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In reply to the discussion: Revolution anyone? This is for those among us that think we can always fall back on revolution. [View all]johnlucas
(1,250 posts)I understand what you're saying here.
It's easy to have vision but you want to see actual practice.
That's the kind of mentality I like to hear.
Not just what sounds good but is actual tangible good.
And that's where our planning has to come from.
Strategizing is where the Revolution takes place.
The rollout of those strategies are just the aftereffects.
The deck IS stacked & we will point the gun at the dealer for fixing the cards.
That analogy is not for violence even though I did use a gun metaphor.
It means we will call the dealer out on his crooked game.
We don't HAVE to play with his fixed deck.
And maybe we'll slip our own cards into the deck to mess up their scheme.
No matter how powerful a regime gets it can never have it all.
Genghis Khan couldn't do it.
The British Empire couldn't do it.
The Spanish Empire couldn't do it.
The Roman Empire couldn't do it.
I know that Power Is Liquid.
You can only push so far before the inevitable pushback.
That's how Luke 16 from France got dealt with.
That's how Caesar Nick 2 from Russia got dealt with.
That's how Aristide from Haiti got dealt with.
The tighter you squeeze your fist around something the more stuff that seeps out between your fingers.
The regime over USA knows this & that's why they concede from time to time.
That's why chattel slavery was outlawed.
That's why women's right to vote was conceded.
That's why Frank Roosevelt cooled the tension with the New Deal concession.
That's why the Civil Rights Act was conceded.
That's why opposition to gays marrying is conceding.
The rulers of America know better than to go full Iron Fist so they squeeze more gently with a Velvet Glove.
At first it doesn't feel uncomfortable that you're being squeezed because of the soft smooth material.
And if the squished object really starts to bite back at that glove, they'll loosen that grip just enough.
It is in those periods where you leech a little more of that power from them.
It is in those periods where you slip your own cards into that fixed deck.
This internet we use everyday was put out here to spy on & track all of us.
And the government left it to the private sector so that people would feel more free to share their life details.
You're not gonna tell all of your business to the U.S. Information Network but you'll blab all your secrets to silly names like Google & Facebook & Twitter.
Yet this tool meant to spy on us ALSO gives us the ability to better communicate, network, & create countermedia ourselves.
Everything's a double-edged sword. It cuts both ways.
Think of it in sexual terms.
The penis penetrates the vagina & it seems that the man is in control.
Problem is once he's inside the woman controls him as her vagina locks his penis.
The more he thrusts & "attacks" that vagina, the weaker & more vulnerable he gets.
He has 1 major orgasm, she can have 100. That penis really can't beat that vagina.
Power dynamics.
I'm studying power dynamics.
I'm studying them in mathematical physics-based terms.
We hack their game, that's what I'm saying.
I laugh when people get all scared of "The Illuminati".
First of all why are we spelling that name with a capital 'I'?
Spell it lowercase 'illuminati' & recognize that these are not invincible mastermind lords we can never hope to challenge.
But that these are just flesh & blood frail weak human beings that have to pee, poop, & bleed just like everyone of us.
I don't see any of these entities as unbeatable.
I see them as challenging. I see them as formidable.
But I don't see them as unbeatable.
That which is made can be unmade, I don't care WHAT it is.
If we strategize correctly we will figure out how to leech more & more of that power out of their hands.
We will stack that deck more our way.
And we'll beat them at their own game.
All the real work goes into the strategy.
The actual practice is just following the groove already set.
Think of what WILL be a little more than what IS.
John Lucas