This week's had a couple of really good victories. The international order is taking some good damage, and I'm glad to see it. Just have to follow through.
What damage would that be? Even if he does get into power, he'll have to contend with coalition partners and the bureaucratic machines full of left-liberal progressive civil servants. They're the same in every European country. Their solutions are always the same: more immigration, more asylum seekers, deconstructing/dismantling the national identity, borders and welfare systems.
It's a fundamental undermining of the established order, and a rallying voice that could dominate politics for years forwards.
You need to understand that you are the revolutionary, and not actually a conservative, because the values you are trying to conserve have already been dismissed from the Overton Window of the establishment. Your primary objective (as was Saul Alinsky's) is to undermine the legitimacy of the ruling power by dragging the counter-narrative directly in front of the general public and beating the drum of your demands is actually the thing that delegitimizes them, and sets them as the target of blame for the society's problems.
It exposes the enemy, it forces the Overton Window to shift, and the damage against legitimacy, inevitability, and invincibility is far more significant than simply an executive order or a bill that could be changed or left unenforced. That's what this scene in Chernobyl is all about. The reason "humiliation" is so important, is because it is the absolute rejection of power. Once you are unable to summon a sense of legitimacy, civil disobedience to your authority becomes normalized, and people start operating as if the other guy was already in charge. Eventually, the parallel society becomes dominant. Just don't forget to gatekeep when they realize we've won.
Sounds good on paper, but the damage has already been done. And such 'moments' unfortunately have had only temporary effect in the past. The unrelenting stream of immigrants continued unabated. They only took on different forms: low-skilled immigrants got turned into asylum seekers.
I expect future defeats, but this is a long war. And you don't win those with a couple of victories. It's just nice to see a series of wins.
I've said it before. The right needs to learn how to take casualties. When you lose things and people, you grieve for a moment, turn right the fuck around, and get back out on patrol. When you win you need to learn to pursue the route, as that guarantees a longer victory.
BOOM another fucking win.
This week's had a couple of really good victories. The international order is taking some good damage, and I'm glad to see it. Just have to follow through.
Cue the music
What damage would that be? Even if he does get into power, he'll have to contend with coalition partners and the bureaucratic machines full of left-liberal progressive civil servants. They're the same in every European country. Their solutions are always the same: more immigration, more asylum seekers, deconstructing/dismantling the national identity, borders and welfare systems.
It's a fundamental undermining of the established order, and a rallying voice that could dominate politics for years forwards.
You need to understand that you are the revolutionary, and not actually a conservative, because the values you are trying to conserve have already been dismissed from the Overton Window of the establishment. Your primary objective (as was Saul Alinsky's) is to undermine the legitimacy of the ruling power by dragging the counter-narrative directly in front of the general public and beating the drum of your demands is actually the thing that delegitimizes them, and sets them as the target of blame for the society's problems.
It exposes the enemy, it forces the Overton Window to shift, and the damage against legitimacy, inevitability, and invincibility is far more significant than simply an executive order or a bill that could be changed or left unenforced. That's what this scene in Chernobyl is all about. The reason "humiliation" is so important, is because it is the absolute rejection of power. Once you are unable to summon a sense of legitimacy, civil disobedience to your authority becomes normalized, and people start operating as if the other guy was already in charge. Eventually, the parallel society becomes dominant. Just don't forget to gatekeep when they realize we've won.
Sounds good on paper, but the damage has already been done. And such 'moments' unfortunately have had only temporary effect in the past. The unrelenting stream of immigrants continued unabated. They only took on different forms: low-skilled immigrants got turned into asylum seekers.
I expect future defeats, but this is a long war. And you don't win those with a couple of victories. It's just nice to see a series of wins.
I've said it before. The right needs to learn how to take casualties. When you lose things and people, you grieve for a moment, turn right the fuck around, and get back out on patrol. When you win you need to learn to pursue the route, as that guarantees a longer victory.