Between the occupy movement and this NDAA bill before the US Senate, things seem to be heating up. Citizen’s are getting pissed off with federal and local government and institutions. The looming question is when will it get violent. The question of whether it will get violent was removed when the beatings started.
The problem is tearing down institutions in revolt seems irresponsible. Tearing things to shit physically or metaphorically rarely makes for anything more than a bigger mess. Often that mess is capitalized on by powers more unscrupulous than what was originally destroyed. If those revolting think that it’s simply a matter of better policy making, they are naive in the amount of difficulty and resistance encountered in getting a systems participants to all row in the same direction.
Successful models of revolution look more like evolution. They tend to align on identified problems. They have actions ready to put in place (or actively start putting them in place). They already have changed the system in fundamental ways from the inside. When those in power choose to fight, it is already too late, the revolution has already occurred.
If we want to make a mark, it’s time we started organizing in meaningful ways. That we started building the tomorrow we want now. That we started infiltrating and usurping the institutions that need fundamental change. If done properly the change will be far enough under way that it will be easier for those in power to acquiesce than it will be for them to fight against it.
Thoughts?
