Common Characteristics of Insurgency.
Insurgency is a violent political struggle for control of people and resources. Insurgent groups often pursue some common objectives to undermine the legitimacy of the government and bolster their own standing with the population. Insurgents seek to: - Undercut the ability of the government to provide the population security and public services, including utilities, education, and justice. An insurgent group may attempt to supplant the government by providing alternative services to the people, or it may be content to portray the government as impotent. - Obtain the active or passive support of the population. Not all support has to be—or is likely to be—gained from true sympathizers; fear and intimidation can gain the acquiescence of many people. - Provoke the government into committing abuses that drive neutral civilians toward the insurgents and solidify the loyalty of insurgent supporters. - Undermine international support for the government and, if possible, gain international recognition or assistance for the insurgency.
Is the United States experiencing an insurgency in 2024?
Yes and no. The United States Government aka the Biden Administration have jettisoned responsibility of their constitutional responsibilities and their oaths of offices. Although presently the United States is not witnessing widespread violence-yet the unchecked influx of millions of illegal "aliens", the rampant and documented corruption of many public officials, the corruption and disintegration of the once trusted mainstream media into political attack dogs for both the left and right sides of the political aisles, lack of meaningful jobs that pay a living wage for millions of American citizens; while illegal aliens are given "rights" and free benefits that they have not earned, while our own citizens are being forgotten; unless seriously addressed; will be the catalyst for violence in the near future.
Common Insurgent Typologies.
Insurgencies can be categorized in a number of ways; two of the most common ways are to distinguish insurgencies by their goals or by the primary method they employ. These categories are archetypes, however, and many insurgencies exhibit characteristics combining multiple types, or their goals may evolve during the course of the conflict. In some conflicts, multiple insurgent groups may operate simultaneously, either competing with one another or setting aside the fact that they may have differing views on post conflict governance to form temporary alliances against the government. Moreover, the motivations of individual fighters may differ from that of the group in general, giving the insurgency a more chaotic, less unified quality. Nevertheless, at the broadest level, the goals of an insurgency most often fall into one of five categories:
Revolutionary insurgencies seek to replace the existing political order with an entirely different system, often entailing transformation of the economic and social structures.
Reformist insurgencies do not aim to change the existing political order but, instead, seek to compel the government to alter its policies or undertake political, economic, or social reforms. Separatist insurgencies seek independence for a specific region. In some cases, the region in question spans existing national boundaries.
Resistance insurgencies seek to compel an occupying power to withdraw from a given territory. Commercialist insurgencies are motivated by the acquisition of wealth or material resources; political power is simply a tool for seizing and controlling access to the wealth.
So, the question to ask is, is the United States experiencing any of these types of insurgencies? I will argue the United States has three of the five types of insurgencies being conducted at present.
Antifa, terrorist groups either domestic or foreign and the Communist elements within the country wish to overthrow our system of government by either violence or through the ballot box-Revolutionary insurgency. The communist elements within the country have been playing the long game since the 1940's and gained considerable traction during the 1960's by infiltrating and taking over our colleges and schools.
Although not truly violent, Black Lives Matter (BLM), The LGBXYZ2QS crowd, and abortion right activist organizations seek to force political and social change onto the country-Reformist insurgency, whether the majority wants it or not.
The most dangerous of all is a Commercialist insurgency. Whereas the two previously mentioned insurgencies can be fought against by the population through various nonviolent means, the Commercial insurgent cannot be fought against through nonviolent means by the common man. As we are seeing in real time, the globalist and corporatists have achieved an almost complete monopoly and control over the masses. In the United States, these organizations control the government, mainstream media, means of production and basically dictate to government officials the manner in which those officials will govern through extortion or greed.
The United States is at the tipping point of massive cultural and societal change. All great societies and empires collapse; it's the natural cycle. However, the United States can prevent it's eventual collapse by taking a hard look at ourselves and decide if we want to be a third world banana republic or do we make the hard decision to remake ourselves into the Greatness that once was the United States of America. It's your choice, but the road will be long and hard.
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