extreme self hatred. The only thing common with the previous era is the preservation of Jewish interests, but that too has increasingly taken a backseat to self harm and negro worship.
All the way back to the founding, we traded truth, goodness, and beauty for life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. The grandeur of the collective is traded for the self-interest of the individual. Thus our culture doesn't attempt to capture something greater, but to please consumers with raw material excess. When I think of America, I think of fast food chains, shopping malls, theme parks, and Hollywood movies - not art, music, magnificence, or God. We have spectacle over subsistence, ideology over biology, which makes us easy to subvert.
I don't necessarily disagree with your observations, but I suggest history teaches us a different conclusion on the course of action and the timing.
More than happy to elaborate on this.
FYI - I'm not advocating violence, just that we need to organize in mass and be outspoken. Have regular massive protests with hundreds of thousands in the streets and massive peaceful civil disobedience. We could learn a bit from the left here as this works for them.
What would you suggest that would work?
What I would suggest is exactly what's happening right now.
People are getting involved locally while we all are collectively pushing back on every single illegal dictate coming from DC. That's all necessary to hold the line. Who knows, maybe some of the election challenges will succeed, but we can't count on that and the grass roots efforts are going to be needed regardless.
Bigger picture though, is that this all started when the States ceded power through the 17th Amendment. This allowed the Federal Gov't to grow into the monstrosity it is today. If we don't massively shrink the Fed Gov'd down, this crap will just happen again. Centralized power is too dangerous, and that's why the Founding Fathers put in place checks and balances.
This has to be a Constitutional solution because there's real danger of us becoming that which we hate if we go down any other path.
State Nullification of illegal dictates will force the legal confrontations that we need. If they system fails us then, the narrative changes. But we aren't even at the point of writing a Declaration of Independence. The Founding Fathers pushed back legally for more than a decade before it became necessary to go kinetic. I suggest we show the same patience.
Washington did not fear becoming what he hated. You cannot fight violence using words.
Please do elaborate.
People are acting like a bunch of Patriots got upset at injustices in 1776, grabbed their muskets, and the rest was history.
The reality is that England had been pushing them for a couple of decades, and the Colonials sought legal redress in many ways. It was only when the Brits tried to take away their guns that the kinetic war started. And it started with a few dozen Bostonians. The rest of the colonies wouldn't join in for quite some time.
We are not at that point yet, and there's a huge difference. We now have a Constitution that clearly states how illegal this administration is acting. It gives us more legal leverage than the Founding Fathers had. But many here want someone to give "the signal" to charge at......something.
It's just not very well thought out.
I guarantee if there are ''sweeping'' gun control changes, there will be war and quite rightfully so. Taking away the guns of responsible owners, when the black market is still booming with gun sale business, is not a way to inspire faith in you as a legislator.
Yes, that's a red line they haven't crossed yet. Yet....
1700-1830s = British culture without the norman aristocracy or anglican church
1830s-1900ish = Broadly northwest european, a hybrid of British and German culture.
1900-1964 = Broadly European. A hybrid of European cultures subordinate to an overarching north west European culture
1964-2011 = Judeo-liberalism. Culture built around the worship of the self, money, individualism, self-gratification and deification of Jews.
2011-present day= Obliteration of the self. A culture built entirely around self mutilation and destruction. Its a stretch to even call modern American culture self serving or greedy anymore. Its simply race to see how fast they can mutilate and murder themselves and their country.
Trannies, drag queen story hour, negrolatry, onlyfans, drug legalization, homosexual ''education'' for kids, veganism, extreme self hatred. The only thing common with the previous era is the preservation of Jewish interests, but that too has increasingly taken a backseat to self harm and negro worship.
All the way back to the founding, we traded truth, goodness, and beauty for life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. The grandeur of the collective is traded for the self-interest of the individual. Thus our culture doesn't attempt to capture something greater, but to please consumers with raw material excess. When I think of America, I think of fast food chains, shopping malls, theme parks, and Hollywood movies - not art, music, magnificence, or God. We have spectacle over subsistence, ideology over biology, which makes us easy to subvert.
Here is the 'something'.