American Thinker has an interesting article up about the 9/12 protests. Several in the comments noted that it was a movement with no leader. That got me thinking about the Marxist concept of the Vanguard of the Proletariat. Or in more common parlance - Leaders of the Revolution. What we saw on 9/12 turns that whole concept on its head. The Proletariat IS the Vanguard.
How exactly is Mr. Obama going to defeat such a movement in the traditional way i.e. by taking out the agitators and leaders? So far he and the Democrats have attempted to do it by insulting the citizens involved. A tactic similar to what was used on Sarah Palin. This has only served to get more citizens involved. We are all Sarah Palin now.
And Sarah, like this movement, is no friend of Republicans or Democrats. She is a friend of the vanguard. A friend of the proletariat.
I never thought of it that way, but right there was no 'leader'; there were various speakers etc., but no leader per se. Tough to marginalize half a million.
Verrrry interesting, as Arte Johnson would say.
Andy · September 16, 2009 02:56 PM
The more the Democrats insult and demonize, the more people will join up. "That's my friend/neighbor they're insulting." At least that's how it's worked so far.
Gringo · September 16, 2009 03:04 PM
Does anybody really believe that the people at the 9/12 march were interested in the speakers. Other than those who were speaking. The march was the statement not support for the speakers statements.
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