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MakeModsGreatAgain 19 points ago +20 / -1

Correct but Income taxes and Public education are also unamerican so if one doesn't want to have CRT banned, how about we get rid of all public funding to public education also, which would be American.

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MakeModsGreatAgain 4 points ago +4 / -0

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.