In my last piece, “Loneliness,” I sort of begged a commenter to sit down and give me something ***I*** could chew on a bit.

So Peter sat down and did it.

I welcome and enjoy comments in general. Don’t get all worried about criticism on this end. Comments make me feel alive. When I see that “Comments (0)” at the end of a piece, it lets me down a bit.

I am here to do the lead thinking. This is my life’s work, not yours. I’m SUPPOSED to be ahead of you. But it’s kind of nice when I’m not.

Peter presents a vision of the world we are fighting FOR, not just the one we are fighting AGAINST. Even I, as in the piece below, tend to accentuate the negative and how lonely I am and so forth. So Peter patted me on the back and gave me a bit of a vision of what I am doing all this FOR.

I am the one who always said that the enemy’s best asset is not the soldier in his own lines but the defeatist in YOURS. I am the one who repeatedly (I do tend to repeat) condemns and despises the “Oh, they’re so powerful, it’s all hopelss and it’s not my fault!” who poison or movement.

So right after I write a piece that is depressing, Peter sits down and comes up with a piece on what we’re fighting FOR.

Good job, Peter. You caught me with my pants down.

I’ll get you for that.

Peter says,

A reader rants on: “the difference between practical politics and revolutionary politics.”

I think of them you call “practical politicians” as “arm-wavers.” They look for the latest fad, jump on the bandwagon, then wave their arms, shouting “look at ME.”

You were very useful, Bob, in bringing down Communism although I imagine you would deny that. The arm-wavers who took your ideas never expected them to be so effective. But they were happy that the ideas revitalized the GOP.

But really, Bob, these arm-wavers are no good. They were happy that your ideas revamped their little old party and once they got what they wanted they ignored you.

A revolutionary government, on the other hand, would be full of Bobs like you. They wouldn’t have to put their ideas in a blog and wait. They wouldn’t have to take a post approving clearances. Each would be doing the job that suits him best.

But we aren’t ready for a revolution. There aren’t enough ideas out there. None knows what to do.

Did you see Fight Club? At the end they blow up the credit card companies (after evacuating the night-time security staff). A White revolution will change EVERYTHING; will we blow up the credit card companies, too?

In a white future, we would rebuild American cities. More than a hundred years ago, they were beautiful and their modest beauty was the talk of the world. Rebuilding them would at last give preservationists something significant to do, and it would give architects something more rewarding than designing parking garages and fast-food stops. If rebuilt downtowns and small town replaced centrally-controlled Walmarts, communities would have not only something to be proud of for generations, but the new stor-space would give American employees a chance to leave their employers and become real entrepreneurs as of old — independent.

Independence: working for oneself, unhindered by an employer; what about the family farm? Yes, that old-fashioned picture that was once the symbol of America. Now 98% of the land is owned by centrally-planned corporations that are legal fictions and accountable to none. A new White America would create the greatest land rush in our history (and we could still expand our great wilderness, too!).

But without thinking ahead the transition to the dream could be a nightmare. People are right now used to living a certain way, OBEDIENT to an employer, so change to self-determination would be hard. But more than a hundred years ago, when men struck out on the Oregon Trail, they made use of guidebooks. These self-starters were men taking the risks, selling all, putting what they could in a covered wagon, and heading west on foot. They thought ahead but the move west was not centrally planned.

So why aren’t our people putting up pictures of old historical buildings online? In the new world, we could rebuild them.

Why doesn’t the White movement avail itself of the back-to-the land-literature? In the new world, we need to be self-sufficient and independent.

That way, the communities would become places where great art and music are created, just like in Germany two and three hundred years ago.

Planning ahead doesn’t mean a star chamber of commissars and aparachiks ordering everyone about. But if we have no idea where we are headed and the choices we will face, how could the Revolution possibly succeed?

Look at the Russians. They did not think ahead. They simply realized that Reagan’s rhetoric was right and they tore down that wall. But they are still in a mess.

What revolutionaries need to do is think ahead about ways to move from a controlled economy to independence without causing anyone to starve during the transition. Much of the guidebooks should be written NOW by those with an understanding of economics, like you Bob.

Where are our guidebooks? Where a VISION?

Forget the arm-wavers. Hire them when you need publicity. But remember that they are thinking first about promoting themselves. So never cede control to them. Left alone, the arm-wavers will accomplish nothing.

We need you, Bob.

Comment by Peter — 11/16/2005 @ 9:08 pm