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Guest Post: How To Identify The True Enemies Of Freedom
Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market.com,
The greatest and most often exploited weakness of any revolution for freedom is the inability of the downtrodden populace to identify the true enemy. History is littered with the shattered remnants of rebellions that were built upon legitimate causes but suffered because of misdirection and faulty assumptions. For centuries, the real culprits of tyranny have found ways to redirect the ire of those they harmed in their quest for power, usually by offering a tempting scapegoat that appeals to the public’s darker impulses; their biases, their prejudices, their fears, etc. Usually, this ends in an even more pervasive totalitarian environment as the insurgents and the scapegoats decimate each other while the elites sit back and enjoy the show.
Even the most successful battles against despotism, like the American Revolution, often only had a distant sense of who they were really fighting against. This is what makes the 21st Century extraordinarily unique in the annals of civilization. For the first time in human record, the common man has all the information necessary to examine and define the real culprits behind his subjugation. The truth is at our fingertips, all we have to do is reach out and take it…
Because of the decentralized nature of information flowing through the alternative web media, our ability to generate opposition to organized elitism has never been greater. However, this also means the stakes have never been higher. The establishment understands well that their criminality is clearly visible, and eventually, they will be personally subject to the rage of the people. The next fight could very well be the last for them.
Their playbook may be old, but the tactics they use can always be applied on a grander and more terrible scale. Not only will they pursue whatever menacing distractions necessary to occupy the attentions of the public, they will also attempt to pose as guiding lights in the darkness they themselves created. They will hide behind broad generalized target groups; fabricated boogie men, branded and prepackaged like franchise coffee shops on every street corner of America’s collective psyche. Terrorists, traitors, saboteurs, whatever ethnic group happens to be convenient at the moment, whoever is easiest to present as a target for our projected malice; false enemies will be rolled out like a nightmare buffet.
If our nation and the rest of the world have any chance of achieving peace and liberty, it will be because those who choose to dissent against the totalitarian tide focus on the authentic virus invading and assimilating our culture. Some call them “elitists”, “collectivists”, “centralists”, etc. They sometimes even refer to themselves as such, but the most prominent and useful label today is that of “globalist”. That said, we must ask what it is that defines these people? What makes them who they are? The following is a list of behaviors and characteristics that have been common to oligarchs through most of history. Regardless of how a political or financial leader presents himself through rhetoric, if he displays these properties in action, he is more likely than not an opponent of individual freedom and an adversary to the principles of honor and conscience that all good men strive for.
1) They Seek Centralization Of Power
Does your favorite political candidate, corporate “guru”, or media shill have a history of promoting globalization, economic harmonization, socialization, etc., sacrificing the protections of sovereignty in the name of some “greater good” that never seems to come? Does every action they take only appear to benefit a select elite? Do they regimentally remove options and choices from the system? Do all of their solutions ultimately lead to the same outcome? Do all the roads they build converge towards less liberty for the masses and more control for government? Is their answer for every crisis to remove checks and balances and borders? Do they constantly claim that sovereign and Constitutional protections get in the way of “progress”? Do they use phrases like “the greater good” or “sustainable development” on a regular basis? Add them to your list of potential mass murderers, and unfriend them on your social media accounts. They do not have your best interests at heart…
2) They Enforce Policies Despite Widespread Disapproval
In any healthy Republic, the political class is supposed to be the servant of the people. Their employment is supposed to be predicated on their willingness to hear and understand the wishes of their constituency. If a bill or policy arises that threatens the civil liberties or financial safety of the people, and they call for a representative to oppose it, that is exactly what he is supposed to do. If he does otherwise, and supports a damaging or unconstitutional bill while fully aware of massive voter resistance, it means he is not in fear for his job, which means his job has not necessarily been secured by our votes, which means he is likely working for somebody else; somebody who will benefit from the bill in question.
Two perfect examples would be the passage of the banker bailout bills, and the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act. Both were vehemently opposed by a majority of Americans on both sides of the so called political “aisle”, and yet, they were given a majority support by our representatives in government. This reveals an ulterior motivation within our government that is, to put it bluntly, treasonous. If they voted for a liberty killing bill, then cross them off your roster of principled leaders and add them to your list of enemies…
3) They Find Ways To Rationalize Any Behavior
Sociopaths and psychopaths operate on their own personal form of twisted rationalism. The magic of pure cold logic untempered by conscience or intuitive wisdom is that truth can become whatever we want it to become as long as our inner voice remains repressed. For them, any crime can be vindicated as long as a perceived benefit can somehow be derived. For a globalist oligarch, however, psychopathy goes far beyond mechanical moral relativism. They are well aware that their actions are an affront to human conscience, and, they couldn’t care less. Instead, they use rationalism as a way to manipulate the public into accepting their maniacal behavior so that they can continue without interference.
Globalists are so convinced of their own intellectual superiority that they feel no desire for redemption, or to compartmentalize their own evil. They embrace that evil fully as if it were a form of strength. One weakness of this philosophy is that it comes with a strange obsession; a desperate drive to inject moral relativism into all people around the globalist. This exposes an inherent reliance on surrounding environment, and dependency on one’s environment to reinforce a belief system is a significant psychological weakness.
The great power that truth holds over the empire of lies is that the truth is not contingent on mass perception; it exists regardless of how many people believe in it. It is autonomous. The truth has its own soul, and arises from the ashes again and again without the benefit of mass recognition. Lies and perverted rationalizations require an astounding amount of energy and armies of the ignorant in order to exist. A foundation of lies is inferior, and thus, anyone who depends upon the existence of that foundation is also, by association, inferior. Globalist are, therefore, a sub-species, an unnecessary and outdated remnant of social evolution that should be allowed to finally fade out and die away.
4) They Promote Economic Dependency
Anyone who consistently tells you that you need them in order to survive has something to gain by your dependency. A good person or government seeks to make people INDEPENDENT and self reliant, so that they can survive on their own merits and participate in the construction of their own destinies. A manipulative person or government needs people to believe that without the services the despot provides all will come to ruin. Totalitarian control cannot exist unless WE hand that control to them. If the man before you claims that there is no other way to live except through him or his system, no matter how charmingly he phrases it, add him to your list as a danger to your freedom.
5) They Belong To A Think Tank
I am usually apprehensive about using a broad brush to paint any single group or subset as fully criminal and beyond repair. This kind of methodology is used daily by globalists to create rifts in societies and lure people into destroying each other. However, I have tried to the utmost of my ability to find an influential think tank with ties to the government in our modern era that does not display the despicable behaviors listed so far, and for the life of me, I can’t find a single one. From the the CFR, to the Rand Corporation, to the Washington Institute For Near East Policy, you will find the many of the same exact writhing globalist tapeworms and most certainly the same exact philosophies of moral relativism on display. If they belong to a mainstream think tank, they are not a friend to liberty.
6) They Cast No Reflection In The Mirror
Or perhaps I’m thinking of a different kind of monster…
7) They Promote Military Force As The Primary Means To Achieve Their Ideological Objectives
Do they confront the dynamic of every social and diplomatic problem with the use of military force and the death of those who disagree with them? Does every conflict between them and another culture end with the destruction of thousands if not millions? Do they flaunt a distinct kind of “my way or the highway to hell” kind of attitude? Do they seem to crave war to the point that they are willing to manufacture excuses to fire the first missile? If they are a warmonger, then they are your enemy, even when they happen to be trying to kill people you don’t necessarily like at the moment.
8) They Offer Promises They Never Intend To Keep
If a politician promises to end an illegal war and pull American troops from the battlefield if elected to office, and then doesn’t, or, pretends to pull troops out while maintaining permanent bases and shifting private Blackwater-style contractors into the field to take their place, then he is a liar. It’s that simple. If a central banker promises fiat printing and massive stimulus programs will unfreeze credit markets and generate an employment recovery within a couple of years, and the fiscal situation only becomes worse afterwards, then he is a liar. It’s that simple.
If a person in a position of power continuously makes promises that are impossible to fulfill, or that he obviously knows cannot be fulfilled, then he is buying time. But buying time for what? Well, usually, he is buying time so that he can consolidate more power, and he is hoping the public will be duped into giving that power to him in exchange for false hopes and empty dreams. Any entity, corporate or governmental, that is unable to attain the public’s consent without conning them, is an enemy to the welfare of the public, and should be removed like a throbbing tick.
9) You Wouldn’t Leave Your Children Alone With Them
Ask yourself, could you leave your children in a room with this person or group and feel safe about it? If the answer is an honest “No”, then how could you leave your country and your children’s future in their hands instead…?
In the coming years, the American people will face numerous threats; some real, some imagined in the sterile conference rooms of a black-hearted think tanks. But, the most terrifying threat to our cultural roots of free thought, expression, and prosperity is wielded by a very particular and exclusive group of thin-blooded ego-maniacs. Identifying them is not difficult. Hiding their true nature is nearly impossible for a person or institution whose narcissism is so pronounced. They adore their own insanity and wish to share it with the world. If they fit the profile listed above, it is a guarantee that they will wreak havoc upon your life, directly or indirectly, someday. Know who they are, so that when that time comes you know who to blame, and who to bring to justice.
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I remember I time when I'd pledge allegience with all my little 4th grader heart.
In 5th grade I started leaving out the 'under god' part.
When I got out of school, I made a point of not being in the room when 'The Pledge' was being given, to avoid being a hypocrite.
These days I'll smile as I take any pledge that's offered, knowing that neither party has any intention of honoring their word anyway.
I hope the elite have built bunkers. Big deep ones. When they go in to escape the populaces wrath. Immediately the people should stop rioting, find the bunkers, and seal them in. May they rot in there and good riddance to rubbish.
If they really had to retreat to bunkers do you really believe for a moment they wouldn't launch nukes and/or release bio-weapons? The author tags Rand, you should really start looking at think tank documents, they talk about the use of neutron weapons on population centers in the case of widespread rioting or insurrection. Now if you are man enough to shrug off a nuke blast then no worries...
The 'bunkers' are in the Bahamas, scenic parts of South America, unscathed parts of the Mediterranean, lovely tropical spots in Asia, really large and fast yachts...
Oh, and maybe an emergency backup location in eastern Antarctica, just in case the climate change thing turns out to be a problem.
ZBrez wanted a "Society controlled by an elite
unrestrained by traditional values."
Rob, rage, rape, and pillage are no longer a wet dream.
#9 - Uncle Ernie. You're talking about Uncle Ernie. Isn't he the guy with the FEMA camp franchises?
How many of these items apply to organized religion?
One only needs study the Roman Empire for a " historical explanation/understanding" of who your enemy is. Caligua and Nero were two of my favorites, from the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
List of Roman Emperors
The United States of America, and the free world (for that matter) were built on "asking for forgiveness" and not "asking for permission".
I wouldn't worry too much about this article and the many others like it. I sometimes wonder why these newsletter writers write this as they are taking a fringe position on a complex question. They present a simplistic analysis of the issue and expect the herd to follow them. Those same analytic skills are then displayed on a later newsletter article where they claim expertise.
I don't expect anyone values their expert opinion on any topic, be it geopolitical, economic, or epicurious.
The most appropriate way "fight the system". Disengage spiritually. Realize it for the conjob it is and don't enable it. Our economy treats us like Chris Brown treats Rihanna. Only unenlighted beings want all the crap and poison they "give" us. The hardest revolution of all is our own personal spirtual evolution.
They refer to what used to be our Republic as "The Homeland" ....
"Patience my ass. I'm gonna kill something."
*nods*
A state [United States] with a Praetorian Guard [military] that taxes [steals] its citizens views freedom very warily despite what it claims...
Easy. They are on TV every single night.
King Arthur: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
Woman: Order, eh? Who does he think he is?
King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
nothing to add here... just another excellent read per usual, grat's, mr. brandon smith
Ps. man... i truly do enjoy `All' your posts! keep on keepin...
:-))
sie zalamac
all these people in Syntagma square, Madrid and Paris should yield the same banner:
STOP TRADING WITH CHINA!
we can't take it anymore
moron , those people can still survive thanks to cheap stuff all those fictionary, allegedly 'developed' economies import from China . Isolationism is equally smart as Luddism..
Imagine for a minute if you will, that the modern equivalent of the Weathermen came on the scene.
Imagine they spent their time handing out summary justice to some hi-visibility folks on behalf of the people. Maybe some paragons of virtue like Jamie D, Lloyd the Blank, Benny of the inkjets, the wretched Rubin, Timmy the errand boy, Hank the plank, Moz and the Mers mob, some of the big lawyers. Quite a big list.
Imagine they got caught. Would there be a trial in public, where they could argue their cause?
I think not.
Says a lot about where we are now.
They are bipedal microbes. No matter if your antiseptic kills 99.9% of them, they'll be back.
The domestic threat is as obvious as 911 1993 2001 and 2012
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/LibyaCo
...or the shit sandwich on your plate. http://www.naturalnews.com/037409_Monsanto_gene_silencing_pharmaceuticals.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UJhjP-44P4&feature=related
What the fock, do you say,to a population(pulp fixated)who has a goverment agency,that provides them with Cocain,what do you say????Clintons,Bushs,what?
What Gully F is saying is easy to grasp,but dont give a solution,C my A,is killing its own people,and they are just laughing.
Ha,ha ha ha ho, if its Clinton you vote with your ?ick
It's interesting that here in the UK they have hidden the obvious much more successfully. Mervyn King is not revilled like the Bernanke. Cameron has his haters but I don't think most have recognised the links here. Maybe it's better ingrained as our government has had many more years to perfect the art.
Cunts.
See something say something... says it all man. The slogan of champions.
No wonder they treat us like cattle and despise us so. So far, the public has been led like the rats of the pied piper. Too few are calling them out, and this too few is viewed as the lunatic fringe by the majority of the public. These "enlightened masters" have prepared their script and audience masterfully. They pioneered psychology, and know us better than we know ourselves. And they can only overplay their hand to the extent we let them, and so far, they have been given carte blanche. They will continue to over-reach until they have either accomplished their goals, or they are set back temporarily by an uprising. If I had to pick, I'd very sadly bet my money on the Illuminati. Ultimately, they may fail on many of their objectives overseas, but they are succeeding beyond their wildest dreams here in the US and in western Europe.
Solution: Forbid anyone who has ever had a law degree from holding a public office. Also, any lawyer who makes over $400,000 per year should pay 110% taxes on everything above $400,000. Another idea: any lawyer running for office has to do so naked. Barney frank would loose his seat.
brandon, your article is a good philosophical start but it is time to name names....george bush sr and prescott bush murdered jfk under the aegis of the rockefeller brothers, averell harriman and other wall street banksters....mcgeorge bundy, dean rusk, edward lansdale, the caball brothers, john dulles, allen dulles, richard bissel, curtis lemay, john bolton, dick cheney, gerald ford, the asshole who invented the magic bullet theory - can't think of the accessory after the fact from pa - george bush jr, donald rumsfeld, the fosdick brothers, i could go on and on about the globalists and almost all of the names i mentioned were involved in the murder of john kennedy and its cover-up and a few with 9/11....
those are the names to target - they are the totalitarian control freaks....
I like your list Tony, but you left out Kissinger and the Koch bros. And wasn't the "majic bullet" John Conyers contribution?
lets consider the champion of the third way, the ultimate compassionte conservative. When truth and money intersect you get bad goverment.
http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2011/06/dr-kelly-still-dead.html
states rights. federalism tends toward dysfunctional
and empirical denial and stupidity, proceed to more
local from there.
We need MASS ARRESTS and trials for the guilty more than ever... http://tinyurl.com/cd5cyjo/
Brandon,
WOW.
WOW.
WOW.
(that'd be 3 WOWs)
i feel i've neglected praise where you are concerned, Mr. Smith. shame on janus.
i still have a bit of reading to do; and so i apologize for the brevity. even so, i feel an eloquent and elaborative missive purposed to praise and promote your work wouldn't do much for either of us -- i'm certain that you are more than aware of your gifts; and janus has words to purge regarding another subject.
i will opt instead for the eloquence and elaboration found only in harmonics and melody...ah, yes, beethoven it is!
this is the third (3rd movement of the 3rd, in fact). it was initially dedicated to napoleon upon his assumtion of First Counsel. beethoven got pissed when he (bonaparte) elevated himself to emporer, and later changed the title to eroica.
genius is genius no matter the name or title.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXVDDHB3ybU
advice for properly enjoying beethoven:
turn off all lights.
lock all doors.
disconnect all phones.
threaten anyone who dares to interrupt with a bit of the ole ultra-violence.
that should do it,
janus