Occasionally I apologize that I no longer take the easy way out, that my solutions to today’s ills/issues/insanities do not involve posting on social media all day that “the State should be abolished along with all of its institutions!” If that’s what you feel compelled to do, have at it. Scream at the clouds and entertain an in-group that is accomplishing nothing. How anyone could go through COVID and believe posting “the CDC should be abolished” will make any difference is a clear example of why the State continues to grow at alarming rates. Virtue signaling to your friends solves nothing. There are real-world actions being taken and while I do not necessarily agree with all of them, at least these actions go beyond screaming about something that isn’t going to happen - the State is not going to disappear. (If you need an appeal to authority see episode 109 of my podcast in which Walter Block clearly takes that position.)
This is what I’ll never understand about some of the lolberts. I still consider myself a libertarian in theory, but to believe that we can just read down every institution and everything will be fine is insane. The people occupying most of these institutions are , as you say, ideologically possessed. That energy will go somewhere regardless of whether the institutions still exist. Power can’t be created or destroyed, only changed.
"There is nothing more deranged than believing you possess an ideology that could fundamentally change the world for the better but not being willing to do anything to implement it."
This statement will hit people like a freight train. I encourage anyone reading this to use either this statement or a version of it when discussing what must be done. It will have an impact on Normies and lolberts alike. It's so succinct and direct that no one on our side can escape the message it conveys. 'Be a person of action. Show you actually care about the world you're living in and the values you claim to uphold.' It will take collective action, but our individual commitment to what is good and decent is the glue that will bind us.
They are not just well-funded, organized, and motivated. They have revolutionary energy, coupled with the most extensive political ground game in the Western Hemisphere, buoyed by a sycophant press. The left uses numerous non-profits to force multiply their efforts. They love mail-in voting, because they have an army of volunteers to go door-to-door, pressuring every person to register, encouraging them to vote, and delivering their ballots for them. In democrat areas, each door is ~20 feet apart. Ground game is everything to them.
Standing United - Gauging The Threat
This is what I’ll never understand about some of the lolberts. I still consider myself a libertarian in theory, but to believe that we can just read down every institution and everything will be fine is insane. The people occupying most of these institutions are , as you say, ideologically possessed. That energy will go somewhere regardless of whether the institutions still exist. Power can’t be created or destroyed, only changed.
You consistently nail down what we all have floating around our heads.
"There is nothing more deranged than believing you possess an ideology that could fundamentally change the world for the better but not being willing to do anything to implement it."
This statement will hit people like a freight train. I encourage anyone reading this to use either this statement or a version of it when discussing what must be done. It will have an impact on Normies and lolberts alike. It's so succinct and direct that no one on our side can escape the message it conveys. 'Be a person of action. Show you actually care about the world you're living in and the values you claim to uphold.' It will take collective action, but our individual commitment to what is good and decent is the glue that will bind us.
They are not just well-funded, organized, and motivated. They have revolutionary energy, coupled with the most extensive political ground game in the Western Hemisphere, buoyed by a sycophant press. The left uses numerous non-profits to force multiply their efforts. They love mail-in voting, because they have an army of volunteers to go door-to-door, pressuring every person to register, encouraging them to vote, and delivering their ballots for them. In democrat areas, each door is ~20 feet apart. Ground game is everything to them.