There is allot of press about the militarization of the various local police forces. It is not without cause. The establishment knows the same history, and social science I used to draw my conclusion. This essay was written in 2006, and it is still relevant today. The players, and the catalyst have changed, but the science and patterns remain the same.
Cliff Potts - August 19, 2014
Cliff Potts - August 19, 2014
Look at the patterns in history. While the events never repeat, the patterns do. These are the patterns.
Crisis
|
Years
|
Type
|
War of the
Roses
|
1459 -
1487
|
Civil War
|
Armada
Crisis
|
1569-1594
|
International
War
|
Glorious
Revolution
|
1675 –
1704
|
Civil War
|
American
Revolution
|
1773 –
1794
|
Civil War
|
US Civil
War
|
1860 –
1865
|
Civil War
|
Depression-WWII
|
1929 –
1945
|
International
War
|
The US Civil
War of 1860 was triggered prematurely by religious zealousness in the United States
Roughly
every eighty years, the Anglo-Saxon culture goes through a crisis which defines
the culture for the following eighty years. As previously stated, the cycle can
be truncated. This crisis cycle began in 1999.
Second, we
need to look at the work done by Robert K. Merton published in 1938.[2] While he limits his
discussion to criminality, he does broach the subject of rebellion. With what
was happening in Nazi Germany at the time, he would have to take it into
consideration.
I am
focusing on ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion, while Merton is focusing on
individuality. Strauss and Howe’s work also shows a pattern for understanding
social movements as a whole.
We lose
faith in cultural goals when they no longer serve us, or are altered so far
that they no longer express our individual goals, and violate the social
contract under which we accept responsibility to the state. We no longer see
the goals as ours, but we keep doing as we are told because we don’t know what
else to do. Then we see that the goals are no longer ours and that the
Institutional Means are no longer working. This puts us into a Retreatism mode.
That void has to be filled. Into that void comes the idea of Rebellion that
brings forth new Goals and new Means. This is seen clearly in the 1929 to 1946
solutions to the Great Depression and World War II. One has to admit that FDR
was far more socialist than any other President was, but that is because Socialism
was the new and untried concept/theory going back to 1902 (± a decade). In Nazi
Germany, it took on a different and murderous look.
Third, we
have the Religious Fundamentalists rearing their expressed desire to fill the
void with religious dogma (see Kevin Phillips’ book, American Theocracy). These fundamentalists (Islamic, Christian, or
otherwise) all utilize the Neutralization Techniques and Differential
Association. However, it is interesting to note that the fundamentalists use
them in reverse order in the presentation given by Sykes and Matza.[3]
First, their
allegiance is to God. There is no higher authority in the Myths of the United States Mount Carmel
with the Branch Davidians, the bombing of the OKC building, the bombings of the
abortion clinics, and the abortion doctor murders.
Second in
line comes the “Condemnation of the Condemners” in conjunction with “Denial of
Victim.” First, society as a whole is corrupt; as such, we do not have the
right to question, judge, or condemn actions committed in the name of God.
Since we are corrupt and “sinful”, we deserve to be punished, impoverished,
diminished in status, and finally killed. This is what Hitler did, and what is
supported fully in the Calvinism dogma (I will strongly note that the New
Testament scriptures do NOT support this; but it may be supported by
intellectual gymnastics within the Old Testament scriptures.)
Remember the
words of Falwell and Robertson concerning the events of 9/11:
Among his more
controversial statements, Robertson has described feminism as a ‘socialist,
anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands,
kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become
lesbians." Many of Robertson's views mirror those of the evangelical
activist Jerry Falwell, who has made frequent appearances on The 700 Club.
He agreed with Falwell when Falwell stated [11] that the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks were caused by "pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays,
lesbians, the ACLU and the People for the American Way
Falwell is a
controversial subject for his theoligical, political and social beliefs. He has
claimed "the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays
and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle,
the ACLU, People for the American
Way
It is clear
that the men who are leaders of the Fundamentalist movement in the United States
This distain
towards the suffering inflicted on others is far too well documented in the
events which followed Hurricane Katrina. The people left behind in New Orleans
I have cited
a number of quotes concerning the aims of the Fundamentalist movement in the U.S.
The Torah is
the old Jewish Constitution of Antiquity, which is said to have been handed
down to Moses by God. It is contained in the first five books of the bible; it
is referred to as “the Constitution” within the Jewish community. It is how the
Jewish community defines its unique culture and never has been proselytized as
the only rules for all the people of the earth. Yet, the Fundamentalists, and
specifically the Reconstructionists, want it (or some Calvinistic version of
it) as the law of the land in the United States
In polite
society, we have been taught that it is disrespectful to questions another’s
religious belief. If one wishes to adhere to Torah in their personal life, that
is their business, and only their business. However, there are forces in the U.S. United States of America
It is
interesting to note that a GOP Senator has proposed a rule change to allow Mr.
Bush to be sued for misusing his veto power over legislation passed by Congress.
We see the beginnings of the separation between Bush and the GOP in Senator
Specter’s actions.
A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the
fight against President Bush's signing statements said Monday he would have a
bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal
court.
We will submit legislation to the United States Senate
which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those
signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared
unconstitutional," Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said
on the Senate floor.
Specter's
announcement came the same day that an American Bar Association task force
concluded that by attaching conditions to legislation, the president had
sidestepped his constitutional duty to sign a bill, veto it, or take no action.
Bush has
issued at least 750 signing statements during his presidency, reserving the
right to revise, interpret, or disregard laws on national security and
constitutional grounds.[7]
The fourth
item for consideration is the theory that holds that Revolution occurs when the
revolutionaries think they can win. With the mobilization of the neo-conservative
Right for the 2004 election, and the revitalization of the Moral Majority, we
see that the Fundamentalists are positioning themselves for a victory. Should
that victory be thwarted, they could result to violence (as some did in the
1990s). While the GOP is beginning to distance themselves from Bush’s failings,
the Fundamentalists have not given up on the goal of declaring the United States Texas
declared the United States
to be a Christian nation and as such only their version of Christianity was the
legitimate religion of the U.S.
The idea
that the United States is a
Christian Nation comes from the Constitution of the Confederate
States of America
and not the founders of the United
States of America
We, the people of the Confederate States, each State
acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent
federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — invoking the favor
and guidance of Almighty God — do ordain and establish this Constitution for
the Confederate States of America.
That line
“invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God” is the key to understanding
the ideal of the CSA and the goals of the Fundamentalists. Fundamentalism came
out of an anti-modern movement in the 1920s. It resided primarily in the
Southern Baptist Conference. The Southern Baptist Conference war born as a
direct result of the distrust the South had of the North in 1845, and became
the sanctuary for the Confederacy after the surrender of Lee at the Appomattox
Court House in April 1865.
The
Fundamentalists have motive. They have history. They are utilizing neutralization
techniques to rationalize their actions and arguments. The cultural climate is
right for them to try to take control. One question remaining is whether they will
resort to open violence. That question, to some degree, was answered in the
1990s. Do they really constitute a threat, or is it all lip service?
Caveat
With the
world situation so dynamic and fluid at this point, it may not be from the
right where the revolution forms. It may be from the political left in response
to election cycles that are deemed degraded by vote fraud. This has been a
topic of discussion on the left since the 2000 elections questioned the validity
of the presidency of George W. Bush.
I have had
one unconfirmed report of fighting over the polarized positions of the left and
the right. I have also received some e-mail from contacts on the right who are
equally concerned at the polarization of the political dialogue.
It is also
of importance to note the primary election of this past week (August 12, 2006 ). Lamont
defeated Lieberman. Lamont ran on a strict anti-war platform, and Lieberman,
the one time candidate for Vice President, ran on his substantial record as a
U.S. Senator. Lieberman, a moderate to conservative democrat, was defeated, and
is now running as an independent. Halfway across the nation, a long time moderate
Republican was ousted in favor of an ultra-conservative candidate. This further
indicates a polarization in the body politic.
I will also
add that based on the events of August 2006 (the reaction by Japan to the missile test of North Korea and the invasion of Lebanon in the Middle East ),
we seem to be at a cusp in our progression towards the future. We may be seeing
the beginning of World War III.
As World War
I triggered the Russian Revolution, a truncated World War III may trigger a second
American Civil War. Only time will tell.
[1]
http://www.fourthturning.com
[2]
Social Structure and Anomie, American Sociological Review 3, 1938
[3]
Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency, American
Sociological Review 22, 1957
[4]
Pat Robertson. (2006, July 23). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Retrieved 04:25 , July 26, 2006 , from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_Robertson&oldid=65343815.
[5]
Jerry Falwell. (2006, July 26). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Retrieved 04:28 , July 26, 2006 , from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Falwell&oldid=65894851.
[6]
Lucifer's Hammer. (2006, June 13). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Retrieved 05:04, July 26, 2006, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucifer%27s_Hammer&oldid=58349815
[7]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060725/ap_on_go_co/signing_statements_4
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