How do you resist?
Posted by SolitudeIsBliss 10 years, 2 months ago to Government
As a naturalized citizen the love of freedom is not only etched but burned within my being. I fell in love with the United States of America and all it stood for: putting a man on the Moon, FREEDOM, Opportunity. However, it seems that these days that country has been overtaken by the Socialists, Marxists and Communists it once fought and guarded against. The thought police with its Political Correctness, the looters with its wealth redistribution and the legislative actions it has taken in recent years has turned this into a Nation I no longer recognize. I stand in opposition whenever and however I can from not hiring people to being 'On Strike' ! But truthfully, I think I've lost all hope for the country called the United States that once was. Wondering, how do YOU resist? What can be done? CAN anything be done?
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Politically I am active in state and national gun rights. I talk to everyone I interact with more than once about it. I also make the normal calls, letters, and gatherings. My conversations with individuals usually start with their opinion against guns and me asking them who is responsible for their protection. They almost always reply with the word police. I, of course, site the 2005 SCOTUS decision in Castle Rock v. Gonzales and the conversation turns my way every single time.
I find it amazing that we are able to not only survive, but live and thrive as a family on a single income of just over $50,000 a year. I never thought it possible, and it has given me another outlet. All the drive I had to succeed and, well being honest, conquer has found a place in this new life. I make my own ammo, do my own auto repair, we garden, and I have actually taken up woodworking of all things. I find that I really enjoy the act of creating not with only my mind, but my hands also. My work is not what I would call “up to snuff” yet, but it is getting there.
I do what I can, but when it comes right down to it these jerks in office and the people who elected them have only each other to blame. They belong together. Me? I opt out. To hell with the looters and moochers. Let them have it… For now.
You say someone has been foolish to identify themselves to the government by having a carry permit? I say if one has abandoned their ability to protect themselves and their family while out and about leaving their day to day safety up to random chance, the goodwill of their fellow man, and the forbearance of reptiles they are the real fools. There is no shortage of people who believe they can own a firearm no one knows about, not get training, not frequent a range, and think they will somehow “rise to the occasion” if that firearm is needed. It is simply not true in the least. In a stressful situation you do not revert back to the level of the last youtube video you watched, or even to the last training you got. You revert back to the level of training that you have MASTERED. I have seen combat, just as others have, and what you said is nothing more than a recipe for failure and death.
Take into account that the Dept. of Education and schools are indoctrinating kids at an early age. Children are taught not to be proud of the USA, not to show too much patriotism or pride. As a society we no longer award achievements or excellence instead choosing to award everyone equally. The US is now a country where half the population, yes, 50 %, is on some sort of government assistance.
I may be entirely wrong in my assessment however, having lived abroad, experience a great many adversities, I believe the only way America will get back on track is through experiencing some very hard times (perhaps like those in Atlas Shrugged).
I think it will take harder times than the Great Depression era. When all handouts are gone and people really have to fend for themselves, perhaps we might see a reboot of the USA but until we are tested by fire and show our mettle I don't think anything will change.
fiscal responsibility,
constitutionally limited government,
and free markets...
I would add Individual Rights. Not even close to being globalists.
Concealed carry, purchasing a new firearm with a Fed background check, heck, even obtaining a hunting license or frequenting a firing range will put your name in a database of people to confiscate firearms from.
"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." - Ayn Rand
...and from some advice given to Sir Antony Fisher, as described in the Introduction to the Road to Serfdom, about how to affect change in society:
"Fisher makes the short walk from his office to the [London School of Economics] and knocks on Hayek’s door. Fisher also recalled the physical setting of Hayek’s office in minute and accurate detail, including its proximity to that of the dreaded Harold Laski. Fisher claimed that after small talk (which neither excelled at) the conversation went like this:
-Fisher:
I share all your worries and concerns as expressed in The Road to Serfdom and I’m going to go into politics and put it all right.
-Hayek:
No you’re not! Society’s course will be changed only by a change in ideas. First you must reach the intellectuals, the teachers and writers, with reasoned argument. It will be their influence on society which will prevail, and the politicians will follow."
You can't make people wake up, but you can control what you do.about the situation, and you CAN try to educate the people around you.
The good news is more and more people ARE waking up, and there are more of us than there are of the thug socialist tyrants who are trying to destroy our freedom. Keep calm and keep resisting.
There's nothing wrong with using Labels -- Labels are just words, words with definitions, and all language depends on words. The more words you know the better you can communicate, but we must all agree on the definitions of those words, else we're just babbling at each other.
If we eliminated all political "Labels" today, new ones would be invented to take their place tomorrow. The problem arises when the meaning of a Label is obfuscated or mutated communication fails; some call it equivocation, the less nuanced among us simply call it lying.
Your wrong. Most Americans are against what has happened here but most of us have not woken up yet but when we do, the people that are trying to bring down America will not be standing any longer. God bless America and down with the Secular Progressives.
Kal
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