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Was listening to Moldbug here and he made a great analogy around the 51 minute mark.
(Context - him shitting on rufo and desantis and people like them who think they can make ideological change in the courts/through laws.)
In order to match the power the left has in our society the right would have to do something like the following:
Imagine there were judicial tribunals created for the abolition of critical race theory. filled with ex-patriot prayer members, white activists, etc. Of course now 'reformed' (they went back to law school after all). People who were 10-20 years ago were once alt-righters would be fining and even jailing their ideological opponents in banana courts.
Think about how absurd that sounds. Then recognize this is what exists today in the west, except from the opposite side. This is the way our current judiciary works. This is human rights tribunals. Ex-left wing terrorists are judges and advisors to deep power. The patent absurdity of the opposite happening demonstrates just how far the right is from any sort of power in the west.
Just noticed this post on my index. I don't post in this community much but this topic was interesting. I quite like the analogy.
I read some comments on here discussing the conservatives unwilling to look at things from a lens of power and seize that power to fix things. I was reminded of some words by Ted Kaczynski.
https://youtu.be/n27zrywaBGY
While many people are stuck here and most anywhere at looking at things from a left or right dynamic, the reality is that there's really a Status Quo system through which most people whether left or right are trying to navigate. The reason the right seems to lack any power is because what is going on in western civilization is benefiting the system for the most part, whether you're right or left. The only people dissatisfied are those people with niche issues within the system. Your community tending to have one specific to gamer gate which can diverge into censorship and issues of freedom from government. TDW might have issues with trans and CRT. ConsumeProduct might have issues with porn, whores and moral degeneracy based on a Christianity lens. Etc....
But overall most people are still fine with "the system". For the right to wield the kind of power you suggest, the system wouldn't benefit so the right will never wield this sort of power. You need to change the system for the right to ever wield power in the manner many of your want.
The issue is something Carroll Quigley (a very intelligent historian) described in his book Tragedy and Hope. 19th century values of individualism and liberalism were trumped in the 20th century because of WWII and the Great Depression. The system realized it would enhance their wealth and power more by censoring men, reducing liberty and creating a welfare state along with State capitalism. You'll never go back to the liberty of the 1800s while the system still exists because it is not in the systems benefit. No matter how much you try to convince people, we have seen the impacts. Those in control of the system benefit more with less freedom not more.
What's the difference between the early years of the USA and now? Specialist armies. Analyzing history you'll see that man only ever truly had much freedom when peasant armies were able to equip themselves similar to government armies. As it stands right now, military equipment is too complex and expensive for average people to use. This leads to societies that are less free because a government can now more easily force submission and obedience on citizens. Further, the modern era adds a twist because now the mechanism of control isn't just through armies but also information. By the combination of a subjugated population through superior military means and information dominance, countries can now control people cross continental or Global, which is what we're seeing in the modern era.
Anyway, I don't think you're ever going to regain control in this lifetime. If you truly want to gain control, as crazy as this sounds, you basically need to find a way to develop a nuclear bomb so easily made, every person on earth could make one. That would disrupt the system. Short of that, I'm not too sure what will disrupt the system.
There's the "rods from god" or a "colony drop."
You can also create space stations and free yourself from land constraints if there's civilian spaceflight.
Don't just buy guns, establish your own backyard space program.