The New Model for Revolution
As the Republican race comes down the home stretch before the first vote is cast in Iowa, the outcome is anything but certain. More clear than what the eventual voter totals will be is that the campaign of Ron Paul has built an underground infrastructure of funding, organizing and promoting that may very well mark a significant paradigm shift not only in political campaigns but in the organization of dissent against the United States government and governments around the world.
For a moment lets take the backhanded compliment that Ron Paul’s campaign often receives, pundits will essentially say that he has a small but extremely vocal group that is highly motivated and well funded. Fair enough, lets take that criticism and see how and why the Ron Paul supporters have been able to bring together just that, a vocal, motivated, passionate and well funded group that spans not only the United States but to some extent the globe (there are meetup groups in Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Cape Town…the list goes on and on).
It is the age of isolation in this country. People sit most nights alone or with a few others in front of their computers or television screens and wake up the next day to ride alone in their cars on the way to work where they sit isolated in their cubicle or work amongst people that only feel comfortable talking small talk as their freedoms evaporate around them. Then on the weekends Americans drive off to their divided places of worship or cheer for their hometown team against their neighbor’s team. Our country is divided and we are lost, so lost and isolated that it is hard to know where to start in order to turn this thing around. Thank God Ron Paul has come along, spent his life infiltrating the system and now has presented a means for organization, a shorthand for the revolution, the Ron Paul campaign.
Even Ron Paul himself thought he was alone and was hesitant to begin the campaign. Now it is becoming increasingly clear that the only people that are truly against Ron Paul are those that are desperately trying to hold onto their power, and unfortunately trying to control the minds and decisions of those that still believe that they are alone and that the thoughts that they think and the dreams that they dream are crazy…so they dismiss them. People in the United States are told repeatedly that only reasonable portions of their dreams are possible, and unfortunately sometimes the paranoid and desperate individuals that are in power in this United States government succeed in convincing millions of citizens that their situation in this world is hopeless, they should just be happy that they have not yet been murdered by terrorists.
Those who are part of this campaign in its early stages are seeing the inner workings of how mass movements gather momentum and rise up against the powerful few. Despite not being acknowledged as legitimate in the old mass media paradigm, networks of people have found each other through the internet and word of mouth and they have used these tools to organize locally and to gather together in geographical places of influence (New Hampshire/Iowa). The internet is to this freedom movement what the network of churches and universities was to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s. The movement has also used the Internet to accomplish goals that have surprised the people enslaved to the old paradigm, unable and unwilling to adapt because, and only because, it is where their power is rooted.
It is very important to understand that this freedom movement has no leader, only representatives, and it is because of this structure that major victories can spring up from any corner of the movement (i.e. Trevor Lyman).
The movement is far from reaching its full capacity, but even in its infancy it has accomplished and inspired the gathering of $4.3million in a single day, a blimp flying up the eastern seaboard going from an idea to reality in weeks, and a general takeover of English language social networks and media outlets on the World Wide Web. This message has gathered hundreds and often times thousands of people at hundreds of different locations throughout the United States. Citizens are not coming together to watch celebrities speak, they gather to assure each other that they are not alone in their fight, a fight whose victory promises to be difficult but achievable because the message is so universal.
When this movement reaches its full potential, the country will change. I can foresee demonstrations of millions organized and funded in a week’s time (this is not to mention that we could possibly see a shifting of the protest paradigm as well, moving away from the mass demonstration towards nationwide local demonstrations in solidarity with each other). The demonstrations and protests will be taking place for a variety of reasons: to beat back the latest insane legislation or simply to demand peace, life, freedom and liberty. It will not matter if the old media paradigm shows up to cover the mass demonstrations. The reason the old media’s presence will not matter is because this movement will be operating their own cameras and the images will broadcast around the world within hours. Then the establishment will begin to realize that this revolution is not within their reach to smash or even make pretty, and then my friends…the true battle will begin.
Shaun Booth
Comment by Craig on 14 December 2007:
A paradigm shift is what is required and indicated by the incredible success of the Ron Paul campaign, despite the virtual ignoring of Ron Paul by the MSM.
Comment by Terry Price on 14 December 2007:
Bravo,
I had been calling it the Anarcho-Liberalism Movement, but the Freedom Movement sounds much better.
Comment by David on 14 December 2007:
It’s called the Ron Paul Revolution (of Love)!
http://www.aChangeIsGonnaCome.info
Comment by Marc on 14 December 2007:
FREEDOM!!!!!
Comment by Fabio Bossi on 14 December 2007:
Word!
Tomorrow, we will hit Strasbourg! Rock`n`Ron Paul!
Best whishes from Germany!
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Comment by Dave on 14 December 2007:
Well said, Ron Paul as awoken somethign inside me that craves freedom and a break from the tradional powers that be… a power that comes from us the people, and not decided in some board room, over who gets a rate increase, and who gets windfall profits.
Ron Paul is not the movement, he is our chosen representative to take his message, adopted by so many to the white house and tell everyone about how there once was a better time.
The internet will always allow people to become free, as long as the internet is remained to be free, the message of freedom will always be present in the million pages of HTML that populate the internet.
Comment by Shaun on 14 December 2007:
Thanks you for taking the time to read!
Comment by Shayne Mestre on 18 December 2007:
This gave me chills. Wow to actually imagine all that happen is so exciting! I never cared about anything before because nothing made sense to me, the world just always seemed f**ked. Ron Paul gives me hope, and gives us all a voice which cannot be ignored. Thank God for that man.
Comment by greg on 22 December 2007:
Imagine thousands of Ron Paul supporters marching at the same time in every major city in the world!
http://www.ronpaulmarch.com
The R[3VOL]UTION is just getting started. We have shown the media that we can raise more money than any candidate in history. Now it is time to show them, in person, just how many people this movement unites! What better way to show your support for Ron Paul than to march through the streets with fellow Ron Paul supporters? Join us this New Year’s Eve and pledge to march in a major city near you!
We need your help spreading the word and getting other people to pledge as well. The more pledges there are, the more inspired people will be to show up. There will be tons of people flocking to these cities for New Year’s Eve, so this is a great time to reach a huge audience!
Please send an email to your meetup group to ask them to pledge today.
Comment by Joe on 23 December 2007:
* Ron Paul thinks global warming is overblown and would do nothing about the imminent climate crisis. He believes there are two sides of the argument, when in fact there are not.
* Ron Paul does not believe in evolution. Thinks it is merely a ‘theory’ (apparently doesn’t understand scientific theory) and does not accept it.
* Ron Paul would like to see a robustly Christian America, and is against the separation of church and state, making him unconstitutional.
* Ron Paul’s free market policies would allow even the most powerful corporations to operate freely without regulation. (i.e. against network neutrality)
* Ron Paul opposes gay marriage and abortion. Would pass decision to individual states, which is unsupportive of freedom and individual rights.
* Ron Paul is against stem cell research and would not allow federal funding of it.
* Ron Paul would further privatize the health industry and do nothing about the 40 million citizens who can’t afford health care.
Comment by Deep Thinker on 14 January 2008:
* Ron Paul thinks global warming is overblown and would do nothing about the imminent climate crisis. He believes there are two sides of the argument, when in fact there are not.
False. In one of his town hall meetings he stated what the fed gov’t could do within the limits placed on it by the organic constitution. Google YouTube and see all the vids therein indexed by http://www.ronpaul2008.com and other sites placing vids on YouTube to find it. … Also, an argument is not an argument if there are not two sides to it.
* Ron Paul does not believe in evolution. Thinks it is merely a ‘theory’ (apparently doesn’t understand scientific theory) and does not accept it.
Irrelevant, even if true b/c the President’s personal views on origins have no bearing on the constitution, as it does not permit the federal gov’t to fund any side, pro or con.
* Ron Paul would like to see a robustly Christian America, and is against the separation of church and state, making him unconstitutional.
Irrelevant, even if true. Provide one link proving this. He advocates individual freedom of conscience. And privacy.
* Ron Paul’s free market policies would allow even the most powerful corporations to operate freely without regulation. (i.e. against network neutrality)
Irrelevant, even if true. Provide one link proving this. Even so, what right do you have to “regulate” (interfere with) your neighbor’s business activities? If you have no such individual right, how can you deputize others to interfere with it? If you don’t like a product or service then boycott it and set up a website saying how much you dislike it and use the Web to draw visitors to your pro-consumer site. Let adults/consumers make up their own minds rather than using gov’t violence to interfere with free markets (consenting adults trading voluntarily).
* Ron Paul opposes gay marriage and abortion. Would pass decision to individual states, which is unsupportive of freedom and individual rights.
False. Google the YouTube vids of John Stosel interviewing him where he says people can have any type of relationship they want and call it whatever they like, including “gay marriage.” What he supports is gov’t getting out of marriage altogether. Also, what he opposes is “federal funding” OF abortion, i.e., stealing other people’s money (”taxation”) to pay for something they may find personally unacceptable. Also, he has a right to his own religious or moral views. If he thinks abortion is wrong (after having delivered 4000 plus babies), he has that right as an individual’s doctor.
* Ron Paul is against stem cell research and would not allow federal funding of it.
Prove this by citing one online vid of him saying so. More than likely what he opposes is stealing other people’s money (”taxation”) to pay for anything they personally do not believe in, through “federal funding.” If you believe in such research then set up a website raising funds to do it by having individuals pay for it on a voluntary basis.
* Ron Paul would further privatize the health industry and do nothing about the 40 million citizens who can’t afford health care.
False. The “health” (medical) industry is a primarily a “death industry” controlled by drug companies. Current laws empower and enrich them and not those using HMO’s and so forth. What he would do is follow the constitution by gradually getting the federal gov’t out of people’s lives allowing them to make decisions on their own, use whatever doctors they like, and doctors would be free to use whatever therapies they desire, including those that are holistic and which destroy drug company profits. Google “military industrial pharmaceutical complex” & “medical genocide.”
Google “www.ronpaul2008.com” and “ronpaullibrary” to read the man’s views for yourself. Also read “Prozac Backlash” by Joseph Glenmullen, M.D.
Comment by Casualty on 14 February 2008:
Yummy
Comment by JC on 14 February 2008:
We Ron Paul supporters do not care who is chosen to run on the Republican ticket. Follow others and WRITE RON PAUL ON YOUR BALLOT IN NOVEMBER!!!! We DO have the power, even against those who have censored Ron Paul. Go Ron Paul!!
Comment by dan on 25 February 2008:
joe shut your mouth! you are so wrong and non informed about ron paul you shouldnt even be posting here! moron! go vote for hillary or that other communist! douchbag!
Comment by dan on 25 February 2008:
i WOULD CARRY A RIFLE and take orders from this man. im beyond just protesting alone. im ready to physically burn the federal reserve building and the i.r.s. building and the c.i.a. building! my name is connell danny beasley jr. i live in nashville ,tn ! there uncle sam! mr. fbi! how about that! i am not afraid ! i am for a physical revolution! i am for kicking the united nations out of the united states. a man is not a man if he lives in fear,for a real man lives to die!!!!!! remember that all you A.T.F. GOONS when im shooting back at you right between your eyes!
Comment by Johnathan M. on 11 March 2008:
You can’t spell Revolution without the letters “L” “O” “V” “E”. It’s that simple.
If anyone here calls themselves an American, they need to join the march on Washington.
Comment by Lori on 21 March 2008:
I will also carry my gun and head held high.