National Divorce May Be Inevitable, But It Isn't Happening
Much like real divorce.
When a man divorces or, as is far more often the case, divorced by the she-sow that he naively got yoked to, the process is anything but smooth. For years after the divorce, the man is forced to pay a geld to the woman, and, by extension, the state.
Does the man get a clean break? Is the process clean and fair?
Why then should the national divorce, an idea that was brought up recently by Marjorie Taylor Greene, be any different? Being a divorcee herself, you’d think that she would understand that a clean break is very rare indeed. But, kudos to her for bringing up the topic. This is a discussion that we ought to have and ought to be pushing for.
In response, Gregory Hood recently wrote a piece about how a Red v Blue state mutual split made no sense because the divide went beyond Republicans and Democrats and cut far deeper. Racial differences, the urban v rural divide, and radically different ideological worldviews are not properly accounted for by simple Red v Blue categorization.
I largely concur with Hood’s view, and, if you have not acquainted yourselves with his writing, you should take this as a ringing endorsement and a prompt to read more of his work. Few writers pierce to the heart of the matter as well as Hood. Reading his work ought is like coming up for a breath of fresh air from the cesspit of self-indulgent circle-jerking known as the greater Substack writer’s community.
Anyways, the point both Hood and I are making is that the belief that the powers that be will allow a peaceful secession and the creation of what amounts to either an implicit or explicit Amerikaner ethnostate is naive, to say the least.
This scenario would actually be a nightmare for the powers that be. Did the forced bussing, the forced integration, the targeted distribution of Third Worlders into rural American communities not clue anyone in to the hidden agenda at work here?
Here, let me explain it to you.
Fargo, North Dakota used to be a very dangerous place for the powers that be. Why? Well, because it was a largely homogenous community. So, in time, there was always going to be the looming danger of a local chieftain emerging, supported by the local population that would start fighting for his people.
Because for there to be a concerted rebellion, there has to be a concert for the rebellion.
Fargo was flooded with Somalis for this reason. The powers that be make sure to target all the Fargos of the world and undermine their group cohesion, their self-identity and, by extension, their ability to resist. There isn’t a Fargo in the world that won’t be targeted in the same way.
And if this is the strategy of the enemy, why would they allow new Fargos to form?
Integrate and conquer
The unanimous condemnation of the very idea of a political divorce was met with universal condemnation by the uniparty. This should clue us in to the true intentions of the ruling elite. They do not want a clean divorce. They want a messy, shotgun-to-the-head forced marriage.
Back when the election was stolen by the DNC with the complicity of the GOP, I was sure that the next logical step would be a serious discussion of secession and “national divorce”.
But, once again, I was dead wrong because I erred on the side of optimism.
The peasants were first convinced that Qanon would install Trump for his second term, then they got pulled into the midterm elections con, and, when that failed, they started stroking their chins thoughtfully and convincing themselves that DeSantis in 2024 would set things right.
Worse, the thought leaders that should have at least started forcing the issue into the popular discourse largely abdicated their duty to take the next logical step, and, instead, simply whined for the next two years straight. And here are the results:
I suppose the COVID hoax also took up all their time and attention. But why they didn’t hitch the red states resisting the COVID lockdowns to a regional secession agenda is beyond me.
Intellectual and just run-of-the-mill cowardice, I suppose.
The Ukraine debacle was also still fresh in my mind when these events were occurring. Do you know what Galicia did when it looked like the Euromaidan wasn’t going their way? They seized regional administrative buildings and all but proclaimed their independence. Then, when the Euromaidan won out and Yanukovitch fled, the Donbassians returned the favor in kind and began seizing the local administrative buildings and declaring their own version of a “national divorce”.
But men of action like Strelkov and his friends, who were willing to think in these terms and then move decisively are in short supply in the West. Most dissident-minded thinkers in the West are basically like the Marxists of the 19th century. Before Lenin came along, the Marxists were sure that historical processes would lead to a spontaneous Communist uprising followed by a proletariat dictatorship. Unlike his predecessors, Lenin recognized that without an active vanguard pushing for the implementation of the Communist agenda, nothing would happen, historical conditions and processes be damned.
So, are the conditions in America ripe for a national divorce?
Sure, how can anyone dispute this? Racial tensions, caste tensions, the rural v urban divide, a radical new moral code being pushed down the throats of a population that is deeply invested in the old one. Then we also have economic strife, a well-armed populace, several illegitimate elections, need I go on?
You don’t need another post explaining all of this. You know it and feel it if you live in America.
But there is no vanguard to exploit the situation. Worse, the political caste in America is united like never before. So too is the economic caste. Sure, the MyPillow guy is on the side of the populares, and Peter Thiel, I guess?
Other than that, though, am I missing anyone?
The USSR would be envious of the internal unity of the ruling elites of the USSA. A vast peasant population brutally ruled by a powerful and rich ruling elite that endlessly abuses them. And no political opposition allowed whatsoever. If this isn’t totalitarianism, then what is?
And of course, the main factor preventing any kind of organized secessionist activity would be the ever-vigilant spook state. But, before we even run up against that roadblock, we would first have to deal with the conceptual resistance to the very idea. Put simply: the masses have not been primed for the discussion. And this is entirely the fault of their thought leaders, who do not push the topic.
The real problem is that Americans still believe in the American system. All my discussion of perennial politics? None of that applies to the shining city on the hill that is America. This “American exceptionalism” narrative is actually a ball and shackle that has been cynically promoted to make the American peasantry complacent.
At least we have it better than anyone else
Americans honestly think that they have managed to create a system by which redress is possible by the prescribed channels. And this would be the first time in world history that such a thing occurred.
Exceptionality par excellence.
And don’t try to tell me that you, personally, don’t think and feel this way, therefor my point is bunk. But you read this blog, don’t you? That means, at the very least, you are literate. Most peasants are anything but. Just look at your neighbors. Every time I write a post you disagree with, take a moment to look out the window at your neighbors and ask yourself if, perhaps, maybe I am being too charitable in my characterization of the average man.
That being said, historical conditions like the ones that exist in America do tend to be exploited sooner or later. But in America’s case, in the case of the national divorce, it will almost certainly be later rather than sooner.
For there to be any chance of a secessionist effort, you would need thought leaders willing to force the conversation, and an organized political vanguard willing to fight for the project as basic prerequisites. Until we get that, nothing will happen. Sorry.
National Divorce May Be Inevitable, But It Isn't Happening
Secessionist movements won't occur unless people are really backed into a wall and revert to their primal levels of identity (probably racial). Since the US's ability to export infinity dollars will come to an end in the next 20 years or so US elites will either:
1. Start an insane suicidal war with China to desperately keep the system going which will likely involve nukes and millions dead.
2. Loose the ability to govern with such high deficits and parasitic relationships with military, financial and pharmaceutical companies that waste billions of dollars that the entire system collapses and they flee to New Zealand.
They're really trying to get 1 to work but I think 2 is more likely. Even the leftist (economic not woke) Michael Hudson thinks there will be fighting between groups based of racial and geographic lines.
On her best day, MTG is a preening moron. Generally, she's just a moron. In the popular mind, 'secession' means different things to different people. Deep down, it's a process and that process is different for every situation. But it starts with secession in the heart. And, being a Boomer, I think I can say with some confidence that the Boomers are the demographic most ego-invested in 'exceptionalism'. As the Boomers fade into non-existence, so too will the appeal of 'exceptionalism'. For good reason, those who come after us are less attracted to - or moved by - the symbols and rhetoric of 'exceptionalism'. The ruling class will have to work some other angle in order to keep the centrifugal forces inside their multi-racial anti-national empire from spinning out of control.
Looked at as a process, 'secession' is already happening via nullification. The Tenth Amendment Center is a good source for what's going on in the area of nullification in the US. People may have a sentimental attachment to 'the Union' but this is balanced by the American tendency toward anarchism as a political culture, a culture that becomes more pronounced the farther West you go until you cross the Rocky Mountains.
There is this tendency on the Right to think in terms of drama and theater, big moments and big personalities. As Rolo points out, Marxists tend to think in terms of processes that move toward critical moments. A different view is to look for processes that don't lead to a critical moment but that nonetheless either exploit - or are the source of - crisis.
There is unhappiness with the situation, but since 'one size fits all' is the source of much of that unhappiness, don't look for 'one size fits all' solutions coming from genuine dissidents.
The folks in Texas, Utah, Wyoming and Tennessee are creating the infrastructure to support a separate precious metal currency are not leftists or rightists. They're just practical people who think 'hard money' is better money and are sick of the adverse effects of the Federals Reserve's monetary policy. But running your own state currency is a radical act of '5G secession'.
The people creating 'Second Amendment Sanctuary' zones are very serious about opposing the Feds.
The kind of thing that matters is not the thing that the DC/NYC/LA nexus want to advertise. That's why it's little recognized.
I predict the movement that unravels 'America' isn't going to be 'the party of the vanguard' that opposes 'America' but a vanguard of political technicians who are, themselves, part of the people who have a different version of 'America'.