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A Strategy Primer
by Ibis Saturday, Jan 14 2006, 2:53pm
international / social equality/unity / article

Social cohesion has never been more fragile than at present. Developing an effective survival strategy in an age of bankrupt ideologies is a challenging but not impossible task. All known political ideologies have failed or are failing (including capitalism). The lack of viable alternatives betrays a 'whipped' and beaten Western population not a shortage of real options.

It is evident that the ‘powers of government' are at the mercy of criminal elites and extremists, unnecessary wars and global economic collapse indicate the fact.

A handful of extremists control the world's most powerful (at this moment) nation. The current world social reality is astounding if not absurd; never before have so few held sway over so many. No historical parallels exist.

It is imperative that the factors and forces involved in today’s social struggles are understood if successful strategies are to be developed and implemented against oppressive, criminal regimes that specialise in killing innocent civilians and avoiding accountability.

How was capitalism able to survive and prosper against considerable ideological opposition for the few hundred relatively short years of its life and what were the principal factors involved in its apparent resilience against contending ideologies?

• Adaptability as opposed to the strict and rigid formulas of other ideologies.

• Appropriation as opposed to elimination.

• Attributive value addition as opposed to value subtraction.

• Mutability as opposed to locative rigidity.

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by didymus Tuesday, Jan 17 2006, 3:29am

The objective is realised through/by inversion. Prevailing value systems are eroded by exactly those forces/factors that are considered valueless by the dominant group. The ‘antithesis’ is created and bound (in polar opposition) to the thesis, every thesis automatically creates its own antithesis, minimal effort is required to effect change as the energy resources required are created by an existing dynamic, the forces generated between the mutual opposition of thesis and antithesis.

However, in order to utilise existing power relations for specific purposes, constant accumulation of the ‘valueless’ is imperative. Harnessing this resource is accomplished by effecting a qualitative change either by redefining (and/or redirecting) the accumulated ‘resource’.

Regarding the expansion/formation of milieux, the band (or ring) formation is preferable to dispersed cluster formations or decentralised hubs. Value what others devalue; utilise existing relations by inverting values; a high yield from minimal effort is virtually guaranteed.

Conservative forces (by nature) reject the most talented (in all fields) deferring instead to duller conformist types. The ‘stones’ that are rejected become the foundation upon which new vibrant extensions are built. Genius finds little joy in the oppressive environment of conservatism. Engage the most talented and brightest rejects of society who by nature find it impossible to fit any mould; maintain all efforts in this regard. Idiosyncratic non-conformist behaviour is to be enjoyed not extinguished.

In this way does the ‘band’ widen/increase to eventually severely disrupt, dislocate and (inevitably) displace the dominant group. There is no defence, as the forces that vanquish originally emanated from the forces that attempt to preserve (the dominant group).

The above strategy is not new but it has proven to be dramatically effective.

We are One.