Throughout history there have been tyrants. What they all have in common is that in some way they have all been defeated. Below is a list of tyrants and how they were defeated and the advantages and disadvantages of each method. If you happen to be under the rule of tyrant like we are in New Zealand Aotearoa (our tyrant’s name for the country), this list is a useful resource to help you decide the best way to defeat your particular tyrant.
Tyrant: Stalin, Chavez.
Defeated by: Natural causes.
Advantages: If everything else fails, this works every time.
Disadvantages: We may have to wait a very long time.
Tyrant: Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot.
Defeated by: Somebody else.
Advantages: Don’t have to lift a finger.
Disadvantages: Can’t rely on someone else doing the dirty work unless there is a strong reason why they should.
Tyrant: Caligula.
Defeated by: Assassination.
Advantages: Final. It’s not like they can come back from the dead.
Disadvantages: If it fails you’re in the crap. Also, the tyrant you’re trying to get rid of must be seriously disliked by just about everybody lest you create a martyr. ( *Not recommended)
Tyrant: Batista, “The British”, Tsar Nicholas II
Defeated by: Plain old revolution.
Advantages: If successful you get to be in power (yay!)
Disadvantages: When you’re in power there’s a good chance you’ll end up being an even worse tyrant lest somebody else decides to launch a revolution against you.
Tyrant: “The US”
Defeated by: Civil disobedience.
Advantages: Works even if you’re in the minority (eg Black civil rights movement). Good chance of “success” as no tyrant likes having to deal with uppity natives.
Disadvantages: Even though you don’t need to be a majority you still need the majority of the people supporting you even if it’s just passive support. And “success” is a relative term. A smart tyrant will give in to just another demand to make just enough people happy and go home.
As an example of how to use this list let me take the example of the tyrant known as “Jacinda” and go through each method of defeating her.
Natural causes. I suppose we could wait until she dies of old age, just like we could wait until she screws up the country so much that even Venezuela looks at us with pity and an example of what not to do.
Somebody else. Yeah, good luck with that.
Assassination. Um, really? And you think Jacindamania was bad?
Revolution. Maybe, possibly, but 99.99% guaranteed to fail.
Civil disobedience. This actually has a chance. In fact, it’s the only way I can think of that does.
Obviously, I’ve been tongue-in-cheek but now it’s time for me to get serious.
What do I mean by civil disobedience? Things like only wearing a mask when you have to or just straight out refusing, not scanning in, groups of people just under the limit, etc.
But here’s the problem. I said above for civil disobedience to succeed you need the support of the majority. And the fact of the matter is there are just too many people who dutifully scan in, think wearing a mask saves lives and think vaccine mandates are a good idea and fair. You see these people everywhere – supermarket car parks, driving cars, walking down the street.
To get these people onside we need to highlight examples of “lawful evilness” caused as a result of this government. What I mean by that is examples like someone missing his mother’s funeral because the government wouldn’t let him back into the country or someone being refused entry to a restaurant even though they legitimately can’t get vaccinated.
But what’s most important is to remember that the goal is not to get rid of compulsory masks, vaccine mandates etc. The goal is to get rid of Jacinda and her cohorts. Everything we do must in some way undermine her and take away her support.
Refusing to wear a mask may not be black woman at the back of the bus stuff. But a son not being able to say goodbye to his mother who is riddled with cancer is.
