‘Popehat’ gets it.

15 Responses to ‘Popehat’ gets it.

1. ZenTiger says:

   January 25, 2014 at 08:10

   An eloquent statement. The problem though is, once destroyed, what replaces it?

   Revolutions usually have some kind of ritual slayings of all the people deemed to be in the class of “problem”. The French Revolution killed a lot of aristocrats, Khmer Rouge picked on people with glasses or owning too many text books. But those people come back.

   I’m stuck on Winston Churchill’s saying that “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other forms that have been tried”. The problem though isn’t so much democracy (or republicanism, etc) but, alongside Marxists, to note that economic distribution of resources and control of property is part and parcel of the problem. That too misses a fundamental point, nailed by Pablo (and John Adams) in the comment thread: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams.

   The age old problem is that we lose our sense of right and wrong, and the greedy, the lustful, the prideful and the hateful grab the power. So, maybe we start by trying to work out who is doing the “burning down”? I’ll end with Burke:

   “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
   • KG says:

     January 25, 2014 at 08:42

     As I remarked over at Francis Porretto’s, Zen, the fact that revolution may produce another bunch of despots is neither here nor there. If that happens, then the answer is Revolution 3.0, until they get the message that they can govern only with the consent of the people.
     It may be bloody, it may be chaotic, but if we truly want liberty then there’s no other way.
2. Mathew says:

   January 25, 2014 at 08:30

   Oh i don’t think it’s a matter of both sides wanting to reform the system, one side is most happy with it. They know very well that they are more equal before the law and that’s just the way they want it.

   On our side, i think deep down inside we know it can’t be reformed, it’s just that the pain of going along and fighting is less than burning it all down.
   • KG says:

     January 25, 2014 at 08:44

     True, Mathew. But the pain will have to be faced sooner or later, or we settle for slavery.
     What we think of as “fighting” is utterly ineffectual. Year by year we lose ground to the totalitarians, and at an accelerating rate.
3. Ronbo says:

   January 25, 2014 at 09:52

   “As I remarked over at Francis Porretto’s, Zen, the fact that revolution may produce another bunch of despots is neither here nor there. If that happens, then the answer is Revolution 3.0, until they get the message that they can govern only with the consent of the people.

   It may be bloody, it may be chaotic, but if we truly want liberty then there’s no other way.”

   Since the Clinton Regime did me a great injustice on Feb. 3, 1994 – I have done little but think of paybacks against the Left. At first I thought the problem was just one evil man, but then I begin to see that the problem was the American Left, and that my righteous anger would have fall on as many Leftists as possible…millions, if possible.

   Yes, revolution is a great risk, especially to life and limb, especially as the Leftists have under their command the military and law enforcement. This means the first engagements will not likely be won by the patriots.

   The long run will be a different story and I think at some point a national leader will rise, and I don’t think it will be a moderate like George Washington, but a ruthless and radical S.O.B. like Stonewall Jackson or Oliver Cromwell, who puts together a rebel army out of bits and pieces under stern discipline.

   The winning of the revolutionary war will be just the first stage.

   The second stage will be the purge of Leftists from all the institutions.

   Then what?

   If history is a guide, the revolutionary leader becomes the dictator.

   Like KG says, if revolution 2.0 doesn’t do the trick, there’s revolution 3.0…

   “It may be bloody, it may be chaotic, but if we truly want liberty then there’s no other way.”
4. Darin says:

   January 25, 2014 at 12:57

   That was one righteous rant!
   • KG says:

     January 25, 2014 at 13:11

     A beauty, isn’t it?
5. mawm says:

   January 25, 2014 at 18:37

   Ronbo – Yes, revolution is a great risk, especially to life and limb, especially as the Leftists have under their command the military and law enforcement. This means the first engagements will not likely be won by the patriots.

   Then you are taking on the wrong targets. It is pointless trying to take out ‘the won’ with all his security, or taking on the militarised police, the army, etc. One by one those that promote the left wing cause should targeted – the editors, the ‘journalists’ , the popular TV presenters, the news readers, the academics, the senators, the leeches. It’s terrorist tactics, it’s guerrilla warfare, it’s our jihad. Copy what has worked – isolated cells, severe sanction towards traitors, hit and run, don’t aim to kill – dismember and disfigure. Terrorise and frighten; create fear and uncertainty – make them shit themselves.
   • KG says:

     January 25, 2014 at 19:40

     And there we have it, in a nutshell. It has nothing to do with fancy weapons, nothing to do with conventional ideas and techniques of armed conflict, of confrontation in battle.
     And everything to do with implacable will and the willingness to do what’s necessary.
     I’m always very skeptical when I go to sites like 3% Patriots and see the preoccupation with equipment and the romantic notion of taking to the hills to fight.
     If I were a counter-insurgency operator, I’d love the enemy to do just that. The really dangerous people are unarmed and living perfectly ordinary-seeming lives among the general population.
     You don’t need a rifle or a fancy handgun to bring down a TV mast, sabotage a substation or inflict fear and pain on the enemy.
     Just the will.
     • Ronbo says:

       January 25, 2014 at 22:55

       “Then you are taking on the wrong targets. It is pointless trying to take out ‘the won’ with all his security, or taking on the militarised police, the army, etc. One by one those that promote the left wing cause should targeted – the editors, the ‘journalists’ , the popular TV presenters, the news readers, the academics, the senators, the leeches. It’s terrorist tactics, it’s guerrilla warfare, it’s our jihad. Copy what has worked – isolated cells, severe sanction towards traitors, hit and run, don’t aim to kill – dismember and disfigure. Terrorise and frighten; create fear and uncertainty – make them shit themselves.”

       I would propose both actions – a regular force that holds territory in the countryside, a “Free America” and an irregular force that goes after the traitors in the cities.

       The single cells are best for this purpose that are linked only by ideology and with as a few as one member.

       We have seen how the Tea Party Movement has the Leftist panties twisted all in a wad because it has no leadership and seems to be everywhere and nowhere, thus cannot be attacked and put out of action.

       Can you imagine the chaos if the TPM becomes an underground resistance movement that targets individual Leftist traitors

       Yes, I would say Leftist Media figures who are well known would be high value targets.

       “If history has taught us anything it’s that anyone can be killed at anytime” – The Godfather
       • KG says:

         January 26, 2014 at 10:54

         Think of the chaos just two snipers caused some time ago, almost bringing a city to a standstill….now imagine the effect of a couple of high-profile leftist media “personalities” being slotted, and letting it be known that they were merely the first in line……….
6. Flashman says:

   January 26, 2014 at 04:31

   History shows that after most revolutions a sizable chunk of the “High Court” merchants simply go to ground for a while before changing their uniforms to carry on as before working for the ‘new’ regime.

   Their skills are too valuable and they know too much, y’see?

   Meanwhile down at the base of the brave new post-rev society, ‘ol Joe Six still has a bloody boot on his face…oftentimes pressing and grinding down even harder.
   • KG says:

     January 26, 2014 at 10:51

     Sadly, too true Flashy.
7. Wombat says:

   January 26, 2014 at 10:38

   ‘Burn the Fucking System to the Ground’

   I agree completely. Fuck Democracy. What Winston Churchill failed to add was that the best system is NO system, or failing that, a system comprised of so few individuals that corruption is an instant death sentence.

   If you accept that two people voting the third into slavery is as good as it gets then you need to go over the numbers again.

   There is no “fixing” the system. It will grow as it did before like a creeping weed until it strangles the life out of everything it touches. Rip it out and burn it to ash. For anyone who advocates governance thereafter, death or exile.

   When natural justice has re-asserted itself I will not pay a single penny to any man under the threat of violence. Molon Labe should be applied to the fruits of your labor as well as your tools of violence. Tyranny begins with a tax collector who is in essence a thief backed by murderers. Well meaning or corrupt is of no consequence. Shoot ’em all and let God sort ’em out.
8. KG says:

   January 26, 2014 at 10:50

   “If you accept that two people voting the third into slavery is as good as it gets then you need to go over the numbers again.”
   Damn right.