MODERN TOTALITARIANISM - 2023 STYLE
America's Founding Ancestors Were Always Concerned About This
Not only is the pen mightier than the sword but Thomas Paine was eminently correct when he wrote that nothing is more powerful than the right idea at the right time - that an idea can travel where uniformed armies cannot. Perhaps this is such a time.
“These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph,” said Paine in The American Crisis, a new pamphlet that appeared in the Pennsylvania Journal.
What we face today is not all that much different that what our American ancestors faced in the 1700’s. The nature and the scale of what we face appears totally different and may indeed require far more innovative and difficult decisions. Our American ancestors made the decision that war was the answer to British totalitarianism. For reasons I will explore war does not appear to be the right path for us. But at the same time we cannot afford to offer mercy to our tormenters. The crimes they commit and have committed in our names cannot go unmarked and unpunished.
Thomas Paine wrote about his as well and I hope you will get the opportunity to read his words. https://www.ushistory.org/paine/crisis/c-01.htm
As most of my readers are well aware we live in a time when totalitarianism has once again taken hold of our world. Far from being “just” the United States this time or a single nation state this brand of modern totalitarianism is planet wide this time. Thomas Paine was correct that the cause of freedom is held in common among all peoples.
It is almost as if the real virus we have been fighting here is just this. It is almost as if the powers that be engineered a virus to manufacture our consent and to further manipulate us into compliance. It is almost as if this current episode has more correlation with both Nazi and Communist dictatorships.
The great ideas of our founding ancestors are many. These include our form of government, our particularly American notions of freedom and liberty and unique and beautifully written founding documents. But the greatest idea requires a more grounded and fundamental understanding that freedom truly is our birthright. Our unalienable rights are granted by a creator - and not by government or politicians. The duty of any people is too severely limit any power that would govern over them.
As George Washington said we must be ever vigilant to keep those who would rule over us from gaining advantage. Government, Washington reminds us, is force and not reason:
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Thomas Jefferson reminded us that when tyranny becomes law it is our duty to rebel. I am not sure that Jefferson however could have imagined the current totalitarianism. The thorough collusion of governments - all governments it seems - with powerful corporations is a particularly dangerous one to contend with. Furthermore the layers of digital interaction we have now instituted allowed this situation to become even more insidious.
The amount of pure censorship and propaganda we deal with in our daily lives is overwhelming. The ability of powerful corporate and governmental alliances to manage our speech is fundamental here.
As if this were not enough we have the force of the internet in our lives and especially in our children’s lives. Those too young to understand the power of social media and advertising to change their psychology and the many adults who are also unaware of these impacts.
As an additional layer for us to contend with our educational systems have been overwhelmed by the tendency of these forces to shape and mandate our information streams. Forces are allied which seek to destroy the family. A major force here is the dedicated trend to weaken our children with transgender ideology.
A divided society cannot properly withstand stresses. When the family is weakened sufficiently life in a society becomes intolerable. Add to this the use of illegal immigration to divide us and communities, families and nations fail to be able to respond appropriately and breakdown under these stresses.
These attempts to tear apart the fabric of our lives, to keep us divided in every way, to destroy us economically and to attack us at the level of our health with what many regard as medical fascism engendered by the pandemic will eventually add up to a complete failure of anything we regard as a beneficial world.
The concept of a world wide war to stop this totalitarianism seems like a way to further break us down and destroy this fabric of our existence. It may be that with a sufficient uproar of the world’s population against corporations - including media and digital corporations - that there may be a chance of stopping some of these forces. These have benefitted tremendously in economic terms.
Just the riches gained from investors during the pandemic are now legendary. All of the technology companies have made huge profits. The medical system and related corporations have made a literal killing at our expense. They benefit too from harming our children through social media and through the government educational systems.
The big tech companies further profit through digital tracking, surveillance, and enhanced communication technologies which contribute heavily to these attacks on free speech and the free exchange of information. Our environments are increasingly poisoned by such things as powerful electronic disruption and also by the many attempts to control our weather using heavy metals and more.
So how then can we manage our society with common sense and reason? How can we withstand these now institutionalized forces against us and regain some modicum of freedom and liberty? And do so without actually fighting a war which would very likely only further destroy us?
Without sharing the power of the right ideas at the right time it will not happen. The most powerful ideas are centered around freedom and liberty for all people. It has been a dream of all peoples since the beginning of institutionalized governments. Governments have a consistent habit of becoming totalitarian over time. Ours have now crossed the point of no return.
It is our duty to rebel against this. We must do so effectively to take the wind out of the sails of these forces which purport to own us. Each and every one of us is important in this. The more ways we can come together - using what we have available - in order to devise effective methods of limiting these powers is critical here.
We need all the common sense and creativity we can employ. We need everyone capable of understanding these ideas our founding ancestors did furnish us with. They were not perfect and neither are we but our ideas drive our behavior - ours and our nation states. The right ideas will take us much farther than any army could manage.
Going on as usual in this totalitarian environment likely means the end of human life on this planet. There is no greater cause.
In the words of Paine: “These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph,”
Some places to possibly begin with refusing This Great Reset thing.
The Great Reset = The Fourth Industrial Revolution = The Fourth Reich! Resist!
https://open.substack.com/pub/ponerology/p/just-say-no-the-grand-refusal?r=boqs0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Attempting an Evolutionary Revolution to Restore Our Republic over entrenched Deep Statist Domestic Tyrants and a sizable Bolshevik brainwashed populace is quite the challenge.
First I would highly recomend the holding of Justifiable Force in Our Hands as laid out in the 2nd Amendment for just such an occasion as this.
Second I would along these same lines the building up of Self-Reliance of Food & Essential Items* among each and every family unit to weather the NWO Economic-Cultural Storm that is really just beginning. We will need a viable and alternative currency* I suggest gold/silver in every person's personal possession, asap. Time is very short in this regard.
Third personal relationships with neighbors and consolidation of friendly local areas of operation are vital as individuals will need to form into groups, existing social clubs can be communication and organizational channels locally. County Sheriff elections are the most important, along with other county elections.
Links from others more experienced abound on my substack for those just getting aquainted with these ideas.
https://genearly.substack.com/