Sadly, zuF, I think many don’t realize how quickly this can go dark, in a very, very bad way! If society breaks down, there will be mayhem the likes of which few have even imagined. These wackos may have a grand vision of some utopian society (in their minds) they are creating, but getting there is going to be brutal and bloody. Just loo…
Sadly, zuF, I think many don’t realize how quickly this can go dark, in a very, very bad way! If society breaks down, there will be mayhem the likes of which few have even imagined. These wackos may have a grand vision of some utopian society (in their minds) they are creating, but getting there is going to be brutal and bloody. Just look at some of the “mostly peaceful” riots we’ve seen. Those are tiny microcosms of what is likely to take place. Look at what happened in Watts riots in the 1960’s. As hard as this is to hear, people need to understand that scenarios like this are not just possible but almost assured if they manage to cripple our society. I’ve seen it personally, having been raised in 3rd world countries, including Venezuela and Libya. It’s not going to be all slightly inconvenient like it is in Obama’s movie “Leave the World Behind”. So as dark as this is, be prepared as much as you can, keep situational awareness at all times and find as many like minded folks in your location as you can…just in case!
Years ago I read Thomas Carlyle's book on the French Revolution. One of the ideas he discussed is that civil society is just a set of habits. Once those habits are broken, what is unleashed is very ugly indeed. In our current situation, there is a concerted, sustained effor to undermine the rule of law. Rule of law is one of the habits that create civil society. Deliberately trying to turn the law into a partisan weapon is the road to violence as neither side will have any longer an arbiter to appeal to.
So my concern is that as time goes by, the balance of power tilts toward lethal automation and whoever controls it rather than with the people. They may not care if they strip away civil society if they think they can suppress popular resistance. Ten years ago, American elites were pining to be more like China and now we are and more like them every day. It is an ugly road to be on.
Totally agree. All the more reason to never give up our 2A rights, we may have need of them. They were putting people in Covid camps in Australia, for Gods sake!
Sadly, zuF, I think many don’t realize how quickly this can go dark, in a very, very bad way! If society breaks down, there will be mayhem the likes of which few have even imagined. These wackos may have a grand vision of some utopian society (in their minds) they are creating, but getting there is going to be brutal and bloody. Just look at some of the “mostly peaceful” riots we’ve seen. Those are tiny microcosms of what is likely to take place. Look at what happened in Watts riots in the 1960’s. As hard as this is to hear, people need to understand that scenarios like this are not just possible but almost assured if they manage to cripple our society. I’ve seen it personally, having been raised in 3rd world countries, including Venezuela and Libya. It’s not going to be all slightly inconvenient like it is in Obama’s movie “Leave the World Behind”. So as dark as this is, be prepared as much as you can, keep situational awareness at all times and find as many like minded folks in your location as you can…just in case!
Years ago I read Thomas Carlyle's book on the French Revolution. One of the ideas he discussed is that civil society is just a set of habits. Once those habits are broken, what is unleashed is very ugly indeed. In our current situation, there is a concerted, sustained effor to undermine the rule of law. Rule of law is one of the habits that create civil society. Deliberately trying to turn the law into a partisan weapon is the road to violence as neither side will have any longer an arbiter to appeal to.
So my concern is that as time goes by, the balance of power tilts toward lethal automation and whoever controls it rather than with the people. They may not care if they strip away civil society if they think they can suppress popular resistance. Ten years ago, American elites were pining to be more like China and now we are and more like them every day. It is an ugly road to be on.
Totally agree. All the more reason to never give up our 2A rights, we may have need of them. They were putting people in Covid camps in Australia, for Gods sake!