We cannot win by fighting yesterday’s war.
The modern American political landscape is in a unique state, and far too many conservatives have failed to catch up with the times.
Such conservatives continue to view politics through the idealized, rose-colored lens we like to believe was once the status quo in this country — that of elected officials running as true public servants who put the people and the Constitution above party, the heart-warming images of statesmen shaking hands and kissing babies in small towns.
It is similar to the idealization we have of the media in the past. Many conservatives like to imagine there was an era when the media wasn’t the instrument of the globo-Marxists, but was, once upon a time, objective.
Of course, as I have written before, the press was never objective or nonpartisan — not in this country or anywhere since the beginning of the profession. Newspapers, radio, and other outlets of diffusing information have always existed to shape public opinion in the favor of those who fund the outlet’s bottom line. There is little money to be made in selling people news — even charging for a newspaper barely covers the cost of printing. The real money comes from the fat cats who want to influence the masses.
It is the same with politics. We often hear it said from disgruntled, disheartened conservatives that “if only we could go back to the good old days when our politicians weren’t corrupt and instead served the people!”
The reality is that whenever politicians have existed anywhere in the world throughout history, they have been tools of the highest bidder.
The reason the American Republic briefly was a shining city on a hill at its founding was thanks to a generation of patriotic, educated, and morally upright aristocrats — men like Washington, Jefferson, and Adams — who used their affluence and social status for good. But the forces of tyranny quickly infiltrated the American government and society, and corrupted future generations of America’s gentry into servants and allies of the globalist oligarchy.
Thus, our country has always been a battlefield in the war between the forces of liberty and tyranny. Today is no different. If we wish to stop the enslavement of our nation, then we have to acknowledge reality as it is and be willing to fight according to the facts of modern political warfare.
And in contemporary politics, lawfare has become a chief aspect of the struggle.
“Lawfare” is the use of legal action to cause problems for an opponent. The term and understanding of the concept are gaining traction, but are not yet universally comprehended. Yet most who observe politics even casually today get the gist of the idea and its prevalence in our society.
Just look at the war that George Soros’ Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is waging against Donald Trump, abusing the power of his office for political purposes — attempting to shut down the candidacy of the man that Democrats desperately do not want to see return to the White House.
Or have a look at Florida. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s Republican Legislature are attempting to curb the influence of the Marxist corporation Disney, in part, by dissolving the governing district that has allowed Disney World to rule itself as an independent government entity for decades.
But Disney struck back in the courtroom. As CBS notes:
Disney is opposing a request by Gov. Ron DeSantis to disqualify a judge overseeing the company’s First Amendment lawsuit against the Florida governor and others in which Disney says it was punished for speaking out against Florida legislation that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”
Disney said in court papers filed Thursday that the request by attorneys for DeSantis, who declared his candidacy for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination earlier this week, didn’t come close to meeting the standards set out in Florida law for requiring a judge to be disqualified.
Last week, DeSantis’ attorneys filed a motion seeking to disqualify Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, who is presiding over the case in federal court in Tallahassee. The motion said Walker referenced the ongoing dispute between the DeSantis administration and Disney during hearings in two unrelated lawsuits before him dealing with free speech issues and fear of retaliation for violating new laws championed by the governor and Republican lawmakers.
Here’s the takeaway: Today, passing laws — through legislation or an executive order — is only half the battle. Even when policy is formalized nowadays, it will inevitably lead to challenges in the courts. In many cases, what happens in the courts can entirely undo what was done in the legislatures.
And not only policy, but the lives of those engaged in the fight are also subject to being attacked via the legal system. It’s what they’re doing to Trump. It’s what they did to the J6 political prisoners, or to Kyle Rittenhouse, or to people like Alex Jones — who was sued by Sandy Hook families and ultimately forced to pay $1.4 billion.
Being successful in politics today calls for the ability to navigate the legal system effectively. We need to encourage those in our movement, particularly our young people, to study the law and — whatever their primary profession — add legal studies to their knowledge base.
This is especially important because, frankly, most lawyers today are agents of the establishment. As someone involved in right-wing activism in my state of Florida, I can say by experience that, when it comes to controversial issues, you are often hard-pressed to find a good lawyer willing to take the conservative side of a case.
We need more honorable, constitutionalist lawyers and individuals knowledgeable about using lawfare to defend the Constitution and our freedoms. Without them, we will only be ceding the fight to the globalists.
