Apr 27, 2022·edited Apr 27, 2022Liked by T.L. Davis
Tyranny exists only where it's tolerated. Our problem isn't the tyrants, but those who are too willing to tolerate them. In a democracy, the majority gets to decide what's tolerable. The last election was close, and gave the tyrants a sufficient majority that they get to decide our level of tyranny. If the minority resists, they'll probably lose. We need to convince a few more to join the current minority to regain the majority. It looks like we will in November. Then we need to focus on retaining and extending the majority.
There are tactics available to help convince the supporters of the majority to flip sides. They're probably not needed for November. I saw Steve Deace recently describing a meeting with Newt Gingrich years ago, where Newt said we're not polarized, which is where the sides disagree on opposite views. Newt says we are Balkanized, where the sides are fundamentally, irreconcilably opposed. We'll find out next year if he's right. The Twitter anguish indicates some of them are Balkanized, so we'll probably need some aggressive responses for at least some of them.
And what sort of "civil disobedience" will not lead you straight to the legal or financial gulag today? Exactly how will we build any sort of organization - legal or otherwise - under a blanket of universal surveillance and .fed informants? The first mistake in our wargaming of this conflict is the allowance that "they" - and the list is deep and wide - should exist when all is said and done. Internalize that strategic outcome and the tactical course is self-evident.
Tyranny exists only where it's tolerated. Our problem isn't the tyrants, but those who are too willing to tolerate them. In a democracy, the majority gets to decide what's tolerable. The last election was close, and gave the tyrants a sufficient majority that they get to decide our level of tyranny. If the minority resists, they'll probably lose. We need to convince a few more to join the current minority to regain the majority. It looks like we will in November. Then we need to focus on retaining and extending the majority.
There are tactics available to help convince the supporters of the majority to flip sides. They're probably not needed for November. I saw Steve Deace recently describing a meeting with Newt Gingrich years ago, where Newt said we're not polarized, which is where the sides disagree on opposite views. Newt says we are Balkanized, where the sides are fundamentally, irreconcilably opposed. We'll find out next year if he's right. The Twitter anguish indicates some of them are Balkanized, so we'll probably need some aggressive responses for at least some of them.
And what sort of "civil disobedience" will not lead you straight to the legal or financial gulag today? Exactly how will we build any sort of organization - legal or otherwise - under a blanket of universal surveillance and .fed informants? The first mistake in our wargaming of this conflict is the allowance that "they" - and the list is deep and wide - should exist when all is said and done. Internalize that strategic outcome and the tactical course is self-evident.
TL, nothing short of armed rebellion is going to suffice.