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I want to to caution people in a few areas around the whole "There's a people's revolt right around the corner!" feelings.

I have been here before. Hell... Most of us have been here before. The Big Show ain't happening tonight, Or Tomorrow, or even when ever RvW actually gets decided. Society, and the normal functioning of said society still has a fuck-ton of support and inertia. Most people (communists aren't people) want to keep this society normally functioning because it is good enough, and they perceive that the Big Show would disrupt the normal functioning of society. And it absolutely would.

Why didn't the big show kick off in 2020? There was certainly a good regional supermajority (70%+ GOP) that was dissatisfied with the election. So why didn't they say "fuck it" and start building igloos? Because the overwhelming majority, of that region majority determined, consciously or not, that having the Democrats run the government was less bad than a civil war.

My point here is twofold:
  • That there will be no general uprising until there is a strong controlling opinion that the cost of peace outweighs the cost of war. We aren't there yet. We may be on the path, but we are still a long ways away from that point.
  • People will work only within the system, no matter how twisted, until the above tipping point is reached.
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Here is my next line of caution:

The general populous is dumb and critically uninformed. When the times start getting really bad, they will not come to the conclusion that it is the ruling regime that has caused them this pain. This is for many reasons, not least of which being is the regime's media control.

If you are not shaping the opinions of the people around you as they start to feel the pinch, then the regime will use the very emergencies they create, to convince those people that they need *more* regime control in their lives. See the Presidency of FDR.

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Finally, I want to get to the most dangerous assumption we have going. I hesitate to talk about it because it seems like such a sacred cow.

The Big Show, The Boogaloo, Civil War, whatever you call it, it is not a win condition. People talk about the big show like they know for sure that they will win. But Communists have won a lot of civil wars, and the Globalists will support their own.

Additionally, we know the Left is organized. We have seen them pull of massive maneuvers that require money, leadership, and structure.

What structured organizations on the right do we have that is capable of organizing and leading a general resistance. Because the GOP ain't doing it. Either there will have to be a radical takeover of the GOP, or a new organization made out of whole-cloth.

Until the above question is answered, banish all thought of fighting and winning a war against the left.

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I've sperged enough, and I didn't want to rain on anyone's parade. Just some food for thought.
 
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Joepedo's finally speaking, his hair looks weirder than normal and he's super squinting, and he's putting his hands in his pockets while he looks back and forth at the teleprompters like a tennis match, he didn't read a thing before right now.

edit: someone must have motioned to keep his hands on the dais

edit edit: he's stumbling and slurring so much this is one of his worst speeches since he stole the election.
 
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Is there a bigger lolcow in Congress than Sheldon Whitehouse?
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The man had a "no niggers in my country club" moment caught on tape, and of course nothing happened.

Ironically based, now that I remember it.

Also, classic Biden to shuffled out to say he's fighting hard against this, hasn't done absolutely anything to show for it, and shifts blame. Same thing with COVID (which was his godsend) and now with the economy (which was a Trump-send that got utterly annihilated because Joe touched everything).
 
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And that will be rednecks screaming "WOLVERINES!" They got the guns, they got the ammo, they got the Mossy Oak and they got the balls. Plus, they know how to skin and eat a possum.

The Big Show won't have a Mason-Dixon line, but it will likely have a General Sherman and General Lee at some point. And it will likely be started by something too overbearing by the Feds. A Waco type event on a grander scale that will force the issue?

But yeah, until then I agree with you that it's not likely to happen.
 
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Slappy McGherkin said:
And that will be rednecks screaming "WOLVERINES!" They got the guns, they got the ammo, they got the Mossy Oak and they got the balls. Plus, they know how to skin and eat a possum.

The Big Show won't have a Mason-Dixon line, but it will likely have a General Sherman and General Lee at some point. And it will likely be started by something too overbearing by the Feds. A Waco type event on a grander scale that will force the issue?

But yeah, until then I agree with you that it's not likely to happen.
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I definitely don't want to deny the actions of small dissidents groups. I come from Bushwhacker country, we were fighting the U.S. Civil War over a decade before it really kicked off.

And I do think that a mega Waco/Powder-Alarm style scenario will be what jump-starts the big one, if it does happen.

I try not to be blind to nuance, and the power of the individual. But I can't help it, I have studied too many small wars to think that there would be a successful America-scaled revolt without a large preponderance of structure.
 
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If the cost of Diesel makes trucking infeasible, don’t you think there has to be an inflection point? How much does petrol have to be to make the average American realize it’s not worth it, and start chimping?
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The thing is, gas prices right now are just Obama prices. They're only like 10 cents more than Obama's peak and 50-60 cents more than most of his presidency from 2010-2014. So people are just used to these prices as much as they suck. The fact that prices were lower during Trump was more a fluke/reprieve.
 
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BONE_Buddy said:
I definitely don't want to deny the actions of small dissidents groups. I come from Bushwhacker country, we were fighting the U.S. Civil War over a decade before it really kicked off.

And I do think that a mega Waco/Powder-Alarm style scenario will be what jump-starts the big one, if it does happen.

I try not to be blind to nuance, and the power of the individual. But I can't help it, I have studied too many small wars to think that there would be a successful America-scaled revolt without a large preponderance of structure.
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The Big One will be more Vietnam 2.0 than Civil War 2.0. It’ll be small insurgent cells destroying critical infrastructure and engaging in guerilla warfare.

That being said, I really don’t really see it happening in the immediate future (e.g. before 2024). We’ll just have to see how that election goes, won’t we?
 
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