Thread by @ThyConsigliori

25 April 2021 #MAGAanalysis

FDTD – Chapter 3: Whence Comes the Power?

Once again, I'd change the Chapter title. I'd put "cometh" in place of "comes." For those who believe in Divine Law, power cometh from God. Nice King James feel, right? And what a question!

2) I haven't decided yet if I can get away with just one essay on this chapter, or if more may be needed. I can tell you this, you WANT to read along with me. Sharp is a strategic writer, and this chapter is a strategic turning point in the book.

3) While I read this chapter the 1st time some weeks back, I wasn't surprised but I was pleased that Sharp quotes my man Machiavelli. This is positively (maybe even dispositively) Sharp's true Machiavellian chapter. Had to look that up. Dispositive means settled, not in dispute.

4) Allow me a general response before we delve into specifics. The power is ours, it comes from us, and we have enshrined that principle into our Federal Constitution with its opening phrase: We The People. All power is vested in us.

5) On that note, I just changed my banner image to the famous painting of our Constitution's Debate. We are a nation of law, having been founded in law, and having law as the very basis of our national charter. Sharp goes beyond this though, and it's stunning!

6) Sharp never gets into our Constitution per se, but I am certain he was profoundly moved by it, as his life's work was to empower the disenfranchised to safely rebel and create such a charter for themselves. Share is 100% a We The People kind of guy.

7) By the way, it was only upon re-reading this chapter that I was able to reformulate my guess as to Sharp's personal politics. I can now happily assure you that my previous suspicion about him being a Communist is now completely disproved. I am so happy about that!

8) My guess is that he leans positively Socialist, yet adheres strictly to the freedom of the people, and with all his being stands against all dictators to absolutely include Communist Dictatorships. He says so, in this chapter.

9) What could be larger than a nation's basis in law, where all power is legally vested into the people, and where any government only holds sway by the blessing and good will of its citizenry? Unwittingly, or at least indirectly, in the chapter Sharp answers that question.

10) Practical reality is a larger category of thing than its very own legal recognition. Law, at best, attempts to codify the truths of practical reality as applied to those rules that serve and support society at large. The purpose of law is to enhance social reality.

11) Please forgive me if this seems merely pedantic, or as so many people deem these things to be only semantics. I promise you, of the conception transformations Sharp empowers, this is one of the most important. Society is bigger than legal codification. Law is society's child.

12) We know that dictators always assume the mantle of legal sanction in the sense of official permission or approval for an action. They then change constitutions to empower themselves for life, plus all the other accoutrements of total power. Legally. Uh huh.

13) Sharp teaches that in practical reality, none of that matters. Submission - practical submission - is the basis of dictatorial power. It is absolutely the consent of the governed that empowers all dictators. The power comes from the people, and the people can take it back.

14) "The principle is simple. Dictators require the assistance of the people they rule, without which they cannot secure and maintain the sources of political power."

Buckle up. It's about to get a bit choppy here. Are you ready?

15) For the past 107 years since 1913, America has been primed for dictatorship. In election season 2020, and ending on 6 January 2021, the oligarchical coup was completed. We are today no longer a free people. Our voice has been completely stolen.

16) We are, in fact, no longer a democracy at all. We have been programmed to surrender our power to the government and through it to our oligarchical rulers. This is no theoretical or semantic game. This is the practical reality of our lives today.

17) On pages 28 & 29, Sharp shows us the precise list of 6 things we have granted to our rulers.

1) Authority
2) Human Resources
3) Skills & Knowledge
4) Intangible Factors
5) Material Resources
6) Sanctions - As In Fear of Punishment

18) In case you're not following along with your own copy, please expand the images above and read Sharp's given definitions of each. If we are to win this fight, this nonviolent war against our oppressors, we must retrieve all these sources of power back to ourselves.

19) On page 33, Sharp gives us the following three measurements of our fighting spirit as a people:

1) Our DESIRE to impose limits on government.
2) The STRENGTH of our organizations and institutions to WITHDRAW power.
3) Our ability to WITHHOLD consent and assistance.

20) I don't know if it will be 2 or maybe even 3 more days we'll linger with this chapter. I'm done for today. My request is that you read and re-read this shorter essay, and let it sink in over America, that we have become an oppressed people.

Thread ends at #20.

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