Explanation for The Docility of Amerikans
To begin this I want to clarify that there are two distinct sections in this 'article' (for lack of a better term). There is a response to the claim made by Haz al-Din, and there is the actual explanation. The first half is the video response and can be safely ignored if your only interest is my overview on Amerikanism.
While wasting my time on Twitter I came across a video from Haz al-Din (REVISIONIST FAGGOT), it was discussing a hypothetical scenario involving a large-scale draft in Amerika and how it would be the the spark that began a second Amerikan civil war. According to him, this would be the natural conclusion of the wider Amerikan population gaining 'knowledge' from their military service combining with their growing discontent with the Amerikan empire. The video itself is naïve, and I wanted to illustrate that his conclusions are simply laughable and talk more on the Amerikans attachment to maintaining the status quo. Starting off by commenting on the video itself:
(Skipping over why I don't believe there will be a draft because I am lazy and this is too long for what it is already)
Simply put, I reject the idea that, per the scenario narrated by Haz al-Din, the determining factor in Amerika will be because of a nebulous will-to-violence rooted in this hypothetical wave of disgruntled veterans deciding to engage in anarchy and coaxing the Amerikan nation into a violent uproar. No draft, overextended senseless war, or blatant proxy conflict has ever spurred veterans into any form of organized militant dissident formation (that did anything of note). It didn't happen after Vietnam, it didn't happen after Afghanistan, it's not happening with Iran, and it won't happen tomorrow either. The notion that military experience in general is going to be a very relevant factor in the beginning of any hypothetical civil war at all is laughable*. A lack of formal military experience has never stopped any other nation from gathering it's share of civilian volunteers when the will to revolt takes over (Burmese Civil War, First Checho-Russian War, The French Revolution, Trouble's in Éire).
*Editors Note: For clarification, the point being made is not that veterans and military defectors are not important to a revolution's feasibility, but instead, that on their own are not going to cause or halt a potential revolution. They do have a bearing on if it will be effective.
If there was going to be any manifestation of a guerrilla movement, it's had the time to practice, train and recruit like no other group has ever been allowed in history. We've had two decades of free, unrestricted access to essentially all doctrine ever taught to a soldier or insurgent alike. Any would-be guerrilla doesn't need a forced draft to get things going. There is no lack of means for waging this war, and equally, there is no lack of motivation to spark the war in the first place. In spite of everything I am going to say, the Amerikans are still regularly manipulated and abused by the government, and they know it! It's put in their face every single day, the entire public knows what goes on and the still refuse to act. If it could happen, it would have happened already.
Now, let's get to the point. Why do I mention this video at all? We aren't in ACP, who cares what they say?
Despite it being from the ACP (LARPING NIGGERS), this expressed idea does have some crossover into our own movement. Many of 'our guys' genuinely believe in the possibility of a country-wide revolution, even going so far as to expect it in our lifetimes.
Let me state my point plainly: There will be no Amerikan revolution.
On the surface, this may seem like a strange opinion coming from a Northwest Front channel. The initial interpretation is likely that I’m about to preach some form of infiltration politics (à la BAP), but be assured that I reiterate my commitment to the 'Guerrilla Option' as the solution.
Certain comrades of mine tend to assert that the issue lies in something concerning 'Alpinization' (or related), using racial science to explain this phenomenon, they argue that the Amerikan is predisposed to docility due to poor racial components from the 'melting-pot problem'. However, I don't believe this is a satisfactory explanation on it's own. Instead, I will entertain a different position, one grounded more in material reality.
What I actually believe to the be the problem:
To confront the situation, we must face an unpopular truth: we are a privileged group. I understand this may sound like HR-speak, but an important factor in understanding Amerikans is acknowledging our position. That position is, of course, that Amerikans of all varieties have been largely shielded: that is to say cushioned, rather than exempt, from the consequences of capitalism. Amerikans are still exploited by the system, they can and do live in poverty. This is true and you cannot entirely brush off the existence of the working-class in Amerika. However, even at the most derelict, the poorest Amerikan still lives within the top 20% of the entire globe in regards to material wealth. It's an inherently advantaged position even if you are lower in society. The privilege comes from the fact that we, as Amerikans, live inside of one of the largest empires on Earth, and because of this position we are given higher wages and a better standard of living than the all nations that Amerika exploits to secure this wealth in the first place.
This extracted wealth that trickles down our society can be understood as the concept known as superprofits. The purpose of superprofit is to buy the loyalty of the imperial nation's working-class through offering them, as illustrated, higher standards of living. This, combined with other cultural factors stemming from Amerikas colonial past, has created an environment in which the average Amerikan does not see himself as a proletarian, an exploited worker, or even a racially disparaged individual*. Instead, he sees himself as a 'temporarily embarrassed millionaire'. He doesn’t harbor resentment toward the system; rather, he seeks to ingrain himself further and expand his share of its benefits.
*Editors Note: This in specific applies to 'white-Amerikans' almost exclusively, other racial macro-groups have developed a racial consciousness from historical disparity.
This environment is, by design, the exact opposite of the conditions that can create a revolutionary, proletariat society. And for this reason there will never be a large-scale uprising of the Amerikan society, and especially not in the working-class who would most benefit from it. Any hypothetical revolution would have an incredibly weak foundation at best as a result of this. We can illustrate this by reflecting back on the aftermath of many historical worker-uprisings in Appalachia. This raises an obvious question: if Amerikans are so conditioned against revolution, how have revolts occurred at all?
The conditioning described here is not permanent or innate. Revolutionary consciousness is not impossible in Amerika, it is simply unlikely to emerge on a broad, society-wide scale. Appalachia is unique in that it holds some of the most genuine examples of a 'white-proletariat' in Amerika, generations of some of the worst conditions and exploitation that any worker has ever experienced in this country. Understanding that, we can now apply this logic to why Appalachians, and the broader Southern population, are much more prone to violent outbursts. Their conditions are noticeably worse over the rest of the country. In spite of this we have to acknowledge that even if they are more prone to violence, they are still Amerikans and face the same level of conditioning. They want 'normalcy'.
The system is designed to make you want 'normalcy' above all. We can see this in people who value metrics like 'stability' above all else, people that more concerned with gas-prices and lower taxes than the well-being of their fellow man. Historically, we can use the example from Blair Mountain, where after one singular defeat, the larger community throw out the cause and went back to work. Shrugging off all the abuse, exploitation and deception to return to 'normalcy'.
Providing any group of Amerikan revolutionaries doesn't give up at the first sign of defeat, they are likely to be bribed with any small concessions given by the ruling-class.
It's for this reason that we cannot rely on the Amerikan as a reliable source of revolutionaries. To succede we have to create a base of 'New-People', a revolutionary folk that are no longer bound to Amerikanism. Our only hope is giving up the infighting, the factionalism, and the dreams we have of controlling the entirety of U.S. in our lives, to unite as one like minded people. Our struggle under one flag towards one plan, as one unified identity. We are not Amerikans, but instead an occupied nation.