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I think one of the universal delusions amongst survivalists is that they are going to be Large And In Charge.  They will become the Big Cheese both because they are smart enough to prepare and because it is after all Their Stuff.  This might not be so delusional as to assume leadership of a large group such as a war band or the entire village, but probably it is.  I’m not sure what a group of Prepper Top Monkey’s joining together would do to assert leadership status.  Perhaps they just splinter and decentralize and are vulnerable to being picked off one by one ( like small kingdoms that didn‘t get the memo about the nation state ).

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This isn’t even all that ridiculous.  One of the characteristics most likely shared is a distrust of the government.  They lie to us and they hump us.  By our very nature we mistrust and then must figure things out for ourselves, leading us to the conclusion that We Know Better.  Which is probably true.  We could do a better job.  When you don’t have a sack full of leeches being enriched off short term thinking if not downright sabotage, you could indeed run things more efficiently and with more intelligence.  Not that you would succeed, because if you think you could runs things better, in reality you have no idea the problems that need to be managed.

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Just a short jaunt into Militia Porn fiction, inevitably the author talks about the infamous “if they don’t work, they don’t eat” dictate.  It is nearly universal in these stories.  Anti-communist is all-American, after all.  So the solution is, evidently, fascism.   Hitler had full employment, and he was regarded as a hero because of it.  He took a country with recent memories of literal starvation and freezing in the winter, hyperinflation and embargos, and presented a functioning economy and a strong military.  Remember how that one worked out for him?  Anti-communism is usually not automatically pro-freedom. 

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I’m not denying the necessity of everyone working.  I’m saying we are usually so indoctrinated in anti-Communism that we think acting fascist is in fact freedom when it is just another form of control.  Just trying to make a point here.  Benevolent dictatorships usually work out pretty darn good.  What is your family, after all, if not a matriarchy ruled by a charming little gal called honey/mom?  Everybody loves her and does as she says, not because they agree with her but because of the fear of her wraith.  That is your workplace, minus the love part.  And I’m sure your work reinforces your anti-communistic blindly pure hated since most corporations are solidly built along Soviet lines.

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The Party Faithful get the supervisors jobs and the high salaries and vacation cabin on the Black Sea, overseeing production numbers on the factory floor and adhering to a Five Year Plan.  The Politically Correct hires, worthless and incompetent, are the Potemkin Village false face fronts, their sweet little brown female faces beaming their glee at surfing a desk which never sees any real work cross its surface.  Nothing of substance is ever accomplished, but theirs is a beehive of activity as everyone rushes to prove their brand of supervision will be the one to ensure results.  Paper is shuffled and meetings are vibrant and full of jargon.  And Jesus weeps.

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So, by enduring painful life lessons reinforcing our hatred for Communism at work for the corporation, a young lifetime full of imperial propaganda, and being in an echo chamber of like minded folks, we are all ready to form our fascist family, our benevolent dictatorship.  Seeing all the idiots out there with their PC and dictates by committee, we are sure we can do a much better job ( it worked for Hitler! ). 

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The Soviet Union ultimately failed not because it was communist.  Mercantilism, capitalism, fascism, democracy, communism and all the hybrids are pretty close to the same thing as they are all needed to perform the same function.  Which is to feed everybody, keep everyone docile, and enrich those at the top.  Only the management styles are different.  The Soviets were no more gangsters than any others, but they didn’t pretend they weren’t.  Yes, they abolished the excesses of wealth and poverty by redistribution.  The common peoples lives still improved.  But eventually, once equality was better spread out, the lack of consent to living under terror became an issue.

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All governments must rule by the consent of the masses.  Like mom in her happy little family.  The Soviets were mom, who never stopped berating and beating.  People want mom to be pleasant, say please, and only whip out her Bitch Face as a last resort.  They don’t mind being told what to do, as society is usually a bonus for them and it is easier to submit than try to manage all the separate parts.  That is what I mean by aspiring leaders having no understanding of how to rule.  If they understood what it takes to actually manage any size group, they would know they don’t want the thankless impossible task.

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Capitalism only works better than communism because through greed,  all the component parts act reliably.  There is less to manage than in central planning.  Neither is more efficient per se ( although I would argue the Soviet model, even with insane levels of military spending, did not waste near the amount of resources as the consumerist capitalists ).  Neither respects the rights of the poor any better.  Again, the communists are probably one up on that aspect also, restricting unaltered greed at the top to lift the bottom a bit higher.  Neither system is fairer than the other ( and what exactly is the difference between a high ranking Party members son going to the better school and a rich bitch’s son going to Yale? ). 

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The difference in the systems is that the Soviets allowed the iron fist under the velvet glove to be all too often glimpsed and even gloried.  They didn’t hide their beaten’ stick.  The US, home of the free and brave and stuff, is no less violent to its non-conformists.  Threaten the system and if you are lucky you lose everything to the attack lawyers.  If you are unlucky, you end up one lone White Boy in a prison full of Black bucks who wish you every harm.  You don’t even need to use drugs-the helpful career cop will be happy to plant the drugs in your possession ( all it takes is the intelligence community agent to whisper in the ear of the Chief how the target is a pedophile and all involved would be more than cooperative in the frame-up ).

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This is a long way around the subject matter.  It will make more sense as we continue tomorrow.

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