Goodguy
17hr ago
My political strategy is not to create a leftist hegemony. It is to keep the left and right balanced against each other in such a way that each of the two groups, both of which I largely despise, is restrained by the other.
In my strategy, one of the "useful idiot" roles that I have for the right is to prevent leftist censorship.
Goodguy
19hr ago
Very different situations given the types of immigration the two countries get.
Goodguy
19hr ago
I dislike both the Democrats and the Republicans, so for me one useful thing would be if I could use the Muslims to hurt the Democrats when the Democrats become too powerful and hurt the Republicans when the Republicans become too powerful.
I also dislike the size of US military spending and the US Presidency's pretty unrestrained ability to make war, so Muslims could also potentially be used to affect US foreign policy in ways that align with my goals.
Goodguy
19hr ago
Given demographics, Islam is almost certainly never going to be powerful enough in the US to accomplish any of the goals some of its subsets have that I find most annoying, such as imposing authoritarianism or ending social liberalism. So if I look at things from a self-centered chess-playing perspective, then in the US I am relatively comfortable with tactically using Islam against my more significant political opponents if and when there are opportunities to do so. I'd just want to make it clear to Muslims that no, this does not mean they should feel free to go beat people up for being Jews or whatever, or try to impose some sort of anti-free-speech pro-Palestinian regime on college campuses. Stick to electoral politics where you can be useful to me without doing bad shit.
I have actually considered trying to figure out how to make money from both sides at the same time. I would find that amusing. However, I'm not sure if my conscience is sufficiently loose to let me engage in the necessary deception. Maybe I should let go of such qualms if I really want to really become a political player at some point.
My more fundamental motivation is that: I am neither a left-winger nor a right-winger -- however, I don't currently see a way to create a viable movement that would represent my actual political desires. The next best thing, then, is to play the left and right against each other in a way that prevents either from taking complete control, maximizes the chances of things that I want happening, and perhaps lays the groundwork for creating a movement that does reflect my desires.
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