There was a fairly unknown military strategist in the Pentagon during the 70‘s and 80’s named John Boyd. He is best known for creating the idea of the OODA (Observe-Orient-Decide-Act) loop for military operations, which I suggest reading about if you have the time (1). My point in writing about him here at BUGS relates to something he said that is relevant to the times that are approaching us as pro-White activists. The following bold text was a retelling of a conversation that a junior officer had with John Boyd.
“One day you will come to a fork in the road,” he said. “And you’re going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go.” He raised his hand and pointed. “If you go that way you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and you will get good assignments.”
Then Boyd raised his other hand and pointed another direction. “Or you can go that way and you can do something – something for your country and for your Air Force and for yourself. If you decide you want to do something, you may not get promoted and you may not get the good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won’t have to compromise yourself. You will be true to your friends and to yourself. And your work might make a difference.”
He paused and stared into the officer’s eyes and heart. “To be somebody or to do something.” In life there is often a roll call. That’s when you will have to make a decision. To be or to do. Which way will you go?” (2)
I think that most BUGSters would agree that we want to DO SOMETHING (end the program of White genocide) instead of BEING SOMEBODY.
We’re entering a time when people out of what we loosely call “the movement” are going to start getting opportunities to BE SOMEBODY.
When you see this, please remember something very important. Getting to BE SOMEBODY within the current anti-White system will very likely come at the cost of DOING SOMETHING (such as spreading our message and opposing White genocide). A White Nationalist could be made President of the United States and he/she may be allowed to pass some immigration restriction legislation and put an end to some anti-White affirmative action policies. But if this individual refuses to address White genocide (by force-mixing Whites with non-Whites) then it doesn’t matter if all three branches of the American government are filled so called “White Nationalists.”
The acid test (3) for any supposed pro-White individual or pro-White group is the Mantra.
To be or to do. Which way will you go?
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop
(2) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/158834178X?ie=UTF8&tag=schsblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=158834178X
(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_test_(gold)
#1 by Dave on 11/03/2012 - 10:00 am
That quote “be somebody or you can do something” is an interesting quote and DW’s point is on target.
But Boyd was way too cavalier about this “choice”, which explains the whole problem with the military and Boyd was part of the problem, not the solution.
If Boyd were actually part of the solution he would have counseled (my substituted quote): “Those that choose to ‘be somebody’ rather than to ‘do something worthy’ MUST BE TARGETED AND PUNISHED.”
That gets you to rebellion. That gets you to getting things done.
#2 by Peter Cottontail on 11/03/2012 - 12:31 pm
TO BE OR NOT TO BE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8cLniFJk-4
#3 by Conrad on 11/03/2012 - 12:49 pm
To be or to do, a good question.
You can be a bump on a log or you can be a doer. Pro-white people have been saying for a very long time that we need to build our own TV & radio stations, political parties and publishing outlets. Well it is being done in a big way. There are all sorts of pro-white writers out there writing books that you can use to convert the public to our side. It’s up to you to buy the books and get them into circulation. YOU must and can buy them as gifts for Thanksgiving and Christmas. YOU must and can buy the books and leave them in public places for people to take home.
Jack’s War
#4 by steadiness on 11/03/2012 - 12:54 pm
I am glad to have Pat Buchanan and Ann Coulter sitting on the fence. Buchanan had an excellent article, it was about why “Americans” should vote for Romney, but it was also a call to White Americans to start having a sense of belonging again.
I’m not glad to have Jared Taylor sitting on the fence. He doesn’t have the kind of mainstream reach that Buchanan and Coulter do. He shouldn’t to try to be respectable because pro-Whites like him will never be respectable until the anti-Whites are discredited. The anti-Whites won’t be discredited until they lose the moral high ground when Whites realize that their goal is not equality or diversity but genocide.
#5 by Conrad on 11/05/2012 - 9:01 pm
Ann Coulter dates or runs around with blacks & Pat Buchanan chose a black as his VP running mate. I have no use for either of them.
www. jackswar. com
#6 by Dick_Whitman on 11/03/2012 - 9:06 pm
Steadiness,
Buchanan and Coulter have enough influence they could make a huge impact if they used our talking points. It would be interesting watching the anti-White media’s reaction to them doing so. If the anti-Whites had a 24 hour news cycle freak-out focusing on the talking points used, it would lead directly here and then to the White Rabbit’s animation. Then the whole media would be rolling around in “grey goo,” as Beefcake says.
Both of these individuals (Buchanan and Coulter) have millions of dollars, so it’s not like they still wouldn’t live the high life after they came out on message. The problem, I think, is they’re still concerned with being someone. They still want to get invited to cool parties in the Beltway and kiss up to Blue-bloods. Maybe Buchanan think they’ll build a statue after him in the Nixon or Reagan libraries?
Pat Buchanan, if you’re reading this, you need to understand your chances of being remembered are much greater if pro-Whites are successful in ending the current anti-White system. In fact, if you come out on our message, I will do everything I can to advocate that a library, or statue , or whatever you want is erected in your name. You’ve done good work over the years Pat, but time is running out and we really need you on message. I heard you once on an NPR interview say you wanted “your kind to survive.” Of course, the host had a hissy-fit, but if you really want your kind to survive, the best way to ensure this is to get on our message.
Ann Coulter, the same goes for you. You’ve always been less politically correct than most respectable conservatives, but the time to get on message is now. The time for greatness is now. The next time you’re on Hannity’s show, tell him that you oppose the ongoing program of forced integration and forced assimilation into white countries, white communities, and white institutions. Tell him that every other group is entitled to countries, communities, and institutions to pursue their own destinies, and that denying whites these rights is genocide. Tell him that the people who produced Shakespeare, Beethoven, DaVinci, Goethe, Plato, Edison, Heidegger, Ford, Dostoevsky, Mozart, Newton, Washington, Franklin, etc. etc should be allowed to maintain countries, communities, and institutions to ensure their survival and amelioration. If Hannity gives you any problems ask him if he thinks Jews should be denied the right to their own countries, communities, and institutions? Ann, your writing is good, but we don’t need another book explaining how stupid liberals are. We need you on message.
I realize that going on message will make you unpopular in the short term Pat and Ann. What we ask is that you look past the possible discomfort in the present and look to the days when you can stand victorious knowing that you played a major part in the saving the people who produced Shakespeare, Beethoven, DaVinci, Goethe, Plato, Edison, Heidegger, Ford, Dostoevsky, Mozart, Newton, Washington, Franklin, etc., etc. The winds of destiny are blowing Pat and Ann. You can choose to remain in the placid harbor and play it safe. Or you can take a risk and set sail into the unknown sea and go where the winds and your abilities take you. You have a fine ship (The Mantra and the BUGS message) at your disposal, you just need to use it to conquer the seas (the political landscape) and win glory as your deeds live on for eternity.
To be or to do?
#7 by Jason on 11/03/2012 - 9:26 pm
Fascinating concept – OODA – and great quote from Boyd. I feel like BUGS is getting inside the Anti-Whites decision loop. This would seem to meld nicely with Mantra thinking in many ways. I especially like the idea of spreading confusion among the enemy.
This will make interesting reading. And I agree, when the time comes, we will see more “White Nationalists” appear who are more interested in Being Somebody than Doing Something.
BUGS is full of people who are Doing Something – often anonymously – not people eager to be told how smart they are for their articles or brave they are for marching somewhere.
#8 by Epiphany on 11/04/2012 - 5:14 am
And we can do it, eventually. Let us not lose hope!
#9 by BGLass on 11/04/2012 - 9:05 am
“….The second O, orientation – as the repository of our genetic heritage, cultural tradition, and previous experiences – is the most important part of the O-O-D-A loop since it shapes the way we observe, the way we decide, the way we act….”
In Boyd-ian terms, Whites are paralyzed from Action because the loop has been interfered with, in the “most important” Orient phase.
This phase involves: “genetic heritage, culture, experience.”
By offering false narratives, propaganda, etc, the White (or any group) can be confused in the “orient” phase.
If Malcolm X puts an X where his history used to be, to mark the “stolen history” this is a great act. If Whites complain about their histories being intentionally burned during the civil war, so they cannot know their history, thus essentially putting an X by their name, they are anaziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.
Without a history— Boyd is saying one cannot act.
So Gramsci hit Orientation.
#10 by BGLass on 11/04/2012 - 9:07 am
Knowing who you are (for instance, genealogical research) should become very popular. Knowing who you are then… is a revolutionary act.
“When knowing who you are is a revolutionary act…”
#11 by BGLass on 11/04/2012 - 9:14 am
“….and kiss up to Blue-bloods. Maybe Buchanan think they’ll build a statue after him in the Nixon or Reagan libraries?…”
sorry my edit just won’t work— Thing is, All Blue Bloods are not created equal.
Blue Bloods would still invite them to parties, it would just be another set of Blue Bloods, (lol). Blue Bloods are blue bloods (BLOODS), and therefore never monolithic. They are connected by BLOOD. And that’s all. Not Ideas. Some blue bloods hate each other, (obviously).
#12 by Jason on 11/04/2012 - 9:19 am
My edit doesn’t work anymore either – started about a week ago.
#13 by seapea on 11/04/2012 - 10:05 am
ditto on the EDIT functionality being de-FUNCT.
#14 by Harumphty Dumpty on 11/04/2012 - 7:04 pm
Same here…I assume it’s universal…is there anyone for whom the edit function still DOES work?
#15 by Dick_Whitman on 11/04/2012 - 6:47 pm
When I think of Blue Bloods, I think of the “Eastern Establishment,” who some people may call the “WASP Elites,” that made up much of the American elite until the post war period.
I hope it is the case that we have allies among this crowd, but thus far I see little evidence showing that we do? I’m not going to write off anybody, but this crowd has been pretty silent over the last 70 years.
Perhaps they’re just being patient and waiting to go into action just at the right time, which my own working class proletariat lack of future orientation genetics blinds me to seeing? LOL
#16 by BGLass on 11/04/2012 - 9:18 am
Idk— think better to just convince Pat he will still go to parties. And he will LIKE the new parties BETTER. Because they are funner parties.
Convincing people you’re having the best party…it’s like using sex to sell things. It just works.
#17 by Simmons on 11/05/2012 - 9:52 am
Dave is correct about Boyd the man, but his work is a great vehicle in the tactical/strategic use of the Mantra. I have avoided mentioning Boyd here, simply because in past years it would have been a distraction from the Mantra Seminar, but thanks Dick.
FYI the younger generation has taken to OODA like a duck to water. I have lately been doing Mantra advance work with the libertarian dissenters. They are the types who were not interested in “race”, but are coming to find out that race is interested in them and I am slowly giving them the Mantra. They might not ever be race men but they won’t be active anti-whites of any sort. Besides they are tactical survival minded and I think those are great skill sets to have.