The honking will continue until freedom improves: Samizdat & Solidarity in Canada
The Great Meme War that started in 2015 never really ended. Some called 2020 Meme War II, but I argue this was all just a continuation of the Great Meme War, and right now the main battle front is Canada.
Here’s some footage from the front lines. This first one is seriously epic.
Tow truck drivers are getting in on the action:
There are times when ordinary people may be in a position to make a difference. The time came for those tow truck drivers. You don’t need to be a President or Prime Minister to make a difference. There are times when you may need to fight (metaphorically, calm down FBI—it’s a common phrase) for your country.
Samizdat & Solidarity
There was a great threat on Twitter a while back talking about exactly what we’re seeing unfold now in Canada—and, some talk of similar protests coming to the US and western Europe.
It’s a long thread, but I really encourage you to read it.
The tl;dr is the whole “big luau” fantasy is just that, a fantasy. I’m a big 2A guy, but this isn’t going to topple the regime. It can help protect you in a lawless situation like 2020, and I encourage people to learn self-defense and legally (calm down Karen) arm themselves for self-defense measures.
The right and libertarians in the US usually had only a few strategies when it came to mass movements:
1. Do absolutely nothing at all, and condescend to motivated activists on the right that “we don’t protest because we have jobs LOL” guess what, your opposition has VERY high paid jobs at tech companies or media companies. Not a good excuse.
2. Engage in Big Igloo fantasies and get yourself arrested. Not a good look.
What’s happening now is VERY productive and we should encourage this.
Why protests can work
One of the real lessons from the last few years is that people would rather be in the majority, or at least the perceived majority, than actually be correct. I don’t think the regime is really that popular, but of course if you watch cable TV, you wouldn’t necessarily see that. Protests move the needle of what the perceived majority is.
The right did this in the US actually to a decent extent with the Tea Party protests in the early 2010s, but those fizzled out after a while, partly due to Obama’s Department of Justice and IRS abusing their power to persecute them, but also partly just due to lack of long-term vision.
Regime on shaky ground
A strong regime does not need to rely on censorship. Obama in 2008 was legitimately popular. I didn’t like him, but he did have popular support. This is not the case now.
2016 was a big win, but calling it the “victory” of the Great Meme War was premature. Some called the year 2020 “Meme War II”, similar to how World War I was just called The Great War before World War II, but I argue that the current meme war is a continuation of the populist uprising that started in 2015.
Clausewitz once said that war is politics resolved through other means. This current war that we are in is a spiritual one. It’s not going to be a 100 hour ground campaign like Desert Storm, and it’s not going to be over in just one election. We’re in a position to build a new society to replace our current corrupt, nepotistic, decrepit regime with something better.
WAGMI.
-Bow Tied Player
PS: The History of the Manosphere series is still in progress! Stay tuned. I’m writing this article now though since it’s timely with everything that is happening.