AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS: REVOLUTION OR CIVIL WAR

If the Left and the Right can't put aside their differences, there will be a civil war. If they can, there will be a revolution.

Salvation or annihilation, the choice is up to you and me
Genocide is now a threat, and soon to be a reality
It takes but two sticks to create a spark, imagine the spark of millions
A million hands joined in love to save us from the killing

-Antischism, Salvation or Annihilation

Dear Nevermorons,

I’m Canadian, and I don’t know how qualified I am to comment on U.S. politics, but I think that there’s a real possibility that the Second American Revolution has now begun. If it hasn’t already begun, I think there’s a real possibility that it could soon.

Why? Because everyone hates the federal government at this point. Students are being physically attacked by militarized police on university campuses for daring to protest against an active genocide in which tens of thousands of innocent people have been massacred. The jig is up for the illusion of freedom and democracy in America.

I don’t think that most people realize what a big deal this is. The word “government” literally means “mind control” in Latin. Statecraft depends upon controlling the perceptions of the masses. If people see through the illusion, that means the jig is up. Tyranny then becomes the state’s only option.

And here’s the thing - the ruling class depends upon the very people they are oppressing to do their dirty work. Tricking the people into thinking it’s in their best interests to comply with their masters is the only way that a tiny number of ultra-rich psychopaths can stay in power.

I’m tempted to predict an immanent American Revolution because the conditions are absolutely PERFECT for a revolution. The economy is garbage, the army is involved in two unwinnable wars, the government’s trillions of dollars in debt, inflation is worsening, gas prices are up, and everyone now knows that many politicians are literally child molesters. If your goal was revolution, what more could you ask for?

THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO A NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS PARTISAN TRIBALISM

The only problem is that the Left hates the Right and the Right hates the Left. Also, the level of political literacy amongst Americans is abysmally low. A civil war in the U.S. is a real possibility, and that’s clearly what the ruling class wants.

They would prefer a civil war to a revolution, because if people are fighting each other, they’re not overthrowing the government. Plus, some people want war. Not only is war is a great way to keep people living in fear, it’s also very profitable.

A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE SILLINESS OF THE AMERICAN TWO-PARTY SYSTEM

From a Canadian perspective, the U.S. is a weird place. Part of the reason for this is government indoctrination - Canadians are brainwashed in grade school to think that we’re better than Americans for some reason. Canadian nationalism is all about not being American. Or at least it used to be. My American readers may be gratified to learn that Canadian nationalism has all but vanished. Ain’t no one proud of Canada these days.

In most ways, Canada (the English part, anyway) is very similar to the U.S. For me, going to the U.S. is like taking a quarter hit of acid. Everything’s kind of the same but kind of different at the same time.

A lot of it has to do with the way that Americans are brainwashed. They’re just as brainwashed as Canadians are, but they’re brainwashed in a different way. All Canadians are brainwashed with the same propaganda, whereas in the U.S. there are two different flavours of propaganda - Democrat and Republican.

From a young age, people are taught to identify as either Democrat or Republican. For many people, they’re like blood types. There are Democrat families and Republicans families.

Things aren’t really like that in Canada, where there’s one state broadcaster (the CBC), which tells everyone what to think. Albertans think differently than Quebeckers, that’s for damn sure. But it’s not the same. The propaganda machine works differently, and honestly is far less sophisticated. Canadians are docile. It doesn’t take much to keep them in line.

RED VS. BLUE = US VS. THEM

BLOODS VS.CRIPS = DEMOCRATS VS. REPUBLICANS

The reason that I’m writing this is because I think that having an outsider’s perspective is that it makes it easier for me to see the U.S. two-party system for what it is: a sophisticated system of institutionalized counter-insurgency. It’s designed to keep half of the population thinking that the other half is the problem. It’s meant to pitch people against each other, because the essence of imperialism is “divide-and-rule”.

In the U.S., Democrats and Republicans define themselves in opposition to each other, and this works to forestall popular revolt. It’s Red Versus Blue, just like the Bloods and the Crips.

IS A SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION INEVITABLE?

When I think about the situation in the U.S., I’d love to believe that a revolution about to break out, and I think that it’s a real possibility that it will. If it does, the Fall of the U.S. Empire is inevitable. The U.S. federal government simply cannot rule a country as large as the U.S. by brute force, especially given its current economic situation.

Unfortunately, revolution is not the only option.

America stands at a crossroads. If Americans choose to embrace love, they will choose unity, and there will be a revolution. If they choose fear and hatred, there will be a civil war.

Those are the only two options at this point. To make things worse, a civil war will almost inevitably devolve into a race war.

Those of us who understand that should do everything that we can to promote unity. It’s now or never for an American Revolution, folks.

The system is a house of cards at this point. All that’s necessary is for people to put aside their differences.

If there is a civil war, China and Russia will probably invade the U.S. and disarm the survivors. It would be better hard for the globalists to create a true one-world government without doing that.

I look forward to hearing from Americans in the comments. Please remember, I’m a Canadian living in Mexico. If I’m wrong, please tell me how!

For now, I’ll share some inspiring words by the great late American Revolutionary David Graeber, who died mysteriously in 2020.

REVOLUTIONS ALWAYS COME BY SURPRISE

By David Graeber, excerpted from As If We Were Already Free (The Democracy Project)

In March 2011, Micah White, editor of the Canadian magazine Adbusters, asked me to write a column on the possibility of a revolutionary movement springing up in Europe or America. At the time, the best I could think to say is that when a true revolutionary movement does arise, everyone, the organizers included, is taken by surprise. I had recently had a long conversation with an Egyptian anarchist named Dina Makram-Ebeid to that effect, at the height of the uprising at Tahrir Square, which I used to open the column.

“The funny thing is,” my Egyptian friend told me, “you’ve been doing this so long, you kind of forget that you can win. All these years, we’ve been organizing marches, rallies.... And if only 45 people show up, you’re depressed. If you get 300, you’re happy. Then one day, you get 500,000. And you’re incredulous: on some level, you’d given up thinking that could even happen.”

Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt was one of the most repressive societies on earth—the entire apparatus of the state was organized around ensuring that what ended up happening could never happen. And yet it did.

So why not here?