Violence toward the state is like trading against wall street.
To beat them, make them play your game, not theirs.
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Good luck with that. It worse and worse every day because far too many are happily enslaved and too cowardly to get uncomfortable or worse for a better future
Violence toward the state freed the Colonies from the Crown.
The crown across an ocean with a lot less of a tech advantage than is held now.
The crown which changed gears and just wore the colonies down with 1812, the civil war, and finally got let in after the bankruptcy and despoliation by the greenback had the colonists welcoming them with open arms.
Who built a central bank that served the interests of London, that put the elections in their hands, that turned America into the attack dog that fought their world wars and subsequent battles.
When you're fighting a enemy of disproportionate size, you use guerilla tactics. That we held off as long as we did is because we did. That they were able to adapt to covert methods of control is why we fell back under their control.
None of that is relevant. Until people stand up and fight, the tyranny continues and will get worse and worse. They poison everything we consume. They rob us blind. How much more are to take?
They also recruit us to attack them to drum up more tax money and votes for increased law enforcement to keep people safe.
I'm not saying use of force is something we should eschew entirely. I am, however, saying that it's silly to fight head to head when you can take pot shots from the trees, or the tunnels, and live to fight another day.
And meanwhile, to build sustainable means of production.
What people forget sometimes in Gaza is that their weapons are almost exclusively all homemade, in the tunnel network. For whatever aid they may or may not get internationally, their ability to soldier on has come from having their logistics addressed first. Perhaps it helps that the excessive amount of firepower directed at them results in enough ordnance to last them decades. But they're still the ones fashioning it into useful form.
Personally, I haven't seen that any American resistance force can really say the same. I have, however, seen Americans ready to turn each other in for the slightest infractions, and eat up divisive rhetoric like it was their last meal.
Building out a foundation to defend from is crucial, or you're just spraying and praying behind enemy lines.
Who said anything about fighting head to head though? Unconventional times call for unconventional tactics.
Let me ask you, how would you suggest stopping a global cabal of mass murderers who will stop at nothing to acheive their goals?
First step is, stop paying real goods and labor into their money. And meanwhile, construct parallel systems of value. Educate and build antifragile systems and communities.
And sure, if a sane tactical opportunity involving violence presents itself that aligns with a grand strategy, you take it.
But never at the expense of sound logistics.
People have done that and were murdered for it. The Weavers and the Branch Davidians come to mind. Neither were harming anyone, yet paid dearly for simply wanting to be left alone. Eventually, violence comes to your door. Hence, the meme I posted.