Why We Will Win

While most of us have been working hard making a living, our enemy has been working at taking our living

What instead happened was the awakening of that spirit which resists coercion, which lives in those who know that independence does not come free, but must be defended when attacked. The two sides of the coin of freedom are respect for the independence of others and strong defense when our own independence is attacked.

We are now under attack, and have been for some time. Our freedoms have been slowly eroded by those who seek power to impose their will on us and to direct us as they see fit. Their attack has been slow and subtle until recently when they believe they have reached a level of power where they can operate openly and we cannot resist. Like the Japanese before them, they are mistaken.

By its very nature, such a spirit is slow to awaken and slow to act. Once awake, though, it is formidable. Often a spark is needed to ignite that spirit. The Pearl Harbor attack, the first shot at Lexington Green, and now the conviction of Donald Trump in a sham trial. Unlike those earlier occasions, though, the enemy is not some external agency, but has grown among us.

While most of us have been working hard making a living, our enemy has been working at taking our living. Therein lies our advantage. We are problem solvers. Every day we of the productive class encounter problems that must be solved just to keep things running. Whether we are auto mechanics or cardiac surgeons or plumbers or engineers, people come to us every day with their problems that we solve to make things work. They pay us for our competence, skill, and creativity.

There is another class, though, whose only skill, whose only competence lies in taking from others. No, I don't mean thieves or other overt criminals. I am writing of those who have no useful skills but who still need to eat and live somewhere.

Do we have an educational system that isn't educating? Representatives who aren't representing us?. Fixes that don't fix? 

Many, if not most of these are employed in various bureaucracies where they are paid to perform tasks that impede productive work or add new burdens to the productive class. They operate under the assumption that without their guidance and regulation, all would be chaos and society would collapse. Truth is much the opposite.

The reality is that most are like barnacles on the hull of a ship. They impede the smooth flow of water, increasing drag and reducing speed. Too many barnacles and the ship cannot move, and may even sink. Many classical civilizations succumbed to bureaucratic barnacles that left them vulnerable to new, unencumbered competition.

Just like maintaining ships, we must remove our own barnacles to restore the smooth sailing of our nation. Time to scrape the hull clean. The question becomes—how? Time to put our creative problem solving to work.

As with most other things, we can begin by asking how something is supposed to work, and then identifying those things that are blocking proper function. Are the spark plugs sparking? Is the heart getting the proper nerve stimuli? Is the valve leaking? Have critical parts of the bridge become corroded? Is there a better solution?

Just as with solving other problems, we can look at what isn't working in our society, and identify the problems. Do we have an educational system that isn't educating? Representatives who aren't representing us?. Fixes that don't fix?

Like fixing an electrical problem, we can follow the power. In finance, they say to follow the money. In our society we can follow the power. What sort of power is involved? Who is wielding it? How does it function? Is it being misused or abused? How can it be turned off or rerouted the way it should be?

As an example, consider "higher" education. Clearly, there is a value in college degrees in fields like engineering, medicine, and a few other areas. Now, though, a degree is considered essential to almost any sort of employment outside of trades. This perceived need has given colleges and universities great power, and has consequently attracted lots of academic barnacles. Worse, they have become indoctrination centers destructive to the values and ideals of our nation.

At one blow, we can cut off the power of the educational system to produce misguided graduates and future barnacles

So we ask the question: are colleges and universities still needed? In general, the answer is no. Our current university systems grew out of the periods of history when communication was slow and difficult, and students went to places where there were teachers. Those places grew to become the colleges and universities we know today.

The conditions that led to the formation of residential universities no longer exist. Why spend lots of money to attend classes given by mediocre instructors or worse, when vast libraries of instruction by world-class experts are available on the web for low cost, or even for free?

What is missing is the organization of curricula, and the quality control system of grades that serves to ensure that students have learned something from their studies.

A degree from Harvard, for example was assumed would provide some measure of assurance that the individual had successfully undertaken a rigorous course of study and had acquired some measure of useful knowledge. That assumption is, today, questionable at best.

There are now opportunities for organizations to create curricula, establish systems for performance evaluation, invite participation from employers and others to determine what a student might need in future work, and eliminate the baggage of political indoctrination that gives our enemies such power.

Systems such as Zoom, Teams, and others are the rudiments of what will evolve to provide not just factual information and lectures, but also the social experience that has been part of an advanced education.

At one blow, we can cut off the power of the educational system to produce misguided graduates and future barnacles. Traditional institutions will be forced to become more honest and competitive just to survive.

Yes, there will continue to be those who will try to propagate their Progressive ideals, but with what success? Will a degree from Far Left Internet U of Marx be worth much to employers who can hire someone from Objective University of Reality?

We can even ask the question of what is best for the individual? Is a degree worth the cost? Is the delay in income and the accumulation of debt for a four year or more traditional degree enough of an advantage to make it worthwhile? Someone starting in trades will likely be able to afford a house, and will enjoy higher lifetime earnings than someone who emerges from college with huge debt that will take years to pay off and prevent them from ever doing more than renting.

We are in a target rich environment, limited only by our creativity

What about other problems?

We are in a target rich environment, limited only by our creativity. The underlying theme of our efforts is disrupting the power of the Left. You have an example above of how to remove the power of the education industry to indoctrinate our youth in Marxist ideology. With just a little thought, we can do much more.

Most of us are familiar with the power of parents who speak up at school board meetings. Those are not the only places to speak up. City Council meetings, County Supervisor meetings, and many other gatherings where policy is decided and public money spent are open to citizen observation and participation.

Meeting agendas are generally published in advance so there is time to prepare public comments. Effects of speaking up may not be immediate, but when citizens speak out, officials are put on notice that their actions are being watched and they do not have unlimited power. Through these meetings, we even have the chance to propose different policies and expenditures. Our freedoms die in darkness. Time to shine some light.

Waiting for a government at any level from local to Federal, to solve problems just empowers them. Every problem we solve in our homes, our communities, our states is that much power removed from government

We have seen the power of boycotts. Giants such as Budweiser, Disney, and others have suffered and even fallen when they have provoked our ire with wokeness. Local enterprises are even more vulnerable. It is our choice to give our business to entities that support our ideals, and withhold it from those who oppose us. That is a very real and effective power we each hold. Put it to good use.

District Attorneys who won't enforce the laws, and judges who let criminals go free while persecuting conservatives? Organize a recall. Even if it is not immediately successful, it will have an effect. Every elected official depends on the approval of citizens for their position. Time to let them know what behavior meets with your approval.

The Left has opposed churches for many years—not because of theology, but because of their power

Churches are also places of power. The Left has opposed churches for many years—not because of theology, but because of their power. For centuries, churches have been places where people can gather freely, discuss matters of importance, and organize activities. The Left hates that.

Too many pastors are fearful of "political" activities because they might threaten their tax exempt status, or they fear conflict and controversy, or even because it threatens their control over ideology. Congregations are in ultimate control, though. Pastors can be empowered or replaced, and members are free to choose their attendance.

As a place to gather, discuss, and organize, churches are hard to beat. Is your neighborhood a high crime area? A neighborhood church is a place where neighbors can meet and organize ways to deal with that situation, whether it be by organizing a neighborhood watch, or making a joint appeal for more police presence, or something else.

Few places outside of a church facilitate such gatherings and opportunities to organize. Our own American Revolution depended on churches for that very reason. Go read our First Amendment to our Constitution. It is there for a purpose. The Founders understood.

Outside of churches, we live in communities. Get to know your neighbors. Exchange phone numbers and contact information. You may not agree on every issue, but there are many shared values and concerns. There is a reason the Left promotes identity politics. It acts to divide people and reorganize them along lines the Left favors. Getting to know your neighbors is a first step in retaking that power.

Many of those who are currently involved in protests have no ideological commitment to a cause, but are there because it's fun or exciting, or because they get paid. Why not employ them to serve our causes? Sauce for goose, sauce for gander.

There is much more, but hopefully by now, you have an idea of how to proceed. Not all ideas will be successful, but the only thing that guarantees failure is not trying. Our enemies will not willingly give up their power. We don't have to confront them directly, though, in order to defeat them. We can unplug their power at the same time we build ours. Have fun. We are problem solvers, not victims.