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Mike Shelby | Do Your Area Study Profile picture
@grayzoneintel
Nov 28, 2023 • 2 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
i spent most of the day scraping u.s. military sites and databases for thesis papers regarding "domestic insurgency" from the army war college, cgsc, navy post-grad school, and other military schools.

the thesis papers from these schools are public record and searchable online.

i should not be, but i am astounded by how many field grade officers chose some variation of a "right wing insurgency" or "white Christian majority losing power" and the military implications thereof as a central part of their warfighting thesis.

would it be wrong to conclude that this is what today's senior field grade and flag officers are thinking?

and would anyone be willing to volunteer their time to find out what these officers are doing now, i.e., commanding divisions, working at think tanks, etc.?
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And NOT hearing about it in the media?

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for those who missed it last week, the A15 "day of action" is just the latest iteration from groups also involved in 2020.

as paul harvey would say, here's the rest of the story...

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retard
“the right of the people” does not apply to illegals since they are not “the people” the founders referred to.

i am ashamed to have ever been a libertarian.
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Is state breakdown on the American horizon?

I ask earnestly because we know the early warning indicators.

State breakdown is when a government loses the capacity, authority, and/or legitimacy to govern, typically due to an internal crisis (or many crises).

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There's one major early warning indicator and, of all places, Politico inadvertently identified it this morning in an article about Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH). /2 Image
But first, some background...

The strongest early warning indicator of state breakdown is factionalism among elites.

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On the importance of social clubs

During the Algerian insurgency and war for independence, the communist FLN set up social groups across the country -- everything from soccer clubs and youth groups to women's committees, farmers organizations, workers' councils, etc. /1
FLN cadres recruited leaders for the groups who were responsible for instilling pro-socialist and pro-independence ideology (and most importantly, anti-french sentiments).

in addition to creating social power, the FLN used these groups as intelligence collectors who would pass on information about french military movements and civil activities, as well as french sympathizers. /2
further, the FLN intended for these groups to replace the family.

in 1954, french ground commander marchand wrote:

"These [communist] organizations constitute the new basic cells instead of the family, and family devotion has been replaced by duty towards the Party." /3
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