There is one rule to citizen defiance that, in my opinion, surpasses all others in strategic importance; and it is a rule that I have tried to drive home for many years. I would call it the “non-participation principle” and would summarize it as follows:
When facing a corrupt system, provide for yourself and your community those necessities that the system cannot or will not. Become independent from establishment-controlled paradigms. If you and your community do this, the system will have one of two choices:
1) Admit that you do not need them anymore and fade into the fog of history, OR...
2) Reveal its tyrannical nature in full and attempt to force you back into dependence.
In either case, the citizenry gains the upper hand. Even in the event of government retaliation or a full-blown shooting war, dissenting movements maintain the moral high ground, which is absolutely vital to legitimate victory. No revolutionary movement for freedom can succeed without honoring this rule. All independent solutions to social destabilization and despotism rely on it. Any solutions that ignore it are destined for failure.
I am hard-pressed to think of a better recent example of the non-participation principle in action than the rise of Mexican citizen militias in the Western state of Michoacan.
Michoacan, like most of Mexico, has long been overrun with violent drug cartels that terrorized private citizens while Mexican authorities did little to nothing in response. I could easily cite the abject corruption of the Mexican government as the primary culprit in the continued dominance of cartel culture. I could also point out the longtime involvement of the CIA in drug trafficking in Mexico and its negative effects on the overall social development of the nation. This is not conspiracy theory, but openly recognized fact.
The Mexican people have nowhere to turn; and this, in my view, has always been by design. Disarmed and suppressed while government-aided cartels bleed the public dry, it is no wonder that many Mexicans have turned to illegal immigration as a means of escape. The Mexican government, in turn, has always fought for a more porous border with the U.S. exactly because it WANTS dissenting and dissatisfied citizens to run to the United States instead of staying and fighting back. My personal distaste for illegal immigration has always been predicated on the fact that it allows the criminal oligarchy within Mexico to continue unabated without opposition. Unhappy Mexicans can simply run away from their problems to America and feed off our wide-open welfare system. They are not forced to confront the tyranny within their own country. Under this paradigm, Mexico would never change for the better.
Some in the Mexican public, however, have been courageous enough to stay and fight back against rampant theft, kidnapping and murder.
The people of Michoacan, fed up with the fear and subjugation of the cartels and the inaction of the government, have taken a page from the American Revolution, organizing citizen militias that have now driven cartels from the region almost entirely. These militias have decided to no longer rely upon government intervention and have taken independent action outside of the forced authoritarian structure.
The fantastic measure of this accomplishment is not appreciated by many people in America. Though many cartels are populated by well-trained former Mexican military special ops and even covert operations agents, the citizens of Michoacan have proven that the cartels are a paper tiger. They can be defeated through guerrilla tactics and force of will, which many nihilists often deny is even possible.
Joel Gutierrez, a militia member of the Michoacan region, says residents were “sick of the cartel kidnapping, murdering and stealing.”“That’s why we took up arms,” says Gutierrez, 19. “The local and state police did nothing to protect us.”
The militia men have been patrolling their towns and inspecting cars at checkpoints like this one for nearly a year. All that time, federal police did little to stop them, and at times seemed to encourage the movement.
But that tacit approval appeared to end last weekend, when the number of the militias mushroomed and surrounded Apatzingan, a town of 100,000 people and the Knights Templar’s stronghold. A major battle between the militias and the cartel seemed imminent.
The federal government sent in thousands of police and troops to disarm the civilian patrols. A deadly confrontation ensued. Federal soldiers fired into a crowd of civilian militia supporters, killing two.
Militia leader Estanislao Beltran says the government should have gone after the real criminals, the Knights Templar, and not those defending themselves. He vehemently denies rumors that he takes funds from a rival group.
“The cartels have been terrorizing us for more than a decade,” Beltran says. “Why would we side with any of them?”
Initially, local authorities encouraged the militias, or stayed out of their way. The citizens armed themselves with semi-automatic weapons, risking government reprisal, in order to defend their homes; and so far, they have been victorious. One would think that the federal government of Mexico would be enthusiastic about such victories against the cartels they claim to have been fighting against for decades; but when common citizens take control of their own destinies, this often incurs the wrath of the establishment as well.
The Mexican government has decided to reward the brave people of Michoacan with the threat of military invasion and disarmament.
In some cases, government forces have indeed fired upon militia supporters, killing innocents while exposing the true intentions of the Mexican political structure.
Mainstream media coverage of the situation in the western states of Mexico has been minimal at best; and I find the more I learn about the movement in the region, the more I find a kinship with them. Whether we realize it or not, we are fighting the same fight. We are working toward the same goal of liberty, though we speak different languages and herald from different cultures. Recent government propaganda accusing Michoacan militias of “working with rival cartels” should ring familiar with those of us in the American liberty movement. We are the new “terrorists,” the new bogeymen of the faltering American epoch. We are painted as the villains; and in this, strangely, I find a considerable amount of solace.
If the liberty movement were not effective in its activism, if we did not present a legitimate threat to the criminal establishment, they would simply ignore us rather than seek to vilify us.
The militias of Michoacan have taken a stand. They have drawn their line in the sand, and I wish I could fight alongside them. Of course, we have our own fight and our own enemies to contend with here in the United States. As this fight develops, we have much to learn from the events in Western Mexico. Government retaliation has been met with widespread anger from coast to coast. And despite the general mainstream media mitigation of coverage, the American public is beginning to rally around the people of Michoacan as well. The non-participation principle prevails yet again.
The liberty movement in the U.S. must begin providing mutual aid and self-defense measures in a localized fashion if we have any hope of supplanting the effects of globalization and centralized Federal totalitarianism. We must begin constructing our own neighborhood watches, our own emergency response teams, our own food and medical supply stores, and our own alternative economies and trade markets that do not rely on controlled networks. We must break from the system and, in the process, break the system entirely.
Even now, we are beginning to understand the subversive transformation of our own law enforcement structure, and find a system designed to protect the criminal establishment, not the people. The FBI, for example, has recently changed the language of its primary mission statement, claiming that their goal is "national security", not law enforcement.
Police department across the U.S. are also changing how they interpret their mandate. U.S. courts have ruled that police departments do not have a constitutional duty to protect citizens from harm, rather, they simply exist to enforce legal code after a crime has already been perpetrated. This means that local police are no longer considered "peace officers", but agents of bureaucracy who are not necessarily required to defend the citizenry from violent action. The terrors Mexican citizens face in Michoacan are coming to America, and if disarmament proponents have their way, we will have no means to stop it.
I am growing increasingly exhausted with the incessant rationalizations of frightened activists posing as non-aggression proponents; the same kinds of people who refuse to even entertain the probability that physical self defense will be needed against corrupt government. The pungent smog of cowardice that follows them curls the nostrils, and the obvious transparency of their fear is a bit sickening. I wish I could convey how refreshing it is to witness a group of common people, regardless of nationality, with a set of brass ball bearings large enough to face off against government supported drug cartels notorious for mass murder and decapitation.
If you want see into the future, into the destiny of America, I suggest you examine carefully the developments of the Michoacan region. It is no mistake that good men and women are being disarmed around the world, and America is certainly not exempt. Look at what happens when we are not helpless! We can crush cold and calculating drug cartels as easily as we can crush psychopathic government entities. We are capable of superhuman feats. We are capable of globalist overthrow. We are capable of unthinkable greatness, as long as we are not distracted by false solutions and false leaders who lure us away from localized action towards centralized non-events.
The rise of Mexican non-participation groups gives me much hope for the future. For if the most corrupt and criminally saturated of societies can find it within themselves to fight, to truly fight, regardless of the obstacles and regardless of the supposed consequences, then there is a chance for us all. We must look beyond the odds of success and become men — real men — once again. We must face down evil, without reservation and without apprehension first by separating from the system, and then by standing our ground. We must be willing to risk everything; otherwise, there is absolutely nothing to gain.
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written by Uzziel , January 22, 2014
To paraphrase Kurt Hoffman: evil exists because good, honest Mexican citizens aren't killing the cartel members and government officials committing it.
written by William B Stoecker , January 22, 2014
At last, someone not afraid to tell it like it is. I have been saying the same thing in my replies on various sites for years. Here is the simple, brutal arithmetic: we armed patriots can put more shooters on the streets than all the US security forces combined, and their high-tech weapons will no more defeat us than they have defeated the Taliban or the Viet Cong.
The elites have made their ultimate goal perfectly clear: our enslavement and eventual extermination. Our choice is between armed resistance and death.
written by Arizona , January 22, 2014
FOR quite a while americans have seen the end on the horizon,Even our dear LORD has been showing his prophets whats coming,AND they been screaming at the top of their lungs about it,BUT THE GOVERNMENT has been blinded,everyone MUST remember this,THEY HAVE BEEN BLINDED BY THE LORD,they will not see their end,their blind,THIS was to give everyone a chance to see the WHEAT and the TERES,so they understand why he's going to destroy them,AND HE WILL,the time the government has left on earth is very short,THE LORD just wanted to make sure EVERYONE knew who they were and the evil they were doing,NOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND,remember their going to make one last push,and it will be a RED DAWN,everyones GOT TO BE READY for this,OR you will not survive it,THE police gangs will be helping them,cause they been blinded too,the youtube video's are pretty clear,THEY ARE PART OF YOUR ENEMY,then you have their friends in DHS,who have lead them astray,BUT their blind to that,the UN will have all their people working to KILL all americans,THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TRY TO SAVE ANYONE,their goal is to kill every LAST AMERICAN.....SO GET READY....and seek the LORDS protection,he's waiting to HEAR from you,YOU WANT TO WIN OR NOT,the LORD is going to help HIS PEOPLE WIN....................
written by Arizona , January 22, 2014
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written by Jose L , January 23, 2014
you say they took a page from the American Revolution ? May I remind you Mexico had three Revolutions in the early 1900s. My great grandfather and his sons died fighting the government along side Pancho Villa. they were his Dorados his golden men. Look it up. we need to stand together for what is coming soon here. we are next. God is on our side for freedom. all we need is the tipping point the spark we will all know when its time to resist evil...
written by Brandon Smith , January 23, 2014
@Jose
Yes, the problem is the original Mexican Revolution started out as a war for freedom between the citizens and Spanish autocrats and then devolved into an aimless civil war between factions vying for power, and the agrarian land reform Villa fought so hard for was never achieved.
This happened because the Mexican Revolution turned into a war between personalities. It became a war between "leaders". The American Revolution succeeded (at least for a time) because the colonials fought a war of principles, not personalities or leaders. I believe the uprising in Michoacan today is also driven by principle, and we can only hope it is not co-opted by so called "leaders" and turned into a self consuming movement of egos.
written by Jose L , January 23, 2014
my mom told me VILLA FOUGHT FOR PRINCIPLES NEVER HEARD WHAT YOU SAID BUT DONT DOUGHT IT. NOT MEXICOS FAHLT OR VILLAS. HE WOULD BE WITH HIS MEN CROSSING LLANOS- PRAiRIES AND SEE CAMPESINOS -FIELD WORKERS AND TELL HIS MEN YOU SEE THOSE SLAVES THERE WORKING FOR THIER MASTERS THEY DISERVE TO BE SLAVES BECAUSE THEY WONT FIGHT THEIR MASTERS FOR FREEDOM PAncho Villa was the real thing an honorable man. dont believe what your government said bout him he kicked ass big Huevos
written by Brandon Smith , January 24, 2014
@Jose
Villa was definitely honorable, which is why he was assassinated. As courageous as Villa was, no revolution should revolve too much around one man, otherwise, it becomes vulnerable. The bad guys should have to kill us all if they want victory, not only a few leaders.
written by Herman Nelson , January 24, 2014
@ Brandon
You are right about not revolving around one man. This would be asking for an unexpected sucker punch. The coming "reset" should be completely decentralized and leaderless with common goals and milestones to be met. It's hard to stamp out over a million "armys of one" than it is to gather up the ring leaders, execute them and be done with it.
As it stands now, we have a common bond and goals. The bond- 1776, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Freedom.
The goal- Reinstate what the two documents mean.
written by The Druid , January 24, 2014
Brandon,
you have the right idea, but that of leaderless revolution is a myth. Biblical (honest) precedent makes this clear, as well as the doctrine of the rise of the lesser magistrate when the greater one becomes oppressive, does not follow the rule of God's law, His division of Powers (which provides the pattern for the three part government of the Constitution) and much more.
Respectfully,
written by Brandon Smith , January 25, 2014
@Druid
Simply saying it's a "myth" does not make it so, and I honestly couldn't care less about biblical interpretations of government structure. Such interpretations have been used and abused for centuries by kings and fascists alike. I count myself a Christian, but if someone wants to establish a theocracy, I will put them down as quickly as I would put down a global elitist.
Beyond that, what I promote is decentralization. There are always going to be people who have more knowledge and more skill, and those people I see as TEACHERS, not "leaders". They exist to help others learn to lead themselves. Only scared sheep or lazy ingrates refuse to learn self-leadership in the hope that some "white knight" will come along and tell them what to do.
written by Nathan Barton , January 26, 2014
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