By Brandon Smith
For years we knew it was coming: Civil War 2.0. It’s not as if the establishment has been subtle about their intentions to erase conservatives and liberty minded people from the American epoch. I remember during the Obama years, the narrative was repeated daily that conservatives are a “backwards remnant” of the old America that needs to adapt to the times or fade into obscurity.
The reasoning was that, slowly but surely, the US was becoming “more diverse” and therefore the progressive left was going to be the dominant political force for generations to come (because they think they own all minorities).
In other words, multiculturalism was the new ideological standard. In order for conservatives to survive, we would have to become more like leftists, embrace DEI, and abandon the principles of western civilization that originally made America great.
But then, something happened that leftists and the establishment elites apparently did not expect; a groundswell of patriotism, a renewed reverence for the ideals of meritocracy and reason, a rising movement of moral clarity. The progressives and globalists did not understand that the conservative populism they categorized as “fringe” 10 years earlier was becoming a mainstay of digital discourse.
They thought they had won. They thought they had us after Obama, so much so that they ran Hillary Clinton for president with the assumption that she could not lose. Then, they thought they had us during the pandemic, but they failed to secure a lasting medical tyranny. They thought they had us during the Biden regime by flooding the country will third world migrants.
Now, they think they have us with their NGO paid army of activists, agitators and provocateurs. They think they have use with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Everything they do is built on the assumption that we will do nothing.
They think this because it is exceedingly rare for conservatives to step outside the traditional bounds of law and order. We have a tendency to wait for people in authority to fix our problems. We have a tendency to rely on civil discourse to ease tensions and find common ground. And, we have a tendency to wait for elections in the hope that the other side will simply accept our victory and recognize that most of the country is against them.
This is clearly not going to happen. First, because leftists always double down. They are ideological zealots who thirst for power and they will do anything to achieve it. Morals and logic hold no value for them. They will ignore the results of the elections and they will ignore the will of the people because they think THEY know better than everyone else.
Second, globalist NGOs continue to fund and train these activists in greater and greater numbers. I have heard it argued that we need to “stop calling the activists paid protesters” because this diminishes the fact that they are crazed ideologues and true believers. I disagree.
Yes, they are lunatics. Yes, they are true believers. But they would not be able to sustain their mob actions without the steady aid of NGOs feeding them cash, legal help and training. These people are taking their orders from someone; they are not an organic movement.
In past articles I have tried to plead with conservatives to recognize that these activists are NOT sincere fellow citizens engaging in legitimate protest. They are a mercenary army paid to go to war. I’ll say it once again: WE ARE AT WAR. We need to start acting like it.
The organization of conservative movements is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks on the planet. And to be clear, I’ve tried it on a small scale in the past and it’s not easy to get conservatives to commit. That said, I’m not a joiner either and if I do something I usually prefer to do it alone. I suspect most conservatives are the same and I understand the reasons why getting patriots to show up en masse is like herding cats.
Conservatives have lives, we have families (families we actually care about), we have real jobs and most of us don’t see civil protest as a “career”. We also have a tendency to distrust anyone trying too hard to organize. We are, for lack of a better word, paranoid.
Then there’s the people I would call “crabs in a bucket”. The fake conservatives, the fraud influencers, the big talkers who have found their niche grifting in the name of patriotism. But when the moment comes that action and risk are required, they try to pull everyone back down into the bucket of apathy.
They cry that “this is what the leftists want.” They spread rumors of “false flags” to convince people not to get off their couches and walk out the door. What if this is “just another J6”, they argue every time the idea of organization arises. They’ll say our job as civilians is to vote, and then wait for the authorities to handle it.
To be sure, there have been examples in the past of patriots being misled, and I’m certainly a believer in informed caution, but these guys can’t seem to find a conflict they won’t run away from. At this stage all I see are people trying to mislead us into doing nothing while liberty speakers are assassinated, counter protesters are physically attacked, and common sense policies are sabotaged by a handful of corrupt politicians, judges and militant activists.
When there are no consequences for bad behavior, bad behavior will escalate into violence and chaos. It’s important to understand that the political left is made up largely of people who are emotionally stunted. They are toddlers trapped in adult bodies. And, like spoiled children, they act the way they do because they have never been spanked.
Then there’s the people behind the curtain. The NGOs who use obscure and often anonymous online recruitment programs to find and train the useful idiots. Most of their offices are safely nestled in blue havens like New York City or Washington D.C. They are protected by corporate personhood laws and can essentially do whatever they please while enjoying limited liability and the same civil rights as individual citizens.
They WANT Trump to deploy troops to places like Minneapolis. They want their useful idiot activists to get their asses kicked by federal agents on camera. They want some of these people to die because then they can say: “See, we told you Trump is a fascist! Rise up against your oppressor!” They want a communist-style revolution motivated by the fantasy that leftists are “freedom fighters” against a government tyranny that does not represent the American public.
The Trump Administration is legally restricted in what it can do when it comes to investigating or dissolving NGOs. That’s why these institutions are so useful to leftists and globalists.
Our only recourse, in my opinion, is for patriots to organize and act to remove the threat these groups present. Trump has to adhere to the boundaries of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights…but we don’t. The constitution restricts government enforcement, it doesn’t restrict us. The political left ignores our rights, so why should we respect theirs?
The activist mobs in Minneapolis have reverted to pure terrorism. They are physically beating counter-protesters for simply showing up. It’s only a matter of time before they kill someone. Meanwhile, local law enforcement is doing nothing because they have been told by Democrats to do nothing.
Leftists are setting up checkpoints and harassing residents. They are invading peaceful churches with the intent to cause fear among local Christians. They attack ICE agents at every opportunity; men who are merely carrying out the policies WE voted for in 2024.
The political left is trying to subvert the mandate of American voters. They refuse to accept that they lost and they are executing a guerrilla war instead. It’s time for conservatives to step up and do something about it; not just wait for Trump to repair the damage. Maybe Trump deploys troops to Minneapolis, and maybe the activists disperse (maybe not), but they will inevitably pop up elsewhere and we need to be ready.
Conservative groups can set up their own funding structures. We can help to pay expenses for patriots traveling to stop these NGO activists from wreaking havoc. We can train people. We can field an army just as easily as the political left (if not more so).
I’m not much of an organizer, and I certainly don’t want to handle other people’s money. But I believe there are many conservatives out there with far bigger platforms than I have who could take on this role (just watch out for potential grifters, you don’t want a BLM situation where some guy buys three mansions with your donations). The bottom line is, we can do what leftists do and do it better. Anyone who wants to talk more about this can contact me at: brandon@alt-market.com
What I pledge is that I will be there, at the front of the line, to face off against the leftist mob. I will drive from Montana to Minnesota (or anywhere else) and will happily meet with caravans of patriots on the way. With my self defense background I can help train counter-protesters to fight back if needed. With my extensive radio experience I can help to set up secure communications. I will do whatever I’m able. If we do this, let’s get prepared and let’s do it right.
I think there are millions of conservatives out there who feel the same way I do. We are fed up. Our capacity for diplomacy has been exhausted.
Very few people want to say it out loud and maybe they’re afraid to say it, but we’re all thinking it. Now is the time to act. Wherever the leftist mob shows up to create chaos, we should show up and drive them out of the city. This is the risk we must take if we ever want peace in our country again.
Or, we can continue sitting on our laptops and phones waiting for the problem to fix itself while the activist mob spreads across the entire country, fully emboldened by our lack of resolve.
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The only problem I see with your proposal is that going to a Leftist enclave like Minnesota and doing what you propose will result in you going to prison for as long as possible by whatever trumped-up charges the locals can come up with, and the Leftist agitators will walk free.
Maybe, maybe not. If there are enough of us, how are they (Minneapolis police I assume) going to arrest us? Also, if you’re not willing to take a risk, then you don’t deserve the freedoms and the country you have.
Brandon, would you have something in mind like the Green Beret’s Robin Sage training but to train Conservatives in counter protesting in these leftist hives using their own ofensive & defensive weapons against them such as skateboard shields, frozen water bottles (placed in socks optional) bear mace, or protest signs with stray nails in them? The leftist agitators overwatch teams seem to like using pyrotechnic grade fireworks wrapped in nails but that’s a recipe for uncontrolled collateral hits against friendlies. Conservatives are visualizing a rally to march into a leftist hive of scum in full gear and armament only to wind up facing off against local police rather than “protesters”. I’m not trying to black pill here but I think that is the concern some have more than anything.
No, I never said “counter-protesting” was the intent. Just that counterprotesters who have already been there are being attacked.
my thing is if the people that live there dont care, why should us out of staters care? I mean if things are to a point where there is active door to door genocide going on then I suppose but the people that actually live there ought to rise up first. If there were locked in combat and begging for help that would be one thing. However, the people that actually live there need to fight.
Maybe all they need is for someone to stand up and give them the courage to do so. I’m realizing that this is what the majority of Americans are waiting for – an example of courage, or permission to fight back.
Leftists claiming we aren’t going to do anything seem to have forgotten about Bundy Ranch and Ferguson. Also, would you consider jewspergs and groypers to be among the bucket crabs?
Some of them, yes. And unfortunately quite a few supposed libertarians and “centrist liberals”. They’ll do nothing but talk talk talk as the world burns.
“For years we knew it was coming: Civil War 2.0.”
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Civil War 2 has been egged on by the Deep State Dark Magicians for generations whose great goal has been to destroy the United States as the last standing obstacle to Their dreadful and demonic New World Disorder. Rule by Dark Hearted Techno-Thuggery. Hell on Earth.
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Lord knows the Right has lots of legitimate grievances with the Left and with a Government that long ego broke the Social Contract with the American People. But when the ‘cold’ and ‘soft’ Civil War goes more hot and hard-core… this will not solve any of America’s problems and it will simply serve Those who have long lusted for this kind of internal in-fighting and social disintegration.
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The answers will not be found in fighting each other in violence. That will beget more violence and more crackdown from various thuggery. The answers are found in separating from each other – legally and officially. There is nothing sacred about America’s current borders. Look at historical maps and you can easily see how the boundaries of the Nation have radically changed over the years, as well as most State borders. Borders are fictions not grounded in nature. They are simply conjured tools to set out territories of jurisdiction. And when the Powers-that-be in any jurisdiction no longer reflect or accurately represent the will and desirers of The People… then borders must change. You cannot force people to live side-by-side who do not have anything in common at least – or openly hate each other, at worst.
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“Multiculturalism” is ultimately a death blow and death sentence for any kind of cohesive America. And persons of light-toned skin have no say or future in a Nation that has sacrificed itself to a phony and dangerous and destructive social poison whose sole goal is to fracture the Nation and fully demonize White persons. White Persons have been stretched out on the Altar to the phony and false gods of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — things that supposedly apply to all persons other than White.
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America has been rotting out from the inside. It is not getting better. Divisions and hatred seem to get deeper and more intense every day. The Great Orange Hope of MAGA is going ever-more wild with his usual egotistical indulgence and with delusions of Kingship. Is he doing good? Some. Is it doing harm? No doubt. But that’s how things roll with a Unitary Executive who rules without interference or bothering to act in full accordance with Legal and Constitutional guidelines.
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And as rocky as the current rule of America’s President is right now… we know and fear how bad things will get with the Blue Team gets Their Communist Marxist Authoritarian Thuggish hands on all the new Presidential powers that Mr. MAGA is now encoding into the Office of the Presidency. How about we just call it back to being a Monarchy and do away with the silly pretense, already?
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There is very little to be proud of in what is going on these days. And there is large and growing amount of Shame and Disgust, instead. That is, if anyone could even feel Shame anymore. When one is encased in nothing but sickly self-satisfaction there is no room to feel a thing like Shame about anything.
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“… we can continue sitting on our laptops and phones waiting for the problem to fix itself while the activist mob spreads across the entire country, fully emboldened by our lack of resolve.”.
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Many people could and would get involved if They felt there was a pathway to sanity in all this. But people just don’t see one. Or they don’t feel any strategy that would work. Or they are so beaten-up and beaten-down that they don’t have the will to try. Feeling that wont solve anything either. But at least, what they feel is real.
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And these days, feeling anything real is a refreshing change from living in a World of dilberate lies and falsehoods and false ideologies and false saviors and false and failed political doctrines. Feeling ANYTHING real these days is at least a place begin to build a pathway to finding real answers.
The big mistake many conservative’s make is thinking there’s a choice. There’s not. Either there will be civil war on their terms, or there will be civil war on our terms. I prefer it happen on our terms. We can take action and make it fast, or we can wait until they come for us and it will be slow and arduous. Around 25% of the country are die hard leftists and useful idiots for the globalists. We will not be getting to the globalists until we go through them first. This is the reality of the situation. War is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.
Very well put. I believe that most folks are reticent to engage these goons, as much as I would like to, because the full force of the State is behind them. Until enough of us are ready to take on the establishment and crush them, it is a suicide mission.
I would actually argue that the full force of the state is NOT behind the left, for the first time in decades. We may never get a chance like this again to fight back.
RBS – come back to CFN. Not saying to post there exclusively, leaving Brandon’s site, just that your comments and train of thought are always valued, and the wider spread, the better.
You know JHK is a firm believer in 1A, and complete freedom of expression, even though he gets agitated from time to time, and bitches about certain writers. Over time, it passes. Don’t take it personally.
I for one, and many others I’m sure, miss you extremely well-reasoned comments. This one, a perfect example. Not saying I always agree 100%, but you are one of the few, who always give pause for thought.
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Cape: I greatly appreciate your words. Thank you for expressing them.
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As for CFN… I did not leave there because I have thin skin and did not like his agitated reaction to my post of that one day. It was for a broader reason. I could no longer tolerate his total refusal to acknowledge in the slightest the horrors going on (by his ‘group’) in the Middle East. I ignored that for years until I could ignore it no longer. He not only did not call that out in any way but he was supportive of it. That’s his free choice if that’s what we wants to do. But I could no longer contribute to his site.
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I appreciate Brandon because he allows views on his site that are more outside-the-box than just totally his own point of view – without attacking the messenger as I saw with JHK. Brandon has an open mind and is also tolerate of my long posts. I appreciate that.
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And again, thank you for your kind words and your remembering my posts over there.
Hey Roundball you have missed some of the actual positives of this last little bit of history. First, as you point out Trump is big on ego, but is wanting a legacy of rebuilding the country necessarily bad? He knows better than anyone his days as CEO are numbered and wants to set things right. Capping the boarder, getting to the bottom of the fraud, waste and financial abuse, finding 145,000 missing children, deporting thousands of serious criminals and bolstering the armed forces are just a few things going well.
Then there is the fact that we can have this informative discussion. Musk’s liberation of the social media, the release of 3 million pages of Epstein files, the introduction of serious “citizen” journalists help make this possible.
I look at it as a crossroads, I imagine a similar time and a fictitious but plausible scene in the late 1700’s when we as a people were pulled in several directions by our faith, our duty to our families, our commitment to building a new colony or country. I imagine the head of a household gathering family, friends and neighbors to give a short but impassioned speech. In it the “father” would outline that he had to delegate the responsibilities for his law practice/farm/blacksmith shop/etc. so that he could take a few provisions and join a general Washington. Explaining that the cost was too great not to stand up and commit, with the caveat that it might be a one way trip.
The question today is who among us are willing to see this and act upon it, and make that sacrifice? Have we become so complacent, comfortable and just plain fat that we can’t or won’t be rallied?
Now is the time for “stout hearted men” to make their mark on history.
I thought your column excellent. You accurately characterize the persona of the Globalist-Left-Progressive.
I’ve recently changed my opinion on confrontation. I had a revelation in the last week or so. The whole apparatus installed by the EU-Swiss Central Bank-WEF/Larry Fink contingent-City of London-Biden supporters over many decades causes people to fall–for lack of a better word–under a spell.
This “spell” can also be understood under the structure of MKUltra if people have researched and understand this program. Many read a few paragraphs on any one topic and feel they’re an expert. I mean by my statement researching into depths where you can question the leaders and top sources in the field.
The spell consists of the following.
Covid vaccination has warped and destroyed neural pathways in inoculated people causing “forgetfulness” and inattention. Many of those inoculated are physically sick and barely able to function. Social media is mesmerizing and addictive for younger and some older people. The will is sapped as they scroll their phones looking for their next dopamine hit. The constant wars worldwide on low simmer ongoing since 9/11 pushes people to the edge. I include Russia in this characterization as their SMO is typical of low-simmering artificially extended wars. Russia is part of the EU-Chinese-City of London-Swiss Central Bank axis.
The emotions and stability fray. The constant threat of people taking streets; attacking other people; and committing violence as they like provokes further instability in the normalcy people need to thrive. Much of the violence is completely random as we see in frequent news reports. The perpetrator doesn’t know the victim.
You’ll notice this faction’s calling card: they push situations only within areas they control like Minnesota. Or London. Or Brussels. They push just enough to cause mayhem but avoid arrest or incarceration. The “spell” is propagated on “low boil” over enormously extended time periods. I label George Bush, Jr. as one of them…so, with the exception of Trump’s first term which was greatly hamstrung and highly ineffective–we’ve had nearly four decades of this indoctrination going back to Daddy Bush who was also a Globalist aka RINO.
I’m not stupid. I realize Trump fronts an opposing Globalist faction, but at this point in time, the European faction must be defeated at all costs.
This “spell” of which I speak causes massive inaction. People can’t decide. They can’t move. They’re frozen in place. For this reason, I now support all actions which will disrupt this rhythm. Pres. Trump–although I disagree with some of his ideas and programs–is phenomenal in this regard. He disrupts. His primary role in the world at this juncture is disruption. Nothing is continuing “as usual,” which is why “the Left” is so virulent at this point.
It’s like jumpstarting your car when the battery’s completely dead. Sometimes you have to turn the engine a few times before you can get the car started.
Everyone needs to become a disruptor at this point in whatever manner they feel best suited.
Just disrupt the rhythm–don’t “let it be.” Even your thoughts have energy which can disrupt.
Stop watching people–even conservative commentators or those who strongly expose the NWO agenda–who focus on wild, sensational headlines. They’re legion. They’re both energy vampires and another route to defocus. Remain focused. Disrupt the rhythm. Break the spell.
HB – excellent comment, as are all yours I’ve read, mainly at JHK’s CFN.
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Brandon, how does what we are witnessing compare to the rise of the Bolsheviks in Russia or in other country? Perhaps an article in the wings?
Very close in tone and strategy, considering their operations are largely funded by wealthy elites. Many people don’t realize that the Bolsheviks were a tiny minority within Russia. But with funding, organization and supplied arms they were able to overthrow the government because, at the time, not enough Russians stood up to fight back.
Brandon – you are fearless. As is the Cape Buffalo, not only taking on all predators, but taking the fight to them. This article a perfect example of that mindset.
I love everything you write, have for years, and get all your stuff off of ZH, passing it along to my contacts. Hard to believe, but this is the first time I’ve migrated all the way to your site.
The hard(er) edge you’ve taken lately, regarding the Left as basically ‘enemy combatants’, not deserving of any constitutional rights, is right on. Nearing time to fully engage, with zero ROE.
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Why must we go through the leftist agitators to get to the globalist puppeteers?
Because they live right next door to you, my guy. They are the boots on the ground. The globalists live in planes and on islands and in countries where you can’t even own firearms. The fantasy of “cutting the head off the snake” before war erupts is like a plague on the liberty movement. It’s never going to happen. Hell, if conservatives can’t even mobilize enough people to push leftists out of one 2nd tier city, then how are they going to defeat the puppeteers? The side that wants to win will always have a big advantage over the side that “just wants to be left alone.”
Totally agree. We’ll be in touch.
Good point; the pawl is small, the ratchet is large.
I agree with you in entirety, Brandon. However, you’re right about conservatives not wanting to “get involved”. Their lives are still too cushy and filled with materialism. I believe conservative are finally running out of patience and forbearance, but I don’t think most of them are ready yet. Things will have to get worse before most will act as they still believe in the system. In order for them to act, the normalcy bias will have to be removed. We’re seeing the slow motion downfall of this country and I believe most people are still in shock that it’s happening. I’m a boat rocker myself, in the same position as you, waiting on people to get up off their butts and realize that this IS civil war.
Great article and excellent idea!
I had a comment and lost it.
The jist is I agree Brandon. Ultimately this is a life or death struggle to save our country and I say that knowing that it is probably more literal than just something that “people say”.
I say that as a man who works to provide and to not do so would mean no home etc.
That means I will defend my family with my life if there is an immediate danger that threatens those I hold dear but meanwhile I work and try to keep providing for my family.
I say that because what happens is you have those like me that will help in whatever way they can and be there if there is no longer a choice but must provide and prepare.
I will continue to pray for God’s protection and wisdom about this and help in any way I can if needed in my limited way and hope that we can make the difference.
God bless you brother.
“The people bore with crime until punishment became a duty and neglect a crime.” Langford, Nathaniel Pitt. Vigilante Days and Ways (p. 9). Colt Publishing. Kindle Edition. I do not think we have reached the point yet to take the situation into our own hands. But when we do it will be a local or series of local events. The “local” patriots need to begin the “response.” After we take out the local idiots in enough places we will go after the financial people backing what used to be the local idiots. Follow the money.
If you wait until the enemy is at your doorstep, then you have already lost.
I agree 100% with what you are saying. You definitely need some numbers to show up. You don’t even need a large group to counter. You just need some teams. I love it when a plan comes together.
Time to act, conservatives.
Brandon is getting a $40 donation from me this Saturday, January 24.
I call on everyone reading this to either go to Minnesota or give a donation.
This is it. Time to spread the message.
Our fight is not so much with those on the “left” as it is with the system of governance which promotes the left/right paradigm and, without doubt, benefits from it.
Incorrect. The left/right paradigm no longer exists, especially at the bottom of the pyramid. It’s time to abandon this dated Ron Paul era fantasy that people on the left and the right are simply divided by “misunderstanding”. Political leftists have now openly joined with the globalists in their goal of destroying western civilization and Christianity. They are now enemy combatants that we must remove, just like the elites at the top.
Brandon, your reply made me laugh, not in offensive way, but out of recognition of how completely you read so much into my one sentence reply to your article. Yes, I did vote for Ron Paul (3x’s) and Harry Browne, as well; having the opportunity to vote Libertarian was the only thing keeping me from becoming a full-blown anarchist: But, truth be told, anarchy looks better to me now than it ever did in my past. What I’m seeing today is not so much a “misunderstanding” as it is an exposure of leadership of both left and right; it’s the Bolsheviks vs. the Zionists and somewhere in there comes recognition that it is “us” vs. (((“them”))).
BTW, you have, for the longest time, been one of my favorite writers and I have shared your articles that made it to ZH numerous times. This was my first visit to this site and I hope to be a frequent visitor.
Brandon, your rhetoric is triggering in what I believe is the wrong direction. Is it okay to incite this civil war you speak of? I propose that Americans of any kind – Dem or Rep – are NOT the enemy, misguided or not. I believe we should unite against the REAL enemy, and you know damn right well who that is!