Anarchy, American-Style
American Greatness,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: DW626,
1/30/2023 6:30:47 AM
The 1960s revolution was both anarchic and nihilist. But it was waged against—not from—the establishment. Hippies and the Left either attacked institutions or, in Timothy Leary fashion, chose to “turn on, tune in, drop out” from them.
The current revolution is much different—and far more dangerous—for at least three reasons. The current Left has no intention of “dropping out.” Why would it?
It now controls the very institutions of America that it once mocked and attacked—corporate boardrooms, Wall Street, state and local prosecuting attorneys, most big-city governments, the media, the Pentagon, network and most of cable news, professional sports, Hollywood, music, television, K-12 education, and academia.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 1/30/2023 7:05:52 AM (No. 1390335)
A sad recounting of the status of the country.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
vrb8m 1/30/2023 7:58:45 AM (No. 1390360)
Must read... for anyone on the left that has two brain cells to rub together.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
plomke 1/30/2023 8:14:19 AM (No. 1390369)
Once again, the "great" Doctor Vic is a day late and a dollar short.
Some of us have been saying this all along.
See Mark Steyn,Andrew Breitbart,Shelby Steele, etc etc etc...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/30/2023 8:23:16 AM (No. 1390379)
Will the Americans currently alive ever see some git back on this current crop of evils?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Clinger 1/30/2023 8:31:47 AM (No. 1390383)
Just remember anarchy and chaos are tactical tools designed to manufacture a thirst for order which will be offered in return for surrendering your freedom. The end game is about total control, not no control.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/30/2023 9:18:49 AM (No. 1390423)
I would make this a Must Read.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 1/30/2023 10:01:09 AM (No. 1390453)
You think this assessment is cynical and dismal, just think: as the radicals of the 60s & 70s are in charge now, it is their children who will fill in as they die off.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Blackfeet 1/30/2023 10:13:02 AM (No. 1390466)
Big Tech was granted immunity by Section 230's shield and sword - it gives them the gold while we get the shaft.
Congress can fix this, but they won't. They have written thirty pieces of legislation to repeal or replace Section 230 but none go anywhere. All hat - no cattle.
I hired the best legal and constitutional scholars to write the "Online Freedom Act"
Remember "Freedom is easy - until it isn't"
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rinktum 1/31/2023 7:02:16 AM (No. 1391076)
To VDH: I love ya, man, your analysis is spot on. The burning question those of us who agree with you is, what should we do about it? Revolution seems too drastic. We are up against a government that would love to use its power against any opposition. Joe says it would take military air power to do that which seems like a pretty clear threat if you ask me. Elections? We experienced, once again, election shenanigans by democrats in 2022, confirming the ballot box has become ineffective. Sure we may be able to voice our concerns right now, but we are moving away from even that. Our backs are against the wall and apparently there is no Cavalry riding to the rescue. Help us out here. You articulate the problems we face brilliantly. However, we need viable solutions that won’t leave massive numbers of us dead or a solution that will assure us that elections are secure and fair. I don’t see either of those things in our future so I respectfully and sincerely ask, where do we go from here?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
walcb 1/31/2023 7:49:26 AM (No. 1391106)
Well said! In the past the way a law abiding citizen dealt with this problem was with the ballot, now even that ability has been stolen. What to do, I have no idea other than hope, or pray if that is your way, that enough people are left in DC to fight the evil.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/31/2023 9:18:14 AM (No. 1391190)
VDH gets it and once again attempts to alert people to the harshness of current reality. We all know that there is only one way to regain control and reestablish sanity to our world yet we are still reluctant to break out our rifles along with the nooses and the guillotines. There is no law and no government, only leftist indoctrination and there is only one way to remove it like the disease that it is. I hesitate to use the word "woke" or any of its tenses due to its hijacking by the left but we need to wake the hell up and soon.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 1/31/2023 11:30:08 AM (No. 1391353)
IMO, Mr. FJB is Jonesing for a world war because that is a great money-maker for a few. War does for some what running for president and losing does for others. You get a fat bank roll that you do not have to account for. Like Sgt. Schultz said in an episode of Hogan's Heroes. ''This is my favorite war!'' To a Democrat any war is favored because personally, they have nothing to lose but the YOUTH of the land
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Zigrid 1/31/2023 11:40:50 AM (No. 1391370)
WE must never forget...history can repeat itself...and hitler and Stalin and Mao are gone but WE have Obama and rice and soros and Putin...I don't include biden because he's so lost he can't manage steps...let alone run a country...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque 1/31/2023 12:10:27 PM (No. 1391398)
The hippies and the Left have BECOME the establishment and they have been flexing their muscle, having successfully indoctrinated their offspring. Guess why they disliked Gen X so much? We weren't impressed or impressionable. Too many memories of being latch-key kids.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mc squared 1/31/2023 2:21:50 PM (No. 1391496)
Wish we had weekly Must Reads in case someone missed this one.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mc squared 2/7/2023 11:18:00 AM (No. 1397354)
TEST I'm putting on my new Easter Tin-Foil hat here but I see some inconstistancies.
1 The standard line is that it wasn’t dangerous, but when
they found the 1000 lb payload it contained explosives.
2 It was a Chinese destructive bomb,
so why didn’t the Chinks USE it to keep it from being found?
(hint – they wanted it found, it wasn’t inconspicuous. covid virus?)
3 ‘There were other balloons we didn’t know about HUH? (rolling eyes) .If you didn’t know about them how do you know they existed?
And if you didn’t notice them, why do we have such a large defense budget?
4 They didn’t want to down it over populated areas.
Alaska? Montana? Wyoming? Pacific Ocean????
5 Biden says he wanted it shot down but the Pentagon overruled him.
He doesn’t know he’s Commander In Chief.
I’m sure there are more ̶i̶n̶c̶o̶n̶s̶i̶s̶t̶e̶n̶c̶i̶e̶s̶ lies, but we won’t hear any explanations tonight at the State Speech.
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