tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post6432582165197271023..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The Snores Are In The DetailsFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-41018290663608829052018-09-01T07:54:54.466-04:002018-09-01T07:54:54.466-04:00Interesting about that symbiotic relationship betw...Interesting about that symbiotic relationship between those preying on you, and their co-predators, who "help" you escape the worst of the predation. I don't want a complete re-boot of the entire society, but I do want the interconnected parts of it severed.<br /><br />There are a couple of ways that you can fight off predation:<br />- Hide - quite a common strategy in nature, and reasonably effective, as long as you are willing to trade your more visible neighbors/family for your own personal safety<br />- Direct confrontation - usually, in fact, almost always, fatal. The needed skill set is just not present.<br />- Alliances - unless your allies have a strong reason to hang in with you (family relations, fear of consequences), this is vulnerable to divide & conquer strategies<br />- Long-term guerrilla warfare - it drags the participants down. They become exhausted, just trying to keep alive and carry the battle forward. Often have no time or resources left to reproduce.<br /><br />There is a variant of the Guerrilla strategy - Insurgency. Living within the parameters of the predatory society, but chipping away at it, little by little, every day. Essentially, the Long Strategy - wearing down a predator by tedious actions, endlessly repeated. It works best when:<br />- That predator has options - he can leave that community, and seek sustenance elsewhere. Encouraging him to leave is easier than killing him.<br />- Their exit leaves a power vacuum, that others will see as an opportunity (the criminals in the former Soviet Union, for example). The biggest problem here is that you have to be prepared to defend against the New Overlord's take-over.<br /><br />To encourage the Deep State to leave is probably the best option. Trump, being a businessman, will realize that if he both makes it uncomfortable, and provides a little financial encouragement, most will leave quietly. The Carrot & Stick method is tried and true.<br /><br />That leaves the average citizen dissatisfied. The perps will not, generally, face retributions for their many actions against the Republic. It is profoundly unfair that they not do so.<br /><br />However, the advantages of getting rid of them probably exceed the costs of making them pay.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.com