The Z-Man has a very clever analogy between government and software systems.
He compares government reform to software revision. but he makes the case that at a certain point the program needs to be replaced with something new. This corresponds to revolution. My hope is he’s wrong about what needs to be done.
I used to think revolution, armed revolution, was unlikely and almost impossible. Americans were too fat and lazy and it would take a great discomfort to rouse them. However, I believe that the shooting may start from the left, from frothing at the mouth, insane, triggered Antifa/ alphabet people. But this attempt to disarm the People by fiat may start it. A liberal sheriff or other official may try to confiscate guns. Then neighbors arrive, with their guns, to protect the individual, or else ban together as a neighborhood militia to stop confiscation and like the confrontation in Nevada with… Read more »
I’m reading all these people and I’m trying to understand what the path forward will be. What’s clear to me is that waking up as many of the civic nationalists as possible is the first step. Maybe the next step is waking up the women.
After that it seems to me the next step is for some of the red states will need to openly and decisively confront the federal government on unconstitutional policies like affirmative action. That might be how things get done.
The states have the power under the constitution to tell the feds, and the Supreme Court, to go fish on most subjects. But the states are ran by politicians and politicians love money, so they give away their freedom for filthy lucre.
My hope is that one of them will step up.