The Threat Of Revolt, The General Strike, And The Myth Of Non-Violence 28 Monday

The Threat Of Revolt, The General Strike, And The Myth Of Non-Violence
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Monday
Dec 2009
Posted by Curt Doolittle in Uncategorized ≈ Leave a comment
A tactic used by the vocal left is the threat of violence, or revolt if their needs are not met. The tactic of revolt is ancient. This modern version of revolt is a product of The Myth Of The General Strike. (I am referring to Burnham’s treatment) The contemporary version is the Economic Armageddon and Political Upheaval of the classes.

The opposing argument is the libertarian argument for private property, and private capitalism, and the Randian version of Atlas shrugging.

Both of these are myths of the general strike.

The argument, or myth in any of it’s versions, is disingenuous. Workers will eventually relent, be replaced, or the businesses close. Entrepreneurs will be replaced by others. It is the state who would suffer it’s loss of legitimacy in the event of failure. But a new group would take over in government, and life would go on.

An analysis of history tells us that it is much easier for the minority with wealth to pay another minority to violently oppress the peasantry, and to obtain their compliance going forward with commercial incentives and rewards, than it is for a peasantry to organize a movement of a general strike. In fact, the government conducts all general strikes, because without government suport and threats of government violence on business people, they would largely be irrelevant.

When a ruling class loses it’s will for violence, the society loses it’s binding mythology. It simply opens it’s ranks for a different group to take over the ruling class, and redefine the existing network-map of property rights, and the dispensation of them. However, provided that the ranks of the elite are open to absorb those ambitous people from all classes, and the elite retain sufficient willingness to use violence, the myth of the revolt is specious. Because people simply need leaders in order to revolt.

Before an elite allows itself to be displaced, it commits fraud. They verbally ally themselves with ‘the people’.

All societies determine the scope of private and group property differently.

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