Anecdotal evidence suggests that young people are not protesting America’s growing fascism because they don’t know anything else.
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It’s Really Bad, And It’s Never Gonna Be This Good Again
Most Americans are clueless as to how bad our current crisis is and how much worse it’s likely to get Originally published in June, 2022 It’s likely to get worse, maybe a lot worse, before it gets any better. This is often what we’re told when the situation looks grim.…
The American Revolution, Part II
Crossing the protest threshold of 3.5% to avoid a civil war and induce regime change through peaceful revolution.
Can The 3.5% Rule Save America?
In 2013, political scientist Erica Chenoweth proposed the 3.5% rule, which argued that according to historical data from 1900 to 2006, whenever nonviolent protests against an authoritarian regime reached the tipping point of 3.5% of a country’s population, that government was almost always certain to fall. There was something about that number that created a tipping point that would go on to engulf the entire country and eventually cause regime change.
Dreaming Of Tigers
“I’m not political.” This is something you often hear people say these days. If asked, they will admit that they don’t regularly watch the news or read the paper. They’re not closely following policy debates or the inner workings of government. They don’t follow media elites, read in-depth articles, or listen to podcasts on subjects considered political. Most people are simply not paying that close attention.
The Power Of One
Maybe more impactful than the faceless throng in the streets chanting pre-packaged slogans is the solitary protestor, earnest, vulnerable, and alone.
Defiantly Daft, Duplicitously Dangerous
No one ever accused John Wayne of being an intellectual. From Daniel Boone and Wyatt Earp to Huey Long and George Wallace, there has always been a strong populist strain woven throughout our national mythology. Forget for a moment that any list of great Americans, from Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Frederick Douglass, contained a multitude of brilliant intellectuals.
The Return Of The Local Newspaper
The path to reclaiming power over information and securing democracy When I was a kid, there were these extraordinary chronicles of daily life called newspapers, sold on nearly every street corner, delivered to homes and businesses, read on trains, and shared among strangers in coffee shops. They were magical to…
Stand Your Ground
Where there is injustice, I always believe in fighting. Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) In the fight against fascism, we must face our fears and stand firm in our beliefs It’s only a matter of time before a licensed gun owner shoots and kills a federal agent, doing so in clear…
The Second American Civil War Has Begun
The Trump administration has crossed the Rubicon of authoritarianism and turned true patriots into enemies of the state America is deeply divided. This is the phrase we’ve been using for years now. We’re deeply divided as a people and as a nation. The culture war that began as an unsubstantiated…