A Time for Separatism, Not Unity

The waging of continual war solves many of the problems typically faced by totalitarian governments. The perception of an external enemy, whether real or imagined, tends to unite citizens behind their oppressive government, which they are otherwise inclined to oppose. The prospect of plunder puts air in the sails of capital markets stuck in the doldrums. The invocation of "national security" tends to mute opposition to the further usurpation of citizens' Constitutional rights and freedoms. The looming devaluation of a fiat currency is postponed by its issuer's territorial expansion. The distraction of war preempts controversy over the dearth of economic opportunity. It diverts attention away from confiscatory taxation, legalized usury [1] and the exploitation of labor. The party in power, which is the party of war and tyranny, is bolstered in the eyes of its subjects; they see it as stronger than it really is.

Therefore, when Mr. Buchanan proclaims that now is "a time for unity", he is exactly wrong. He exhorts us to collaborate with the engineers of our totalitarian government. He admits that by waging continual war, the federal government may command our continual silence. Silence betokens consent. And what is consented to is the project of tyranny.

Mr. Buchanan is a conservative. Conservatives avoid risk in order to conserve. But why should we avoid risk when we have so little to conserve? The federal government is stripping away our Constitutional rights and freedoms. It has refused to protect the right to life of the unborn, the infirm and the aged. It has outlawed the Christian religion in the schools, the town hall and the public square. The European peoples are being decimated by a demographic attack. Our Christian culture is being dissipated in multiculturalism. Our economic opportunities plunge downward.

Saddam Hussein is not responsible for this contemptible state of affairs. Therefore, Saddam Hussein is not our enemy. Neither was Slobodan Milosevic, Manuel Noriega, Hussein Aideed or Muammar Khadaffi. None of them abolished our Constitution, outlawed our religion, or downsized and outsourced our economy.

The federal government is responsible for this state of affairs. Therefore, the federal government is our enemy. The sooner we realize that it is our enemy, the sooner we shall begin treating it like one.

By opposing this enemy, we have much more to gain than to lose. Therefore, a conservative strategy makes no sense. A counterrevolutionary strategy does make sense, and this strategy dictates not unity but separatism.

Now, while the federal government's troops are abroad, while its attention and resources are spread thin, while it is most vulnerable at home, let the counterrevolution begin. Let us surprise our government by making it fight on two fronts: one abroad, one at home.

Imagine the federal government's concern, if not alarm, as Christians refuse to enlist in its armed forces; as every Christian family arms itself with semi-automatic weapons; as Sheriffs elected by Christians decline to enforce the federal anti-gun agenda; as children are born without Social Security numbers and are schooled by their parents or churches; as Christians unplug from televised propaganda; as Christians return to land-based ways of living that render them self-sufficient, independent and free.

Now, as the tyrant pivots away from subjugation and towards war, his back is to us, and he is vulnerable. Now, let us withdraw support from him at precisely that time he most urgently requires it. Perhaps he will stumble and fall. And then, as we all stand over him, the time for unity will have arrived.

X - In Hoc Signo Vinces
Luke Exilarch
March 4, 2003