China is Here

 

Let's review the main points that I've offered so far in discussing revolution – then and now.

• The revolution we are witnessing at present is not starting; it's nearly over with.

• The revolution – and all revolutions, in fact – represent the perennial conflict between two world views, the revolutionary (also known, in our time, as progressive or liberal) and the conservative (or traditional).

• Revolutions start with ideas, but are turned into action by activists who gain control over large numbers of people with either real or imagined grievances.

• The United States has been a revolutionary society from the beginning, and our history is marked by a series of events with revolutionary characteristics, which nonetheless fall short of total revolution in the familiar “bottom up” sense. (We came closest during the Great Depression, and the New Deal was established to, among other things, defuse the situation and co-opt some of the leadership and the energy.)

• An essential feature of our present revolution has been the “long march through the institutions”, which is virtually complete at this point.

• Our present revolution is a revolution from above, which is the exception. What defines it is that the ideas, resources, and energy for the revolution come directly from the ruling elite.

• The prototype for revolution from above is Chairman Mao and the Cultural Revolution in China, and the prototype for Antifa and militant BLM is the Red Guard.

• Revolution from above has to be designed and managed so that the instigators at the top remain untouched.

• There is evidence that these instigators include high-tech, commerce, and communications moguls as well as globalists. Political parties and the media are involved, but they are servants and not originators. They serve the same function as ministries of propaganda served in communist countries.

• Donald Trump did not cause the revolution, but he provided motivation and a rationale. The corona virus and the economic shutdown provided additional energizing force.

• The urban riots reflect a decision on the part of the ruling elite that the time has come for the gains of the (long-term) revolution to be consolidated.

Once things have reached this point, there is no turning back. The revolution has to be carried to its logical end. And to carry a revolution to its logical end it's not enough to engage the urban proletariat and turn it into a fighting force, and it's not enough to intimidate the rural peasantry into submission. You have to win over the uniformed armed services as well. And this is, right now, a wild card. The Bolsheviks capitalized on widespread discontent in the Russian army and navy, and won enough converts to form an army of their own, which proceeded to fight the “white” (czarist) forces for a number of years after the revolution, in what is called the Russian Civil War. Eventually the white forces were either defeated, or disbanded due to lack of resources or low morale, or engaged in squabbles among themselves that severely compromised their ability to sustain a war. (In China, Mao had an advantage in that he was already a military leader of long standing who commanded loyalty among the troops, from the top generals on down.)

So for our current crop of ruling elites to succeed in their revolutionary/Utopian schemes, it would seem that they would, sooner or later, need support from the armed forces – or at least not outright opposition. But our armed forces are all sworn to (1) submit to civilian authority, and (2) recognize the president as commander in chief, and to follow his orders accordingly (but not without some grumbling, as we are seeing from time to time). So the dynamic is as follows: If the president and his administration is aligned with the ruling elite and the revolution (seems unlikely in Trump's case, but it would certainly be true in Biden's case), the military can simply be given orders to aid in the implementation of whatever social and economic changes are required (and “posse comitatus” be damned). Then the burden would be on them to either obey or (for the first time in nearly 250 years) mutiny. (In the Russian case, the military wound up being split between loyalists and revolutionary forces, so elements of the czarist army wound up fighting each other.) Plan B – if the revolution expects opposition from the president -- would be for the ruling elite to somehow convince the military to join its side and oppose the president – also a tall order. So to preserve some semblance of law and order, and to put lipstick on the revolutionary pig, the cabal would be advised to work through the current chain of command with the president at the top – which means that the president would have to be in on the scheme. Bottom line – soften up the battlefield (urban riots, corona, economic stress) and then make absolutely sure that Joe Biden (or whoever he's fronting for) wins in November. In other words, no more of this complacency and overconfidence like in 2016; this has to be a full-court press with all the bases covered, and with every possible means brought into play (hence the push for mail-in ballots, no voter I.D., voting rights for felons and illegal aliens, etc.).

One might ask, if the Democrats are so intent on winning this election, why are they running a corpse for president? But that's precisely the point. They'll set up a cardboard cutout of Joe Biden in the Oval Office, hire voiceover talent to deliver a 30-second speech once a day, and the ruling elite and their minions will be free to continue the revolution from above without having to encounter any potential speed bumps in the White House. (There's some debate as to whether Kamala Harris will be a player or just a stand-in. She obviously expects to be a player. Watch this space.)

Remember, this is a top-down affair. Don't expect any mobs to attack, loot, and torch the U.S. Capitol or any of what I call the “whited sepulchres” along the Washington Mall that house all of the bloated government agencies, i.e. the heart of the bureaucracy and the Deep State. Oh, there might be a few Molotov cocktails tossed about, and a bit of graffiti just for “optics”, but the infrastructure of the state will be preserved, even if there is a total reworking of government organizations and a permanent suspension of the Bill of Rights. I imagine the more radical changes will occur, as they always do in these cases, in the rural areas – the heartland. If Russia and China are any indicators, it will be rural and small-town people who will suffer most; let's not forget that they are irredeemable “deplorables” who are responsible for Trump being in office, and they deserve to be severely punished for making such an unwise choice. But while they may be targets of revolutionary rage, they may also defend themselves more effectively than any other sector of society. If there's a counter-revolution, this is where it would start (the way the counter-revolution in France, albeit unsuccessful, started in the Vendee, a rural area).

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Well, it looks like we've cleared the decks at last. The People's Republic of America is right around the corner. Except.

Except that there is another player in all of this which I haven't mentioned recently, but I did provide some clues in previous posts, including:

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2019

Ideas Whose Time Has Come. Part I: The Middle Kingdom, Democracy, Globalism, and Islam

The Chinese have, in fact, established, and are vigorously pursuing, an economic empire, which has crossed our doorstep and is firmly ensconced in our own economy.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020

Conspiracies on Parade

Some sample conspiracies involving China and the corona virus (with varying degrees of probability):

• It originated in China, but it was no accident. It was an intentional biological attack on the U.S. in retaliation for economic sanctions, our position on Taiwan, our position on currency manipulation, etc. As such, it was intended to be a “shot off our bow”, i.e. get out of our face or else (it could be worse).

• Variation 1: It was a probe – a test case – to see how effective biological warfare would be, what our response would be, etc. Corona was never intended to be the ultimate weapon, in other words; that's still under development.

• Variation 2: The intention was not only near-term but long-term. By bringing the U.S. to its knees economically, China would be assuring its ascent to the position of leading economic power on the planet – and, soon to follow, leading military power.

• Variation 3: The focus was on causing major damage to our military, which has turned out (no surprise, if you know anything about history) to be particularly vulnerable to viral infections and epidemics. If you can sap the strength of the U.S. military, and get it to stand down, it's much easier for China to continue its high jinks in the South China Sea unimpeded. (If the military was the prime target, then the civilian population counts only as “collateral damage” – something that aggressors are always willing to accept.)

• Footnote: China has decided that a direct military confrontation with the U.S. would be costly, and they might not even win. So they had to come up with something completely different (if not totally unexpected – after all, we've been studying the biological warfare issue since before World War II).

• It was a deal worked out between China – birth-control experts extraordinaire – and the ZPG cartel, to reduce populations worldwide because free and unrestricted abortion has failed to do the job (as has war).

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020

Ideas Whose Time Has Come. Part II: China Rising, the Death of Democracy, the New Nationalism, Corona, and Catholic Wisdom

• Empires are becoming more primarily economic in character, and China is showing great skill in this area.

• China has upped the ante not only in direct economic terms, but in having unleashed (accidentally or otherwise) a world-wide pandemic that, among other things, has mesmerized our leadership into, basically, shutting down what had been a booming economy (and China's main competitor economically). In other words, they (China) have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. But a note of caution here – as I said to someone the other day, China has tremendous investments in the U.S. and holds the lion's share of our national debt, so all of that goes into the dumpster if our economy fails to recover from this attack. Either they've pushed this thing too far, or they're willing, for whatever reason, to take the hit. Time will tell. In any case, it has put China into the global driver's seat for the first time ever, and they must be feeling kind of giddy about that. (So much for being satisfied with being the Middle Kingdom.)

Yep, it's our old nemesis, China. The Yellow Peril is back! (Remember the first Yellow Peril? Neither do I. But it's a fascinating bit of social, political, and even psychological, history.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril

We are all too familiar with the current fears, apprehensions, and unease swirling about the China question. In the post-World War II era, China was a sleeping giant, by and large, excepting its involvement in the Korean War and the war in Vietnam. But it was an economic basket case, and thus not a threat in that department, plus it wasn't really trying to build an empire. But this sleeping giant was poked, prodded, and awakened by no less than Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon, and things haven't been the same since. So here are are in 2020 worried about things like theft of intellectual property, currency manipulation, balance of trade, industrial and technological espionage, military aggression in the South China Sea, Chinese monopolies in any number of essential commodities like medicines and rare earths, and increasing Chinese ownership of resources and businesses in the U.S. And – influence over communications media, including social media, print media, and broadcast media. The long arm of Chinese propaganda has now managed to reach into our very homes, and into all of our various portable gadgets, with the full knowledge – nay, help – of our tech giants. And – most importantly of all for the present discussion – they have managed to establish business relationships with our Silicon Valley moguls and titans of industry and commerce that are – let's say – a bit troubling. It seems that a good portion of our ruling elite are busy unabashedly promoting Chinese interests. But why? Again, some will say to follow the money. After all, China is heavily invested in the U.S. and we are heavily invested in China. So it's true up to a point, but I say follow the channels of power – both as things stand as they might appear on a drawing board in Beijing.  (They say that power corrupts -- true, but it also creates delusions of grandeur, and of omnipotence -- and those, in turn, feed into dreams of Utopia, of making the world a much better place if only it would put me in charge.)

Let's say, just as a f'rinstance, that China's appetite for empire building is just getting whetted. They are moving from strength to strength in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, and even making inroads in Europe... they have their Belt and Road Initiative.... but they do not yet have the pearl of great price, which is total economic domination of the United States. And that more than implies political domination, and you can be sure that it would be backed up by their massive military forces if it came to that. And with political domination comes social domination – it's inevitable.  (As was cynically pointed out during the war in Vietnam, if you can't win hearts and minds, a gun pointed at the head will do.)

This would put an entirely different tone on what might have been just a cozy, home-grown revolution within our borders. For starters, consider that the parties that are providing the most support and encouragement for outfits like Antifa and BLM are also the ones most closely aligned with China. Consider also that for China to even dream of making the U.S. into a colony, much of what is here now has to be either destroyed or neutralized so they can make their move (by which I mean their overt move – the more subtle and subversive stuff has been going on for a long time). So we have a convergence of interests between our own ruling elite and the Chinese government – and one has to wonder, who's working for whom? Which is to say, are the Chinese aiding and abetting our own revolution in any way they can, but for the benefit of our ruling elite? (I don't credit them with that much altruism.) Or are our ruling elite looking forward to the day when they can fall on their faces before their new Chinese rulers, and become pampered princes (or eunuchs) in the Chinese imperial court? (And frankly, I wouldn't bet a whole lot on the life expectancy of anyone who sank to those depths.) Fact: The Chinese won't get involved in any enterprise where they won't be in charge, or at least predominant. Why should this be any different?

Unlikely? Impossible, you say? Well... in these times it's a bit delusional to label anything “impossible”, since pretty much everything that's going on right now would have been considered impossible mere months, not to mention years, ago. A pandemic “forcing” us to shut down a thriving economy? Raging mobs destroying American cities while mayors and governors benignly and approvingly look on, or even encourage the rioting? That's the stuff of an apocalyptic film, or a bad acid trip – and yet it's happening. And as I've already pointed out, there is nothing spontaneous or random about any of it. Kenosha is just the latest example. Within hours of the (non-fatal) shooting of a black man by white policemen, an army descended on the small city, already armed with Molotov cocktails, bricks, crowbars, frozen water bottles, welding torches, professional-grade fireworks, and so on. Antifa was there complete with their ninja duds and umbrellas. Where did they come from? Were they camped outside of town? Who has the fleet of buses or airplanes or whatever means of transportation it took to get them all there in record time? No, this is a highly organized affair, and it has been from the beginning. Its timing and precision reflect months, if not years, of preparation – just waiting for the right time to strike. (They went into Condition Yellow when Trump was elected, and into Condition Red when corona hit and the economy collapsed.) And we have a pretty good idea who's supporting all of this with funding and logistics, and who's providing propaganda support through the media and with the help of Hollywood and TV personalities, not to mention certain politicians. Everybody is signed on, and – again – they have been signed on for months or years (or certainly since Trump announced his candidacy, which was the equivalent of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand).

So if the friends of China are all in on this, does that mean China is as well? And if so, it's going to be interesting to see what happens to all the collaborators if China ever actually takes over. They might be eliminated by partisans (and there will be partisans, of that you may be sure) or by their bosses if they start getting too independent-minded.

But wait – there are other players in the game as well, aren't there? I've said for a long time that the U.S. has become a kind of colony and source of cannon fodder for the globalists based in Europe. They don't need armies of their own because we are their army, and the top of every financial pyramid is located in Europe, not here. And we have plenty of globalists of our own who are just fine with this – who see it as the wave of the future, and anyone who objects (like Trump) is labeled an “isolationist” and an “America firster”. Terrible! Just like Charles Lindbergh or Father Coughlin! Which means just like Hitler! And so on – you know the drill. In the topsy-turvy world of globalist politics, it's anti-American to be pro-American, and vice versa. Defending our own interests – economic, not to mention political, social, and (heaven forbid!) traditional, is considered hopelessly backward and unbecoming of “world citizens” (which means citizens of nowhere).

But now what happens when the Europe-based globalists, who we're at least used to, collide with China? If they really want to carve up the U.S. like a Thanksgiving turkey, who gets the drumstick? This is a serious question, because the Euro-globalist influence is already a reality, and the Chinese influence is already a reality, but so far they've managed to stay out of one another's hair, i.e. they've divvied up the territory in a more or less peaceful way like two Mafia families dividing a city into “turfs”, But how long can it last? One thing seems obvious, and that's that China is much more aggressive in expanding its empire onto American soil than the Euro-globalists have been in maintaining their dominance. Or at least it appears that way; the Europeans may have something up their sleeve, but if they do they'd better play that card pretty soon or it will be too late.

(Full disclosure – I'd rather be ruled by a bunch of nerdy guys in Brussels than by Xi Jinping. But that's just me. And it's not that I dislike China; I've been there and it's fascinating. But it's also an alien culture, whereas Europe – even as spiritually hollowed-out as it is now – is much more familiar.)

And, by the way, our home territory is not the only venue where China and the Euro-globalists can come into conflict. The globalists have interests in many places around the world where China also has interests – the Middle East being the most obvious case. So we might wind up being a major bone of contention, but not the only one, in the next world war (not that it will necessarily be a primarily military affair – modern wars are fought in economic areas more often than on battlefields).

Now, I know that the picture I'm painting seems to render the U.S. as a victim – helpless, weak, something to be fought over like hyenas fight over a gazelle carcass. But surely that cannot be! I mean, America is America, dammit -- and Europe is just full of cheese nibblers, and China is... well, just China. Except that China is no longer just China; it's taking its place on the world stage at long last, and encountering very little resistance and a considerable degree of cooperation. As for Europe, the populace may appear decadent and jaded at times but there are powers behind those moth-eaten thrones – serious powers that make our Deep State look like a pre-school. So it would be a mistake to underestimate either one of these entities. There are people in this world who can make our supposed “leaders” quake in their boots with a phone call – and said leaders won't be long for this world once the man behind the curtain is revealed. (And he won't be a charlatan like the guy in The Wizard of Oz.)

But surely we can resist any sorts of serious inroads – any egregious violations of our sovereignty, etc. Right? Except that we haven't. Maybe we could, but we haven't. We are, as a society, demoralized. There are concentrations of political and social energy for certain, but these are tending to cancel each other out with increasing frequency (just check the two major party conventions). The notion of a united America girding itself for battle against a common foe seems quaint at this point; we're too busy fighting each other. We have governmental structures that were intended to provide order, but within them we find increasing chaos, not to mention profound corruption. So while we are well-armed in some ways, we are weak and vulnerable in others; we have become a large, strong, and dangerous, but stumbling, giant, increasingly devoid of unified vision or purpose. In today's world, just minding your own business (as if we ever do) is not enough; when you're this big and have this many resources there will be entities vying for their share. We are not Liechtenstein, in other words; the rest of the world can't afford to leave us alone (which is pure karma, since we seem incapable of leaving it alone).

Picture this. An invading force from – wherever, you name it – shows up on radar, or comes ashore, or over the hill. (Remember the 1984 film “Red Dawn”?) Some of us would pick up our guns and prepare for battle. Others would cheer and welcome the invaders with a parade, flower petals, and free drinks. And others would just shrug, like, eh, what's the difference?

Too cynical? I offer for your consideration Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, Portland, Seattle, and now Kenosha (wherever the hell that is). (There are people all over the world trying to find it on a map.) Hairline fractures in our society have turned into fault lines, and those have become mile-deep canyons. I cannot count on my neighbor to come anywhere close to sharing my beliefs about the country, society, government, or anything else. If he or she does, then fine. But I can't count on it. For all I know, they may be on the next plane or bus to the next city that needs burning. They may be all in for national suicide, and if I don't want to join the party, too bad. How things came to this sorry state is a discussion for another day, but it's hard to deny. Either we face up to it, or we crawl down into a windowless, soundproof bunker and share a beer with Uncle Joe.