Why there’s not a Bundy Ranch type stand-off at the Border

 

In 2014 Patriotic Americans came together to stop Federal Government over-reach and the government backed down.

The success of that operation was due to three things:

1. Leadership

2. Nation-Wide Communication

3. The modern militia movement.

The Federal Government itself was the main impetus for the militia movement with their actions at Ruby Ridge and Waco Texas. That movement however still required leadership and the ability for different groups across the country to communicate and organize.

Communication wasn’t a problem in those days since we didn’t face the same censorship that we do today. There were several patriot web sites and a couple huge ones. Two leaders also emerged that were essential to the success of the militia and patriot movements and were able to organize people from across the country to converge at the Bundy Ranch.

The first was Mike Vanderboegh head of the Alabama militia. Mike’s blog at Sipsey Street Irregulars kept militias across the country in touch with each other, and Mike was the heart and soul of the militia movement from 2009 until his death in 2016. So much so that many militias took on the Three Percenters moniker that Mike started with his Doctrine of the Three Percenters. The Three Percenters became a movement and greatly increased the size of the militia movement.

The second leader was Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers also in 2009. Membership grew exponentially and by the time of the Bundy Ranch incident had sufficient influence to muster thousands of patriots at the Bundy Ranch, as did Mike Vanderboegh. The Oath Keepers was also well funded by its membership.

Although there are still local groups of Three Percenters there is no national voice anymore due to the censorship of the internet. And no other means of communication that was as effective as the open internet has emerged as of this date. There may be other leaders willing and able to step into the shoes of Mike Vanderboegh and Stewart Rhodes but the open internet of the early 2000’s just doesn’t exist anymore.

Although some people will point to January 6^th as why there are no more patriot gatherings, I can tell you that there were also agent provocateurs at Bundy Ranch and they were quickly identified and called out by the leadership. Unfortunately that didn’t happen at the capital on January 6^th. The main failure was going to the capital at all, since it was an obvious trap. Had Mike Vanderboegh been alive it wouldn’t have happened.

Unless we are able to find a solution to the censorship problem, we may never again have such a large gathering of patriotic Americans, nor the successes.