So You Say You Want A Revolution, Eh? by NC Scout

To borrow a line from John Lennon, we all want to change the world. Hopefully for the better, at least that’s the intention. For better or worse. That view stems from the desire to create a better world for what we leave behind. It is not enough to simply seek to carve out one’s mark, rather, it is more important to acknowledge the mark one leaves but also the impact. In times of great duress, that desire grows and manifests in a variety of ways. My work is one such example.

Simultaneously it is profoundly easy to give one’s thoughts to scenes of violence. Its easy; after all, in the face of hyper-polarization and the constant demonization of anyone not fitting into the purity tests of the Left on part of that same Power Elite are told they have no value. The Deplorable. The Unvaccinated. The Unwashed. Whatever the term, the message is the same, and a group finished with social castigation will eventually lash out. A people’s patience can only extend so far. It is a default reaction but simultaneously a reaction in one dimension only, likely achieving little when acted upon absent any consideration or appeal to the larger social conditions of revolution.

This naturally leads to a desire for organization. It follows a model, repeatable over time, to which sociologists and psychologists have sought to explore to better understand this concept of radicalization. The great irony of academia is that they, like everything else, seek to explain in ten thousand words or more what the lumpenproletariat already knows. When people are fed up, they meet up with other people also fed up, and a nucleus then slowly becomes a cell, then a network, then a broader entity. In layman’s terms we can understand it as a group of friends; in broad terms we call it populism and when taken to its logical extent, populist revolt.

The trouble starts somewhere around the nucleus for the working class in America. In the social distortion of the post-WWII era Americans found themselves ever more isolated from one another in suburban enclaves; slowly, mind you, but in terms of generational analysis the need for constant entertainment eroded the capacity to create social bonds. Fast forward to today, social media in all forms serves as little more than an opiate with most confusing its use with actual effective organization. It could easily be argued this is by design. One wonders exactly how far Tom Barry would have got should there have been a Gab in 1921.

To compound the situation, many of these, filled with much anger and little logic, let alone experience, take it upon themselves to lament the perceived ‘lack of organization’, ‘no action’, or my personal favorite, ‘hopeless indignation’. Life’s hard, you know. Those third people lack any value and require no examination. In the first two categories, however, those claiming such are always one of two categories; a social failure in the real world or a person incapable of building competent and trustworthy bonds due to dependence on the aforementioned conditions. Theirs is a product of a lack of interpersonal skills combined with unhealthy expectations, a lack of education in revolutionary movements, and normally a refusal to study any of these out of political galvanization.

Life is not an action movie and political movements, both revolutionary or counter-revolutionary, move much like a avalanche; years and years of patient buildup to one triggerpoint, then it all comes crashing with great drama, destroying everything in its path. This is why the Right gets accused of not reading Lefty books. And that accusation certainly bears merit.

However this should not be confused with frustration. We’re all frustrated. Downright angry. Angry enough to leave a well paying and comfortable job to commit to training that same lumpenproletariat in hopes of fomenting a counterrevolution. A lofty goal, certainly, but someone has to do it. The aforementioned category described above is a different animal altogether, and a people who only exist where there is no personal risk involved, usually always quick to offer their take on a solution, for all that its worth.

Going back to our example of the avalanche; all revolutions, and in turn counter-revolutions, are political. Warfare is an outgrowth of political struggle, and politics themselves a war of economics. In America it is rarely, and carefully, avoided to be framed in this manner. Sure, the suits may talk tough, but they vote for debt increases and pay raises to themselves each time. The political component of the Power Elite is nothing more than face, easily replaceable when the time is due. It matters not who counts the votes when you know not who picks the candidates. But this ironically brings us to the era of Trump.

Despite one’s reservations or vested trust, Trump’s candidacy and Presidency was far more important in representative value than one of actual substance. It was an indication that the same lumpenproletariat was angry, and explains the reactionary manner in which the institutional left and right, a false dichotomy representing alternating factions of that same Power Elite, could not tolerate. It was an awakening of populism, the kind that hit a fever pitch among Left-populist Labor movements in the first two decades of the 20th Century and marked by incidents like Haymarket Square, the Battle of Blair Mountain and the continuous labor strikes forcing the reigns of power in check leading to the greatest era of manufacturing prosperity in history. And for it, that same Elite shipped the jobs to their Chinese vassal state which they created for themselves. The irony is that the ‘activist’ Left of today is seeking to emulate those same previous movements, even labeling themselves in honor of such groups, while bearing no resemblance or commonality in any case. So you read Marx and have a Bernie sticker; how impressive. You also never labored a day in your life, listening to those ivory tower dwellers who hire the yardwork out, and are now a slave to a mountain of student debt to which you’ll never surmount. Congrats, comrade.

A reversion to the radical populism which we are currently observing is a scary prospect for those with a monopoly on control. And it is far easier to bankroll your own counter movement, in all its various forms, allowing it to run wild while dragging one’s feet on social control measures, much as one would do when seeking to control brushfires. Make another fire and you siphon off the fuel. This returns us to the abstract; the question of nucleus. How one reconciles the issue in achieving that nucleus is to understand the underlying conditions of revolution; that, there is mass civil dissatisfaction, there is mass distrust in conventional institutions and a strong desire to return to normalcy. Although the last bit is a lofty endeavor in my estimation – history is not socially regressive – normalcy is better understood as ‘when times were good’; the first two realizations are critical. We can no longer grant trust in those same institutions which have sold out the engine driving this Nation. And in turn, for anyone not falling into the trap of complaints of ‘lack of organization’ or ‘no action’, rather building those bonds in real time recognizing the underlying populism, the nucleus of local action is achieved.

A perfect example is the rejuvenated interest in school boards. The Power Elite achieved much in the shift towards educational domination in the late 1970s and into the 1990s. School board and county elections took a backseat to national politics in the wake of Reagan, presenting an advantage to seize control and thus finding a role for their activist throwbacks in need of a new mission. And the nucleus of local action in reaction is found in the labeling of concerned parents as domestic terrorists by the Department of Justice; they’re a threat, they’re hard to compromise, and worst of all, they’re not raving lunatics. They can easily attack the camo-clad group publicly posing in body armor. Not so easy to paint a latte-clutching mom in the same light. Effective Action is thus being achieved.

The question concerning ‘lack of organization’ must be addressed. Recognizing that all politics is warfare, the real threat lay with the very reigns of power in the politburo itself. That’s changing and rapidly. The era of Trump and a new counterculture among Generation Z – akin to Alex B. Keaton in the 80s but far more aware that theirs is a future it is up to them to make rather than the hell created by a rapidly fading generation that threw it away – is making the question of organization more a question of presentation. They’re there. What attempts are being made to train them? I would submit to you that most so-called efforts at organization failed (a strong case could be made that they were designed to do so) simply because they favored top-down rather than bottom-up, relying on the cohesion of a cult instead of a localist approach. Rapidly the wake of National populism is threatening the entire Superstructure.

You can say you want a Revolution, and I’d agree that the wheels of history are turning. But it cannot be denied that much is in fact occurring; those nuclei which have been created in recognition of the conditions of revolution building ever so slowly; is doing much to turn the tide. All warfare is political and in turn, politics are a reflection of economics. Stay the course, and be ready for when the avalanche breaks.

 

 

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About the Author: NC Scout

NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small unit skills rarely if ever taught anywhere else in the prepping and survival field, including his RTO Course which focuses on small unit communications. In his free time he is an avid hunter, bushcrafter, writer, long range shooter, prepper, amateur radio operator and Libertarian activist. He can be contacted at brushbeater@tutanota.com or via his blog at brushbeater.wordpress.com .

30 Comments

  1. sixalpha2 November 26, 2021 at 08:52

    This morning I was reading about transhumanism, AI’s role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Zuckerberg’s Metaverse. I was absorbing all of that then I decided to checkout AP. I read your article Scout and something became clear to me. This world’s technocrats and oligarch’s (the elite) are in the process of the great separation not the great re-set. They know what is coming and are trying to distract half of the world. The other half or the great unvaccinated or unwashed are pulling down the curtain. The elite will put half of the world in a distractive trance with the metaverse, virtual reality, augmented reality or whatever means to distract it takes. The great unwashed will remain outside this metaverse and in the eyes of the elites will be easier to handle for eradication. However, the elites, like Scout points out don’t count on the organization. Their elite view of us is that of simpleton. One who doesn’t have enough common sense to take the jab. Another great article Scout.

  2. Ghostmann November 26, 2021 at 09:09

    In some respects the absolute worst thing is social media. It’s the pressure relief valve that substitues talking to your neighbors and buddies for memes and bumper sticker talking points. Neither of which does anything but leave one feeling empty and unfulfilled.

    • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 09:30

      “Social media” is working perfectly as designed.

  3. 173dVietVet November 26, 2021 at 10:32

    Excellent writing. Direct and focused. I am impressed with the depth of your understanding of guerrilla movements historically and the motivations involved.

    This reads as if it is part of some Army War College thesis.

    Well done !!

    • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 10:34

      A huge thanks brother. I know you’re quite well read and compliments do not come lightly. :)

  4. No November 26, 2021 at 10:51

    When you are seeing formerly healthy people around you die of shot damage despite having warned them about the true mechanisms and intentions behind the shots only to have them take the shots so they can “go to the car show” or go on vacation abroad it is perfectly rational reaction to start calling out lack of action. This isn’t just someone “voting against their interests” because of disinformation. This is actual ilfe and death. And it has been for goddamn 2 years now.

    To call the people who are escalating the alarm “social failures” because they are front-running those who lay back, seemingly indefinitely, is gatekeeping at best and is borderline subversion at worst. Lurk in wilderness areas. Hide in your history books. Some of us will risk our reputations amongst our neighors and continue to call for action to save every single soul we can. In my *local community* more people have been awakened via passionate discussion and calls to action and access to real information via Gab than they have by AP by a factor of 10. That’s being generous. I’ve yet to meet anyone else who has heard of AP unless I turned them on to it.

    The folks here do good work but don’t over-estimate your impact. There’s a lot of risky work that must — and is — being done ahead of having to employ squad tactics. For instance, we are working on countering Bolshevik Media lies via various RF channels. Some of the technique was informed via AP personnel.

    Some self-awareness is in order. All of the historical and philosophical grounding is pointless if it is never applied.

    See you out there. I hope.

    • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 11:07

      “To call the people who are escalating the alarm “social failures””

      You completely misunderstand. The people named are not escalating anything, they offer complaints with no solution, with no substance, and are incapable of doing anything other than what they’ve done.

      If you’re offended by this reality, then the label fits.

      Oh and, I am out there, now. Haven’t seen you.

    • wwes November 26, 2021 at 11:26

      AP doesn’t even have to be read by every person in a community- if someone reads and gets information on here, and uses that to effect change in their own community, progress is still being made towards the overall goal. Sort of the same way that train-the-trainer instruction works. Just because my students have never heard of a group that puts me through a training class, that does not mean that they don’t end up on the receiving end of the training that group provides.
      And as for the folks working on your local school boards- if they are local they didn’t need any kind of social media to start with. It was nothing other than a crutch, at best.

  5. wwes November 26, 2021 at 10:53

    NC Scout, Even before I started reading your work a couple of years ago, I thought that the whole Social Media thing seemed like it was designed to be nothing but a distraction designed to create false “relationships” and to get people to spend huge amounts of their time and effort “keeping up with the Jones’s” instead of building real world relationships and actually learning and accomplishing things.
    You have a wealth of knowledge and experience, far above and beyond that of myself, and I truly appreciate the articles that you pen putting all of this into perspective. I am sensible enough to learn, I just don’t have the real world education in this stuff that you have gained, so I, for one, get a lot out of these articles.

    As for politics- I wish more people would realize that working with your friends, family, and neighbors, trying to help awaken them to what is going on before their eyes, to the need to train, to the need for preparation for hard times to come, etc. IS politics. And the folks who bemoan the lack of “action” seem to be the ones who aren’t doing ANY of that. I understand that the things that go on in our communities are only a small piece of the picture, but those same folks who cry about how “nobody is doing anything” are the same ones who can’t seem to understand that if you can’t build cohesive relationships in your own community, you aren’t going to make a difference in the bigger picture. And that idea doesn’t just apply to war and conflict, it applies to education, local government, infrastructure, etc.

  6. No November 26, 2021 at 10:58

    @Ghostman, harness that discontent and the useful social media and throw away the Bolshevik social media. It’s never a substitute for talking to people in your community but it is great tinder. But you’ll have to stick your neck out and out yourself as someone whose beliefs run counter and also as someone who is willing to *do* something counter. The people who still go to school board meetings and push back despite knowing that they will be put on a FBI list are heroes. How do you think they came together? And how do you think they will assemble allies and funds for their defense when the time comes?

    Social media isn’t going anywhere. That genie is out of the bottle. Learn to use it/twist it to your advantage.

    • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 11:04

      They came together because they live in the same location.

      There is no good social media.

      • Another Nobody November 26, 2021 at 13:09

        “There is no good social media.”

        -This, exactly.

        It is, however great for advancing interest… even your own; to the level of prurience. That, surveillance, and evidence is all social media is good for.

        Someday I’m gonna buy you strong drink and just sit and listen, ‘Scout.

        • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 13:27

          100% correct.

          I’d love to take you up on that. ;)

  7. boos21 November 26, 2021 at 11:45

    Good write up. You got a book or 10 in you. Doesn’t bother me if people organize on social media if it works and used sparingly. . I don’t – FTF only , but I know people who got real info to others through it . Especially the covid related revelations. It may be an enemy weapon , doesn’t mean some can’t use it. In suburbia it is really the only way to meet other parents in massive school systems.

    Since you mentioned Tom Barry here you go – https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tom+barry+interviews

  8. Irish-7 November 26, 2021 at 11:50

    I think social media is poison. It is my observation that the “top dogs” at Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and Google lean Left. They manipulate and censor information to a level that influences national elections. I also suspect they allow spying and tracking those will alternate viewpoints.

    • wwes November 26, 2021 at 12:06

      I view social media as being our equivalent of the Matrix. Or at the least, a piece of the Matrix.

      • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 12:18

        It is. That’s why Facebook is transitioning to ‘Meta’.

        • wwes November 26, 2021 at 12:22

          When I first saw the videos showing the “Metaverse” I told one of my students that we would see Mr. Smith walking up any moment.

  9. Russell G. November 26, 2021 at 12:38

    Good thesis if I’m reading under the words correctly, or, at least, what you’ve written is something for people to “re-think.” It probably won’t be accepted by some because their life history predicts their paradigm (accepted way of viewing things). That’s human cognition and behavior. But, I were to write 10 paragraphs more the final sentence would be something like this–I’m not even sure I want my best (most accurate) range bud next to or behind me.

    • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 12:40

      Right on the money sir.

  10. Terrrasmooth November 26, 2021 at 16:35

    Very well written and apropos.

  11. Tunnel Rabbit November 26, 2021 at 16:42

    Thanks for the inspirational article, and analysis that could only come from the heart. I’ve been a hard charging survivalist since 2006. After the reading the comments as well, it is clear that there is frustration, and understandably so, given the apathy and resultant in-action we’ve experienced. There is even a hint of despair. I know it well, and after years fighting an up hill battle with indifference in an amoral and decaying society, I went so far as to leave the country to returned to Europe to escape, and briefly lived on a small island in the Baltic. Although I look and speak the part, it did not work out.

    The move was motivated by my utter disgust for the apathy, or indifference, and betrayal found in friends and family, and the country in general. It was found both here and there. Being surrounded by the enemy, and alone is not good, but it was the needed school of hard knocks that only made me stronger, mentally and spiritually. I’ll spare you, but assure you that my story is a long and boring tale of personal tribulation that includes years of many different and severe illnesses, a life nearly on par with that of Job’s. I now consider it a kind of FTX, that hardened me.

    Fast forward to today. and back to the article. The concluding remarks of the article are accurate and encouraging:

    ”…; those nuclei which have been created in recognition of the conditions of revolution building ever so slowly; is doing much to turn the tide. All warfare is political and in turn, politics are a reflection of economics. Stay the course, and be ready for when the avalanche breaks.”

    Yes, indeed, in my area the worm is finally turning. Real estate in these parts is hotter than free candy, and out of the blue, I had 4 four requests for programming, and antenna builds in the last month. I am using the opportunity to set up nets. Suddenly, folks are taking me seriously and thanking me for the guidance provided over the years that has helped them prepare. For others, the Covid lock-downs forced people to stay at home, and some had the extra time and inspiration to question and learn. There is, however, in my estimation, only a very small percentage who are adequately prepared. The classic bell curve applies.

    The new crop is emerging and maturing, yet they are not ‘there’ yet, as some have yet to develop the necessary mindset. It will take years. Mental preparation is an essential part of the key of eventual success. But there is more to consider. While the current trend is encouraging, the essence of our problem remains mostly unaddressed, namely that the country and the world, while having been defeated by a 5th generation war that includes various means of social engineering, including various forms of mind control, we remain yet ill equipped to defend and resist. Not only because of a lack of physical preparation. Western Civilization was founded on Christian ethos, and those foundations have systematically been destroyed by diabolical means during recent decades. Therefore, I have to agree with Steve Quayle, and repeat his statement, ”There is no political solution to a spiritual problem.” My pastor is Qualye’s pastor, David Lankford out of North Carolina. Perhaps I should have moved to the South, instead of back to Europe. I am now even more appreciative of the fact that my momma grew’d me up like hillbilly that she was. I was hunting and riding by age 9, and have more in common with the South than any other culture. I am half hillbilly for sure. Yet mostly because the South is the Bible Belt. An acquaintance remarked that Southern boys are gonna kick butt. Yep! I agree, but why you ask?

    The Bible Belt has the highest concentration of traditional Americans, who remain repentant Christians. They do not have as big of a ”spiritual problem” as does the rest of the planet. In IMVHO (In My Very Humble Opinion), the South will rise again, and lead the way to whatever measure of success awaits us. In the end tho’, getting right with God, will be the key to success, here and in eternity. By my read, we are fast approaching the Tribulation, and whatever I can do as an old man today, goes to arming, equipping, and training the remnant. Without a nation wide revival, I do not see how the country can be saved. I hope to be proven incorrect.

    • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 18:42

      Amen brother!

    • Truth in Tension November 29, 2021 at 10:18

      Well said!

      TEXIT!

      Who is John Galt?

  12. FoolsErrand November 26, 2021 at 17:27

    Once the avalanche starts, it will be too late for the pebbles to vote.

    As to your thoughts on localization, this last election proved how powerful that can be. Angry parents at a local level and a trucker handing out $200 worth of coffee were instrumental in routing these thugs. So, what will team “conservative” do with this victory? Rest on it’s laurels and lose the momentum _AGAIN_? Because that’s what the old crop of milquetoasts would do. Or does this current generation spit on it’s hands, press the attack, pour through the gap and send these monsters scuttling back into the shadows?

    • NC Scout November 26, 2021 at 18:43

      You’re spot on.

  13. Luke November 26, 2021 at 20:12

    “You can say you want a Revolution, and I’d agree that the wheels of history are turning. But it cannot be denied that much is in fact occurring; those nuclei which have been created in recognition of the conditions of revolution building ever so slowly; is doing much to turn the tide. All warfare is political and in turn, politics are a reflection of economics. Stay the course, and be ready for when the avalanche breaks.”

    Well said, and to quote the late great Tom Petty “The Waiting is the Hardest Part.” Never been in official combat but have seen my share of the unofficial kind. I will admit that I am scared. Trying to anticipate what comes next can be maddening instead of just allowing it to happen.

    To follow up a great essay with another here is link to Lee Smith’s “Assabiya.” I think it fits nicely with what you have written.

    https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/assabiya-lee-smith

    Cheers

  14. Don Shift November 27, 2021 at 12:46

    I personally think this is the ultimate revolution; not a new 1776 but a period of chaos that will culminate in the return of Jesus.

  15. Rob157 November 27, 2021 at 13:03

    This is a bit off topic, but sort of connected. Catherine Austin Fitts speaks about the coming system via financial control.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zorM6XOZ13o

  16. Original Grandpa November 27, 2021 at 15:47

    In most ways, I concur with Tunnel Rabbit. I was a bit saddened as I realized the kinetic part of the struggle would be when I was “old”, and the skill learned as a recon grunt, would be useful as instruction for the youngsters – not employed by myself. So, I too, do what I can to teach, train, and equip. Truest thing I’ve read in a long time is his pastor’s quote – there is no political solution to a spiritual problem. I’d add at this point, there isn’t a ‘social engineering’ solution to this spiritual problem, either. The chasm formed over the past years will not be bridged, our satanic enemy will not allow it, so we continue to prepare for what Scripture says is nearing. Scout, sincere thanks for this post and the work you do.
    Years ago, after sharing with Pete at wrsa as regards age, he said “well, you’re still dangerous; so be a dangerous old man.” I’m good with that. Work to do, brothers. Sharpen everything. Be blessed, watch your six, and keep a weather eye on the horizon.

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