Politics Isn't Beanbag

For John, BLUF:  The Democratic Party is in disarray and the fringe types are stirring up trouble.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Solving Problems

Here is the sub-headline:

You start at the end and you work your way back.

From The Lefsetz Newsletter, by Music Business Critic Bob Lefsetz, 6 April 2025.

This is a longish posting about President Trump and protests against him and his actions.  This is the introduction and then the discussion of where things are right now:

A pro knows.

The amateur gets heated up, acts without restraint, they’re pissed and someone has to pay. Is this to their benefit?

Very rarely.

Yes, the protests seem to be well organized and financed, but the author thinks what is lacking is a man with a plan.  Thus, we face the danger of damaging our democracy with revolution.

Here are the last five paragraphs:

Now if there is not organized pushback, then there is spontaneous revolution, and that’s uncontrollable. That’s when people start rioting in the street, sabotaging institutions because they just can’t take it anymore. That’s the story of the UnitedHealthcare assassination. But when it comes to the entire country coming under the power and the whims of an authoritarian, many more people are pissed.

This could be coming. If for no other reason than the left is not organized.

But the key is to be organized, focus on the result you want and then come up with a plan of action. You must concentrate on practicality more than emotions. Trump is a paper tiger, for now anyway. But he does control the military…

It’s your duty to stand up for America and its democracy. And I know you want to and I know your leaders have let you down. But it’s best not to act willy-nilly. It’s best to study your opponent and hit him in the chin when he is not prepared for it, when he thinks you’re a wimp and he’s the almighty.

This is doable.

This strikes me as an appeal to the Democrat voting part of society.  But, it is a warning to all of us.  That is to say, it is a warning about how a lack of organization on the part of the Democratic Party can lead to people not involved in the institutional Democratic Party might organize themselves and move in the direction of revolution.  That would not be good for the People of the United States.  We do best when we accept the peaceful exchange of power.  However, we have, in the past, rejected this approach.  in 1861 it cost us 655,000 dead from wounds or disease.

One thing for the the BLM and Antifa and Indivisible crowd to consider is that the folks on the conservtive side, the ones advocating for gun rights, are the ones who have pauchased all those guns.

Hat tip to the Vern Edwards, from the FAR Bootcamp.

Regards  —  Cliff