In an earlier post, I defined my position in the spectrum of the political right by saying that I recognized the uselessness of the establishment republicans but was not ready to accept the balkanization of the United States as predicted by the Alt-Right. That\u2019s how I defined it but I didn\u2019t specify what I believed was the actual trajectory America would trace in the near future.\u00a0 And I didn\u2019t specify it for a very good reason.\u00a0 I have no idea what will befall us.\u00a0 By which I mean that unlike some others I think we have several possible paths and I can\u2019t decide if any are close to certainty.\u00a0 In fact, I can\u2019t even say which I think the likeliest.<\/p>\n
Up until Donald Trump\u2019s unexpected end-run around both the GOP Establishment (GOPE) and Hillary Clinton, I was pretty sure that America as a free republic was over and we were headed for the kind of corporatist socialism that Europe has descended into. I anticipated the stripping of first and second amendment rights and the continuing importation of a new third world population to strip the sovereignty from the legitimate citizens of the United States.\u00a0 Let\u2019s call this the default option for our future.\u00a0 That\u2019s the trajectory that President Trump is trying to deflect us from.\u00a0 In my gloomier moments I believe we will continue on this course.<\/p>\n
Another possibility is what I call the Hays Code version or \u201cHappily Ever After.\u201d That\u2019s where we come to our senses and start reversing all the damage done since the 1960s.\u00a0 This requires a Supreme Court to strike down large swaths of the affirmative action legislation of the sixties and seventies (and beyond), and a Congress to reverse the unsustainable immigration policies of the 1960s and an agenda that returns to policies that encourage strong families, safe communities and prosperity.\u00a0 This is the fondest hope of my sunniest moments.<\/p>\n
And then there are the other less peaceful scenarios.<\/p>\n
A mild version would be an insurgency in one or more states during a Democratic presidency. Something that is too large to be handled by the FBI or ATF.\u00a0 Say a revolt based on gun rights being violated by the Supreme Court or Presidential executive order.\u00a0 Once the events escalated past civilians shooting federal agents and they shooting back it would be very hard to put the pieces back together again.\u00a0 In a particularly right-wing state like Texas I would guess there would be little popularity with state officials for rounding up their citizens for resisting unconstitutional actions by the feds.\u00a0 Resistance by the state governments could lead to a breakdown in federal credibility.\u00a0 And that could lead to a re-examination of how out of whack the government is becoming.\u00a0 That might cause a change for the better and possibly constructive changes in the way our country works.\u00a0 Or it could break the whole thing apart.<\/p>\n
The Alt-Right vision is of some kind of ethno-nationalist revolt with an insurgency that leads to a division of the country into separate states. This is a possibility but honestly, the outcomes are completely unpredictable.\u00a0 So many factors, including unfriendly foreign states, rogue military actions with weaponry varying from small arms to nukes, disruption of food and fuel supplies leading to everything from starvation to bloody insurrection and worse.\u00a0 Can you imagine a Yugoslavia style civil war with multiple sides?\u00a0 I\u2019m just not smart enough to imagine a scenario in this that I look forward to.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s the possibility of a military coup by the right, or the left. The latter never seemed an option before but after Obama has peppered the ranks with leftists it\u2019s a possibility, if a slight one.\u00a0 The former case is completely possible.\u00a0 A right wing coup might unilaterally impose secession of all but the Northeast and West Coast.\u00a0 If this coup managed to monopolize the nuclear armament it would de-facto create a reality that couldn\u2019t be easily resisted.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a weird one. California has been talking about secession.\u00a0 But what if the \u201csanctuary state\u201d in California is interpreted as a rebellion against the Federal government and Congress and the President declare California in rebellion and strips it of voting rights and installs a military governor to restore order.\u00a0 Can you imagine a Federal program to repatriate all of California\u2019s illegal aliens?\u00a0 That is almost science fiction.\u00a0 But how different is it from the Japanese internment camps?<\/p>\n
And the possibilities become weirder from there.<\/p>\n
Suffice it to say that I am much more comfortable with a more normal path forward. But I fully realize that we must push back against the leftists.\u00a0 They are confident that no one will push back the clock to undo whatever they have captured today.\u00a0 This must be changed.\u00a0 First up is a new Supreme Court to reverse the worst aspects of the new society.\u00a0 If Kennedy does not find for the cake baker in the gay wedding case then we have to wait until he leaves or one of the older democrats is forced to vacate by reason of\u00a0health problems.\u00a0 Or maybe we get enough congressional seats to vote in a larger Supreme Court.\u00a0 But without a doubt we have to push things back in every way we can.<\/p>\n
One thing that has become completely clear is that leftists can\u2019t be negotiated with. They must be defeated at the ballot box and in every other venue.\u00a0 They won\u2019t be satisfied until they have removed everything in life that is wholesome and good.\u00a0 They say they don\u2019t believe in evil.\u00a0 But everything they are fighting for is evil.\u00a0 That seems clear.\u00a0 We can\u2019t wait for them to come to their senses.\u00a0 We must push for the change that is needed to preserve the good that once existed in this country.\u00a0 And there\u2019s no time to waste.\u00a0 In late installments I\u2019ll try to figure out how we can avoid everything but the \u201cHappily Ever After\u201d scenario.\u00a0 Wish me luck!<\/p>\n
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