This author at The American Mind says we have crossed the threshold into the next American revolution. On point?
This is a long and thought-provoking piece. If I can summarize, his thesis is that progressives have become such forceful Resisters, in ways far beyond democratic politics and public discourse, that they have moved into the next stage of conflict. With Trump, we now have someone who is fighting back. These opposing forces cannot end peacefully. The midterm election results will be pivotal.
I already thought our current situation in the US was dire and tenuous. This reinforces it. Thanks for anyone who spends time to read the article and then share your thoughts.
I already thought our current situation in the US was dire and tenuous. This reinforces it. Thanks for anyone who spends time to read the article and then share your thoughts.
These creatures have hiltery/billybob and the like,.. beat, hands down!
They EAT dead burnt babies at the church of Baal every Saturday night...
Yes there are some prominent ones, who's names escape me right now, but the movement has a history you can look up.
Just search Post Modernism, you'll find that it rejects, Modern, enlightenment thought, (our forefathers), and they have teamed up with cultural marxism, (violent chaos) as the vehicle to make their wet nightmares come true.
Sorass, hilterybillbob and a lot of demoncraps are minions of this anti-philosophy.
Its time somehow for the country to be divided up into conservative and progressive camps. I dont know how this could be done, but I would definitely move to the conservative soil and let the progressives sink in their own advanced collectivism. The war has started, and if the dems lose next week, it will become even more violent than it is now.
Should Trump be assassinated, I'll be very sad but not at all surprised.
The Left will be whooping it up all giddy-eyed with glee, looking like Muslims acted just after 9/11.
That won't last long. Pence won't be offering a penny for their thoughts.
Then here we go again.
Me dino be thinking of how President Andrew Johnson further crushed the beaten South after Lincoln was assassinated.
I even conceal carry in no gun zones.
Retired from the Alabama Department Of Corrections, I no longer NRA qualify with a handgun, shotgun and a rifle during annual advanced training.
Accidentally shooting an innocent person is a very creepy thought.
Plus, in the heat of battle, its not often just like a sniper with lots of time, a rifle with a stand and sight, where they take one careful shot.
In real life with a handgun, and the desire to fire off as many shots as it takes to down the attacker, its a different story.
Whew, that gets to the heart of the matter!!
Interesting article, even if over lengthy.
I don't think it is "on point" however. As your post asks. Revolution is too strong a word and such language itself is what exacerbates the ongoing divide between people and ideas. In a revolution, one is past the point of discussion or reason. We on the side of reason shouldn't go down the road of using such language.
Furthermore, "These opposing forces cannot end peacefully" is also too strong a sentiment. Why cant it? We on the side of reason shouldn't give in to the rhetoric of those who want to provoke chaos. Rather, we should try to stick to the facts and the underlying fundamentals with the grand hope that reason will win out in the end.
“Progressives since Herbert Croly’s and Woodrow Wilson’s generation have nursed a superiority complex. They distrust elections because they think that power should be in expert hands—their own. They believe that the U.S Constitution gave too much freedom to ordinary Americans and not enough power to themselves, and that America’s history is one of wrongs. The books they read pretend to argue scientifically that the rest of Americans are racist, sexist, maybe fascists, but above all stupid. For them, Americans are harmful to themselves and to the world, and have no right to self-rule.”
Once again this gets at the heart of that matter,
“For them, Americans are harmful to themselves and to the world, and have no right to self-rule.”
Woodie wilson and company were not only ignorant dummies but corrupt racist ones as well...such is the face of undeserved power.
The communists based their existence on it and executed millions who did not think the ruling class was superior in any sense except in their demented craving for power.
I am so tired of this "revolution" crap. There is no revolution only an increasingly violent mob who carries out the left's vicious vendetta against their opponents.
Contrary to what he says, we are nowhere near reaching a crisis point due to this. It's actually the opposite. People are distracted by nonsense. They aren't fighting over the meat of where that gov't spending will go. Rather we have the struggling and suffering of the world lashing out using new technology that will publish things newspapers would not publish in letters to the editor.
We are at grave risk, though, of real issues of where gov't monies are spent and how and on whose lives the gov't intrudes.
The stuff the article says about how the owners of the media have such a powerful megaphone. He completely misses the mega-trend of democratized media, which is a big part of why we're having this discussion of whether this is a revolutionary turning point.
As the article goes on, I get the idea the author buys into the hype. There's this huge revolutionary movement with powerful interests conspiring against it. It's utter nonsense. We have not even seen the beginnings of differences over how gov't power is exercised coming to a head. His conspiratorial imagination is actually sucking some of the oxygen that might otherwise go to real differences. Constitutionally governed democratic rule is in danger, but the author identifies the wrong reasons and time for a real crisis to occur.
If, by chance, the Republicans keep control of both sides of Congress, expect to see at least serious effort to jam the gears of government. Street demonstrations and violent action will increase, forcing the government's hand to develop a more aggressive response to opposition forces. The "Antifa Act" proposed in the House is a dangerous, ill-advised response to Marxist pressure, making the wearing of a mask during commission of a crime a crime itself. 2nd amendment supporters are petitioning Congress not to go down this route, because it could backfire if things go wrong, and conservatives find themselves the resistance.
It will be difficult, but I believe that stepping away from the fray and "going Galt" should be the way taken for some of us. It may be the only salvation the country has.