Despite popular belief, every
culture of every nation draws a line in the sand against government
tyranny. The problem is, many draw this line so close to total defeat
that it rarely matters. For the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto, for
instance, it wasn’t until the Germans had already herded millions onto
railroad cars destined for death camps and cornered the rest into
dilapidated central housing that the ZOB resistance was formed, only to
be wiped out a month later. Perhaps hindsight is 20/20, but clearly too
many freedom movements throughout history waited too long to respond to
the trespasses of oligarchs.
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Do the elites want to stir up insurgency in order to give pretense for a larger crackdown? They very well might. But it is transparent in the way they try to mitigate dissent and offer placation that they do not want a rebellion larger than they can manage. I think it is far too late for that. I think they’ve pissed off too many people, instead of just enough people. I think that though most pretend-Americans will do nothing but watch in horror or hide in their hovels, the size of resistance to the tides of despotism is growing far beyond common realizations. And, when this resistance erupts, it will shock even those who fully expect it.
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