It's Secession or Slavery, Choose One. There is No Third Cho
Dec 19, 2013 8:27:35 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on Dec 19, 2013 8:27:35 GMT -5
Yup...
The Sun Is Setting On The American Empire. We are ALL about Sedition and Secession here. Pass it on.
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Secession: The Problem With Win First
Samuel Culper III
This will be the last defense of secession I post for a while. I hope many of you are coming around to the idea, especially those of you who live in the American Redoubt. Secession provides a legal framework and entity (the state government, if we can elect representatives with the cajones), and then we provide the muscle to defend our state.
As the debate between the planners and the ‘doers’ forges right ahead, we’ve seen plenty of win first statements. ‘Win first’ specifically refers to winning the revolution before planning for the needed governance to follow; revolting before they even plan how resistance or revolution is executed after the first month. I admire that camp’s enthusiasm and vigor in wanting to re-introduce Constitutional principles back into Constitutional government; however, it’s not one that I can support right now. Simple revolt produces second- and third-order effects for which they need to plan.
Lincoln had a favorable and lenient approach to the Reconstruction of the Old South until he was assassinated. What followed was a ‘second-order effect’ that produced a less desirable, unforeseen, and down right vindictive outcome. The Federal government under Johnson and Grant punished the South instead of simply allowing the States to be readmitted into the Union. What are the likely second- and third-order effects produced by the ‘Just Do It’ crowd? Probably not too great for the Liberty movement. In fact, I’d argue that it would bring more regime surveillance and action over those who espouse Liberty as their quasi-religion.
I see several critical shortcomings in their strategy, if you can call it that. To restate that strategy, it’s two fold: leave our country, or get killed.
I’ll start out by making some analogies. If you’re building a house, you start with a building blueprint. If you’re starting a business, you start with a business plan. If you’re conducting an operation, you start with the planning phase of the mission. (And mission analysis soon follows.) Call me crazy but I like to measure twice and cut once. I don’t like to get halfway through a project, and realize that I have to go back to a previous step because I failed to plan (proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance), or realize that I have to start all over because I screwed it up royally. I’d like to enjoy the cake I bake the first go around.
I really feel like I’m pointing out the obvious here. Here are my objections, in summary.
The Sun Is Setting On The American Empire. We are ALL about Sedition and Secession here. Pass it on.
amapublishing.com/dumpdc/
Secession: The Problem With Win First
Samuel Culper III
This will be the last defense of secession I post for a while. I hope many of you are coming around to the idea, especially those of you who live in the American Redoubt. Secession provides a legal framework and entity (the state government, if we can elect representatives with the cajones), and then we provide the muscle to defend our state.
As the debate between the planners and the ‘doers’ forges right ahead, we’ve seen plenty of win first statements. ‘Win first’ specifically refers to winning the revolution before planning for the needed governance to follow; revolting before they even plan how resistance or revolution is executed after the first month. I admire that camp’s enthusiasm and vigor in wanting to re-introduce Constitutional principles back into Constitutional government; however, it’s not one that I can support right now. Simple revolt produces second- and third-order effects for which they need to plan.
Lincoln had a favorable and lenient approach to the Reconstruction of the Old South until he was assassinated. What followed was a ‘second-order effect’ that produced a less desirable, unforeseen, and down right vindictive outcome. The Federal government under Johnson and Grant punished the South instead of simply allowing the States to be readmitted into the Union. What are the likely second- and third-order effects produced by the ‘Just Do It’ crowd? Probably not too great for the Liberty movement. In fact, I’d argue that it would bring more regime surveillance and action over those who espouse Liberty as their quasi-religion.
I see several critical shortcomings in their strategy, if you can call it that. To restate that strategy, it’s two fold: leave our country, or get killed.
I’ll start out by making some analogies. If you’re building a house, you start with a building blueprint. If you’re starting a business, you start with a business plan. If you’re conducting an operation, you start with the planning phase of the mission. (And mission analysis soon follows.) Call me crazy but I like to measure twice and cut once. I don’t like to get halfway through a project, and realize that I have to go back to a previous step because I failed to plan (proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance), or realize that I have to start all over because I screwed it up royally. I’d like to enjoy the cake I bake the first go around.
I really feel like I’m pointing out the obvious here. Here are my objections, in summary.