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The Utter Hostility of the Left

In a recent article, I discussed the issue of American "balkanization" and the rapid migration of conservatives and moderates from large population centers and states that are becoming militant in their progressive ideology. In my home state of Montana, there has been a surge of people trying to escape the chaos and oppression of the leftist states. Some are here because of the pandemic and the harsh restrictions they had to endure during the first lockdowns. Others are here because they can't stand the hostility of identity politics and cancel culture. Either way, they are fleeing places with decidedly leftist policies.

Uprooting and moving to an entirely new place is not an easy thing to do, especially in the middle of a pandemic. For many people, such an idea would have been unthinkable only a few years ago. Believe me, moving to places like the Rocky Mountain Redoubt is not an easy transition for most.

Hopefully, these people understand that they will have to make extensive preparations for the rough winter and be ready to work hard in the spring and summer months to survive. Maybe they don't realize yet how tough it is here; maybe they know and don't care.

That's how bad the situation has become — rational and reasonable people are willing to leave behind their old life and risk it all to keep a margin of freedom in their lives.

In my view, it is clear that the political left has gone so far off the rails into its own cultism that there is no coming back. There can be no reconciliation between the two sides, so we must separate or we must fight. I advocate for separation first for a number of reasons:

First and foremost conservatives are the primary producers within American culture. If we leave the leftists to their own devices there is a chance they will simply implode in on themselves and eat each other because they have no idea how to fill the production void. The recent developments in the CHAZ/CHOP autonomous zone are a perfect example. Those people haven't the slightest clue what they are doing and it shows.

Second, if conservatives separate it provides a buffer that helps defuse future random conflicts. When you force the two sides into a box together eventually they will find a reason to try to kill each other. Putting some distance between them reduces the angst.

Third, if the leftists decide they don't like that we have separated and are thriving on our own, and they attempt to antagonize or attack us where we live, then we hold the clear moral high ground when we smash them to pieces in response.

That said, I fully realize that the third outcome is the most likely. War is probably inevitable. Why? Because collectivists and narcissists are never satisfied. They desire unlimited control over the lives of others and they will use any means to get that control no matter how destructive. Separating from them is only a stop-gap that allows us to take the superior position. Through peaceful migration, we set the pace of the conflict. Eventually, they will come after us, and there will be no doubt about our response then. There will be no way to spin the result in their favor, no way for them to play the victims.

Some people might question if we are actually to the point of open conflict; they might accuse me of "doom mongering." Others may argue that conservatives are acting "passive" and that we will never take any action. These assumptions are common right now because such people do not understand how history progresses and how group psychology evolves.

Domestic war is not something undertaken lightly or haphazardly. The average person knows at least subconsciously that it is better to seek resolution or to remain patient as events unfold. Conservatives aren't stupid, we know that before any civil war there is first a culture war. And we know that the cards are stacked against us and that if we act rashly in any way we will lose position in that culture war.

Let the leftists spit and rage like madmen for a little while. Each day people who were on the fence when it comes to the culture war will see this and come over to our side because we're the only side that is sane. The drawback is, there comes a point in which calm professionalism might be wrongly perceived as weakness. And when people sense weakness among conservatives, they might run into the arms of the extreme left thinking that it's safer to join the "winning team."

I think conservatives have not been sucked into a reactionary stance yet because they are being smart and refusing to play the game for now. Ultimately, it is how we enter the fight that is more important than the fight itself.

As I noted last week, the political left is a tool for a greater agenda. They are being used as a weapon of chaos by globalist interests. This is not "conspiracy theory," this is a conspiracy fact. Millions of dollars have poured into Antifa and BLM related groups through elitist donors like George Soros and his Open Society Foundation as well as the Ford Foundation. Globalist institutions like these have been influencing the extreme left and promoting identity politics for decades. This is openly admitted. What we are witnessing in 2020 is simply the culmination of a half-century-long propaganda campaign that created the modern feminist movement, victim group status, entitlement culture, etc.

The reason for the agenda should be obvious: Chaos creates fear. Fear creates division and crisis. And crisis creates opportunity (as globalist Rahm Emanuel once bragged). Meaning, the extreme left is going to start a war because that's exactly what the global elites created them for.

Now, some might suggest that this places conservatives in a catch-22 position; if we don't fight back then we will look weak. We will be oppressed and eventually overrun and wiped from the history books. If we do fight back, we will be giving the globalists what they want — a civil war that will tear America apart.

The suggestion will be that there is only one way out; use government power to turn the tide to our advantage. In other words, institute martial law. I don't really see it that way.

Once we understand that a fight is coming regardless, our task is to position ourselves with the most advantage possible while keeping our culture and our beliefs intact. This includes our belief in constitutionalism, civil liberties and opposition to tyranny in any form. Winning the fight is important, but maintaining our principles in the process is more important. Becoming a monster to fight the monster is the same as losing.

When the left comes for us (and they will), the fight has to be won by us, not the government. We cannot hand even more power to the government in the name of security. We cannot become the fascists the leftists accuse us of being.

I am often asked these days about my view of the 2020 election and how it will turn out. I did predict Trump's election win in the summer of 2016 based on the idea that Trump's presence in the White House would drive the left insane, as well as give the globalists a perfect "conservative" scapegoat for the economic collapse they had been engineering since at least 2008.

As many of my readers know, I have no affinity for Donald Trump given the fact that he has surrounded himself in his cabinet with the very elites he claims to stand against. I believe him to be controlled opposition, a fake enemy to the globalists and a fake hero to the liberty movement. This continues to influence my position on the elections. We still live under a one-party system pretending as if it is a two-party paradigm.

I am not convinced there will be an election in November. With pandemic lockdowns surely returning as infections spike once again, the U.S. economy will be in ruins by winter. Voting in a traditional fashion will be difficult or restricted in some states. Mail-in or digital ballots will not be accepted by most conservatives because of their history of being used to rig election outcomes.

Look at it this way: If Trump "wins," or delays the election, the left will riot, and a civil war will be triggered. Conservatives will have to deal with the violence of the left while also dealing with the potential for martial law (which we cannot tolerate or support). If Biden "wins," it will be perceived by conservatives as a stolen election engineered through fraudulent ballot practices (which the left is notoriously guilty of). Biden and the leftists will have no problem utilizing the government to their advantage because they have no principles except "winning."

The great weakness of good versus evil presents itself yet again.

To summarize, if Trump is still in the White House in 2021, get ready to fight back against leftist mobs as well as martial law measures. If you believe in freedom, realize that fake conservatives that support government tyranny will be as much a problem as Marxist lefties. If Biden enters the White House, expect him to immediately implement unconstitutional policies including medical tyranny, gun confiscation and martial law. Either way, it ends in war.

Frankly, I almost prefer a scenario in which Biden and the left are perceived as stealing the election. At least then conservatives will be fully united once again and ready to fight, instead of passively relying on a Pied Piper like Trump to save them.

The truth is, in 2020-2021 we stand at a massive nexus point in human history. We are spiraling into a decade and a fight that will decide the fate liberty for the next century or more. On one side stands the global elites and the useful idiots on the hard left. They will push for a collectivist system that erases all memory of the Constitutional Republic we once knew, and they will get help from fake conservatives that value power over principle. On the other side stands the people that just want to be left alone; the free minds, the people that don't need or desire to have power over anybody.

If humanity is to have a future at all, the latter group must continue to exist and prosper. They are the wellspring that feeds us, that gives us something to hope for. If the elites and the social justice mob take control, there can be no future for our species. They desire what they cannot and should not have. They value only what they can take from others. They have a hunger that can never be satiated. They will devour the world until there is nothing left while claiming they stand for the "greater good." War cannot be avoided with such people; the only question is, will liberty-minded people stay the course and stick by their principles, or will they fall to their darker impulses to ensure victory?

To truth and knowledge,

Brandon Smith

P.S. Leftists bitched & moaned at Trump’s appearance on the 4^th at Mt. Rushmore saing it was Indian land…forgetting all land here belonged to one tribe or another – even land they live on. These pinheads never said anything when Obama visited the site.

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