Changing times call for changing strategies.
And the election of 2008 should persuade freedom-loving people that times have changed.
Business as usual will not be enough to preserve the last vestiges of liberty in America. It will certainly not be enough to expand liberty, morality and justice in America – and that should be our goal.
Conservatism is a purely defensive political movement for a more innocent time, a time when our most basic constitutionally protected liberties were not being stripped from us – a time when government was not greatly exceeding its authority at the expense of personal freedom, social justice and the Judeo-Christian values necessary to self-governance.
As we prepare inevitably for an onslaught of legislation and government action designed to attack our national independence and sovereignty, redistribute wealth not only domestically but internationally, strangle dissent and freedom of speech, take away our right to bear arms and fundamentally pervert the Constitution through legislation, executive action and judicial activism, it’s time for freedom-loving Americans to go on the offense. It’s time not for timidity and civility and conservatism. It’s time for a much more radical, bold and courageous approach to taking America back.
For years I have been writing about the failure of conservatism. It has failed for a number of obvious reasons:
- It is defensive in nature, seeking to hold on to ground rather than take the fight to the enemy and expand liberty.
- It is reactive rather than proactive, meaning its agenda is set by the enemy rather than with a positive agenda of its own.
- It is easily hijacked by people claiming to be conservatives when they are clearly not.
- A movement that literally defines itself as one seeking to “conserve” is of little value when there is little left to conserve.
This new movement has a successful precedent in American history. It was the radical, patriotic, revolutionary movement of our colonial fathers. It launched the greatest experiment in liberty the world has ever known.
That should be our model. Nothing else will do. Our founders set out to separate themselves from those who oppressed them, from those who denied them their God-given human rights, from those who broke the law. They did this against all odds. They did this without concern about the popularity of their movement, only its rightness. And, with God’s help, they succeeded, providing inspiration for people around the world for the last 232 years.
Don’t get me wrong. I like conservatives. I am not criticizing them. For the most part, they believe in the right things. They have the right principles. But they are not freedom-fighters. They are not conditioned or prepared for the kind of struggle that is necessary now to take America back.
It’s time to transform the conservative movement to one that is not conservative at all. Conservatives need to become radical, in the best sense of the word. They need to set much bigger and clearer goals for themselves. They need to wage their battle not just in the arena of politics, but throughout the culture – seeking to overthrow the institutions of power controlled by their enemies.
What do I mean?
Let me give you an example. Government schools cannot be reformed. They must be overthrown. I don’t mean burned down. I mean abandoned – left behind, deserted, forsaken. The day conservatives are radicalized is the day the government indoctrination centers, the child-abuse detention camps and this corrupt, immoral system of mind control implode of their own dead weight.
It’s time to declare your independence.
It’s time to take responsibility for your own children.
It’s time to say no.
The time for mere debate is over. The facts are clear. We have no one else to blame for our troubles if we refuse to take responsibility for our own lives and show our neighbors there is a better way – through self-governance and personal responsibility.
I don’t suggest it will be easy. It wasn’t easy for our founders. They risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. It’s time for contemporary freedom lovers and freedom fighters to do the same.
One more thing: Don’t sit around waiting for a leader to emerge to start the movement and to give you marching orders. YOU are the leader. YOU are in charge of your family. YOU need to practice self-government if you want to see self-government spread. YOU are the leader you have been waiting for.
Make change happen in your life, in your family, in your community and that movement will spread like wildfire across this country.
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