Disclaimer: Most viable does not mean *actually* viable.
The federal government will never roll back itself, so any strategy that requires taking over the federal government to roll it back will fail. Fortunately, the American system has invested real power in state and local institutions that still carry enough legitimacy to act forceful…
Disclaimer: Most viable does not mean *actually* viable.
The federal government will never roll back itself, so any strategy that requires taking over the federal government to roll it back will fail. Fortunately, the American system has invested real power in state and local institutions that still carry enough legitimacy to act forcefully. The county sheriff, for example, is an elected office, and is vested with serious Constitutional power if the people of his county have his back. If people interested in battling against federal power turned their attention away from Washington, DC (not to say don't vote, knock yourself out, but don't expect much or spend your time and emotion there), and instead empowered state and local officials to stand against federal encroachment, they would get a lot further. Elect a sheriff and a mayor that will defy federal edicts and dare Washington to send the marshals to arrest them. If they do come, call the people to surround City Hall and defend their town and mayor. Have a sheriff who will not permit the marshals entry. Of course a single town would be easily squashed, so it's important not to pick any big fights alone. This would have to develop as a movement, with other towns and counties, and eventually states, following suit, so that if the feds want to crush one, they have to crush them all.
I suppose this path involves the risk of violence, but I can't think of another that would get past first base in a million tries.
This take is pretty much on par with mine. Look to yourself, then your city council to change your world, not the feds. Not even going to lie though, the fact that me and an intellectual powerhouse like Darryl Cooper came to the same conclusion gives me quite the reassurance that I’m not a complete moron.
Disclaimer: Most viable does not mean *actually* viable.
The federal government will never roll back itself, so any strategy that requires taking over the federal government to roll it back will fail. Fortunately, the American system has invested real power in state and local institutions that still carry enough legitimacy to act forcefully. The county sheriff, for example, is an elected office, and is vested with serious Constitutional power if the people of his county have his back. If people interested in battling against federal power turned their attention away from Washington, DC (not to say don't vote, knock yourself out, but don't expect much or spend your time and emotion there), and instead empowered state and local officials to stand against federal encroachment, they would get a lot further. Elect a sheriff and a mayor that will defy federal edicts and dare Washington to send the marshals to arrest them. If they do come, call the people to surround City Hall and defend their town and mayor. Have a sheriff who will not permit the marshals entry. Of course a single town would be easily squashed, so it's important not to pick any big fights alone. This would have to develop as a movement, with other towns and counties, and eventually states, following suit, so that if the feds want to crush one, they have to crush them all.
I suppose this path involves the risk of violence, but I can't think of another that would get past first base in a million tries.
This take is pretty much on par with mine. Look to yourself, then your city council to change your world, not the feds. Not even going to lie though, the fact that me and an intellectual powerhouse like Darryl Cooper came to the same conclusion gives me quite the reassurance that I’m not a complete moron.
Localism… finds a way