America
today faces a similar juncture around fundamentally incompatible energy
systems. The red states held by the Republicans are deeply entrenched in
carbon-based energy systems like coal and oil. They consequently deny
the science of climate change, are trying to resuscitate the dying coal
industry, and recently have begun to open up coastal waters to oil
drilling.
The
blue states held by the Democrats are increasingly shifting to clean
energy like solar and installing policies that wean the energy system
off carbon. In the era of climate change, with the mounting pressure of
increased natural disasters, something must give. We can’t have one step
forward, one step back every time an administration changes. One side
or the other has to win.
Two Classes at Odds
Another
driver on the road to civil war is when two classes become
fundamentally at odds. This usually takes some form of rich versus poor,
the wealthy and the people, the 1 percent and the 99 percent. The
system gets so skewed toward those at the top that the majority at the
bottom rises up and power shifts.
The
last time America was in that position was in the 1930s, during the
Great Depression. We were on the road of severe class conflict that
could have continued toward civil war, but we worked out a power shift
that prevented widespread violence. Franklin Roosevelt, the so-called traitor to his class,
helped establish a supermajority New Deal coalition of Democrats that
rolled all the way through the postwar boom. The conservative
Republicans who had championed a politics that advantaged the rich
throughout the 1920s and promoted isolationism in the 1930s were
sidelined for two generations — close to 50 years.
Today’s
conservative Republicans face the same risk. Since 1980, their policies
have engorged the rich while flatlining the incomes of the majority of
Americans, from the presidency of Ronald Reagan through to last
December’s tax overhaul, which ultimately bestows 83 percent of the
benefits over time to the top 1 percent. Make no mistake: A reckoning
with not just Trump, but conservatism, is coming.
Two Cultures at Odds
The
differences between two economic systems or two classes that are
fundamentally at odds could conceivably get worked out through a
political process that peacefully resolves differences. However, culture
frequently gets in the way. That’s especially true when pressures are
building for big system overhauls that will create new winners and
losers.
Two
different political cultures already at odds through different
political ideologies, philosophies, and worldviews can get trapped in a
polarizing process that increasingly undermines compromise. They see the
world through different lenses, consume different media, and literally
live in different places. They start to misunderstand the other side,
then start to misrepresent them, and eventually make them the enemy. The
opportunity for compromise is then lost. This is where America is
today.
Now Kurt Schlichter posted a comment/rebuttal to "Our Betters"
Tech titan Jack Dorsey of San Francisco-based social media platform Twitter applauded an article in something called Medium in which some other hipster CEO described how liberals intend to crush Normal Americans into serfdom in a bloodless “civil war.”
Here it is.
Ready?
It
will just sort of happen. Why? Because. Americans will simply decide to
be like California because of reasons and phew, no more troublesome
conservatives and Gaia is saved!
So basically, wishing.
Well,
that’s a kind of war plan. Perhaps by unleashing the power of hoping so
they can utterly subjugate the half of America that voted against
Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit and drive the people who actually operate
and defend this country into silent obedience.
Or not.
Now,
I know what you’re saying. You’re saying, “Why do a bunch of San
Francisco dorks think that 150 million Americans with 300 million guns
are just going to give up their rights and their say in their own
governance and submit to the commands of people who eat kale by choice?”
That’s a fair question, and they have an answer.
Because you just are.
I didn’t say it was a good answer.
Recently I wrote a long column here describing the ugly realities of an actual Second Civil War
– realities that are much uglier for the anti-freedom liberal side in
terms of terrain, combat power, and morale. Naturally, this cry for
sanity, which was only the latest in my long history of pleas to liberals to avoid the kind of civil strife I witnessed the consequences of overseas,
was greeted by a torrent of outright lies. “You are advocating a civil
war blah blah blah blah.” All liberal bull Schiff, including some by
shameful collaborationist Fredocons
who should know better, but not at all unexpected. The modern liberals’
rhetorical toolbox is filled exclusively with lies, which has the
effect of making actual reasoned discussion impossible. Of course, that
is their goal – they don’t want to defeat your argument. They want you
bullied into silence. Tellingly, no one even bothered to try and counter
the indisputable facts I offered many times showing why liberals will fail if they choose violence – instead, they tried to shut me up.
The point I am making is that the left is in a hurry to get to this utopia on the hill....Like London where the honest people are disarmed, terrorized by the imports that come from another land, their opinions are stifled and they are jailed if their opinions deviate from official dogma. This is the reality that will face America in 20 years or less, especially if the Left has their way and strip us of the 1st and 2nd amendment. And once those are gone...y'all think the rest of the amendments will survive? They will pick and choose which ones they will keep if it will advance the powers of the state. Our first 10 amendments are already granted by our creator, basically we are born with them. This concerns me because once we lose the bill of rights to the statist, we basically come the serfs and property of the state for them to use and abuse at will depending on the whims of the state and the state will be run by the leftist because they know what is best for us. and the overriding characteristic of the average leftist is the "busybody" that knows what is best.
What I am afraid of is that the left being in such a hurry for this great utopia will finally push the "normal" to the breaking point
They want to silence you too, and every other patriot. But that’s a
short-sighted tactic because people who are silenced, particularly
uppity Americans who take their natural rights seriously, won’t just
shrug and give up. They will stew and fume at the injustice of their
oppression and then they will radicalize and then, because they have
been wrongfully denied access to the means of participation in the
governance of their own society, they will inevitably exercise their
power in the only way left to them. They will rebel. They have before.
Sometimes it’s peaceful – like by electing Donald Trump. But if peaceful
doesn’t work, they are going to give not being peaceful a try. That’s
just human nature.
What I am trying to say, in their rush to push for this "bloodless civil war", we "normals" will not stand for it, we have been pushed and pushed to the breaking point,As long as we have a say in the voting process, it is a safety valve, but the left is trying to use the process against us, we have illegals voting and each illegal that votes, it cancels out the vote of a American. We see the democratic party actively courting the interest of the illegals and ignoring the Americans. I believe that they wish to replace us with people that are more docile and accepting of the notions that we belong to the state. In other countries, people are taught that the state is always right and they rule over you. Here in America we have a history of rebellion and independence that runs counter of the wish of those that would rule us.
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Saxon began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy -- willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd.
It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not suddently bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Saxon began to hate.
One day the people that believe that by divine right which is divine by their ideology believe that they should rule us and bend our knees to their will will prove bad for them and the country. Remember that map, most of the country is red, we own most of the guns and the military can't rule the entire country, it is impossible. The left believe that we "normals" will just do as they say. I have stated in the past that this is to break the middle class in America. In most countries, there are the very rich, they rule the land, and the poor, they work the land. During the middle ages, the merchant and tradesman class started amassing power and provided a check in the desires of the nobility. Here in America the middle class check the power of those that would rule us. I hope I never have to participate in a "hot Civil War", but when push to shove happens, many will push back and the results will not be what the left wants.
Oy. The dynamics of society right now scares me. Wait. Is blue good or is red bad? or is blue bad and more red is best?
ReplyDeleteHey Momma Fargo;
DeleteYep it scares me also. The blue represents"democratic areas, the places that Hillary got most of the votes, the red showed where the "Donald" got the votes.
Welp, there went my post for tomorrow... LOL And yes, it truly IS scary!
ReplyDeleteHey Old NFO;
DeleteYes it is scary, and I am really concerned and yes I planned it that way, you are often emulated, LOL
Hey Thomas;
ReplyDeleteYes, the narrative is played out to twist public opinion. It is easier for them to publish crap out there because even if they print a retraction or a correction, not everyone gets the message and it is harder to change ones mind. It is easier to strike when the iron is hot or the emotions are inflamed.