From: Roger Voss 
Subject: SNET: Nyquist: A second American Revolution?
Date: 1 Jun 2000 20:25:54 -0400
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THE FINAL PHASE
A second American Revolution?

by J.R. Nyquist

In 1976 James F. Dunnigan designed a game entitled, "Minuteman: The Second 
American Revolution." Billed as a future-history simulation, the game was 
meant to be a realistic model of an uprising within the United States 
around the year 2020. With a subtle if not stylish left-of-center slant 
typical of Dunnigan's games, the cause of America's future uprising was 
attributed to "pauperization." In other words, the rich get richer and the 
poor get poorer. Now that we've entered the year 2000, we might ask if this 
idea about a future revolution in America has any validity.

In his "historical notes" Dunnigan attributes America's future revolution 
to three things that were greatly feared in the mid-to-late 1970s when the 
"Minuteman" game was designed: 1) ever diminishing supplies of 
"non-replenishable natural resources," especially oil; 2) America's 
enormous public debt; 3) global cooling which would hurt the world's food 
production.

Today, of course, we no longer live in fear that the earth's resources are 
running low, and since Republicans have taken both houses of Congress the 
public debt crisis seems to be under control (for the moment). As for 
global cooling, the latest environmentalist craze insists the world is 
getting warmer.

Despite the collapse of Dunnigan's fiscal and environmentalist assumptions, 
his idea of a second American Revolution in 2020 might not be far from the 
mark. But the causes of this future revolution -- or civil war -- would be 
different from those guessed at in 1976.

Revolutionary rhetoric has already appeared in our midst. An example of 
violent revolutionary propaganda can be found on the website of the Viper 
Militia, which quotes from the notorious "Turner Diaries" by stating, "We 
are at war with our government, and it is no longer a war of words." The 
Viper Militia website openly incites its visitors to violence, proclaiming, 
"It's time for war! Take up arms! Destroy the enemy! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Although nobody is rushing forward to blow up more federal buildings or 
assault Washington, D.C., the animus is real. Americans are divided on a 
number of fundamental issues. It is my suspicion that these issues can be 
boiled down to a single philosophical question. It is the question of 
religious faith versus non-belief.

When a believer looks at the world, he sees a creation. And that means a 
creator. When an atheist looks at the world, he sees evidence of gradual 
evolution through natural selection and genetic variation. The two points 
of view are irreconcilable. They produce totally different perspectives on 
public policy and law. And there is no genuine middle ground between the 
two positions. Either human beings were created by intelligent design, or 
they are the accidental product of a godless process. Between these two 
cosmologies there can be no compromise. It is either the one or the other.

In ancient times most battles were fought under the banner of city-state 
patriotism. Civil wars were fought between factions vying for power. The 
ancient pagans, believing in a plurality of gods, shared a similar 
religious outlook. But with the destruction of paganism and the rise of 
Christianity and Islam, men began to fight over differing ideas about God. 
There was a violent struggle between Christians and Muslims for many 
centuries. In the 1600s there was a civil war within Christianity between 
Catholics and Protestants.

Religious wars are fought over the nature of the cosmos and its creator. 
Such wars are violent and ideological. In America today, the danger of 
civil war stems from a split between believers and non-believers more than 
it does from social conditions, though these might aggravate existing 
tensions.

When a traditional religious believer looks at abortion, he sees murder. 
When an atheist or secularist looks at abortion, he sees a medical 
operation undertaken for convenience.

When a traditional religious believer looks at homosexuality, he sees 
something loathsome. When an atheist or secularist looks at homosexuality, 
he sees a lifestyle preference.

When a traditional religious believer sees prayer in a public school, he 
sees something helpful to society's moral order. When an atheist or 
secularist looks at prayer in school, he sees a dangerous and 
unconstitutional act of oppression.

There is a huge disagreement in our society about basic social organization 
-- about education, reproduction and marriage. This disagreement has led to 
legal battles in America's courts. There is no doubt that the atheists, 
supposedly in a minority position, have won battle after battle.

What was understood as right and proper for centuries has suddenly been 
overturned. Here we find a revolution more fundamental than politics. It is 
a social and moral revolution.

It seems that the centers of power in our country have been captured by 
anti-traditionalists, secularists and people who don't believe in God. Of 
course, our leading officials do give lip service to religion, especially 
during elections, but for all practical purposes our government has become 
atheistical.

There is another connection here, which is not often talked about. Our 
latter-day atheists, perhaps influenced by Karl Marx, tend to be 
internationalists rather than nationalists. It almost seems, at moments, 
that their project is not merely to undermine religion in the country, but 
to undermine the nation-state -- to destroy America itself.

For some modern thinkers the nation-state is an agent of war and 
imperialism. Nationalism is no longer fashionable. We do not have military 
parades as before. Nationalism is not even encouraged in the public 
schools, any more than prayer is encouraged. The legacy of America, as 
taught today, is said to be one of slavery and the colonial oppression of 
native peoples. There has even been talk of ridding the calendar of 
Columbus Day -- since Columbus was the first white oppressor to arrive in 
the New World.

If we look at the impetus behind internationalism we find its arguments 
often dovetail with those of the atheists. We find a curious link, in 
Marxist theory, between the two ideas that are under assault. These ideas 
are God and country.

It would seem that God and country, as a formula, belong together. It is 
unclear why this should be until we realize that today's social 
revolutionaries aim to supplant Western civilization with something 
entirely new and untried. In order to do this they must destroy the pillars 
of the existing social order, which are Christianity and the nation-state 
system. Along the way, the role of white males are attacked, along with 
traditional motherhood.

If a second American Revolution is going to occur, it will be fought along 
the lines outlined above. It will not be fought because of global cooling 
or public debt or a scarcity of non-replenishable natural resources. It 
will be fought between those who favor abortion and homosexual marriage, 
and those who wish to preserve the traditional Christian family. It will be 
fought between those who wish to defend God and country against those who 
have no belief in God and no loyalty to any country.

We all should hope that a civil war or revolution could be avoided. But its 
vague outline is with us today.
--RogerV


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