The closest analogy I can think of for America's current predicament is my experience in military survival training. In a training exercise in a California desert, we were starved for four days and then sent to a mock prison camp. Enemy forces had "captured" us and held complete power. They owned the prison, the guards, the weapons, and all communication. What could we do?
"Resist," our trainers had told us. Resist and cause them effort in every movement. Wear them out and wait for any opportunity. Tell them nothing. Offer them nothing. Resist every command. Make nothing easy or simple for them.
My first encounter came when a burly guard approached me as I was standing almost naked by a large pile of tree limbs and brush gathered by former prisoners. He barked. I resisted. He knocked me over into the pile of limbs.
Resistance was a bit harder after that, but I tried.
Let us all try now. They own everything: the presidency, the legislature, and the supreme court. They will soon own the military if unchecked. Times will get harder. Things will get worse. It will not end well unless we check them with scarce resources. It will be difficult. They flaunt their power as if they have won. "Look what we can do," they jeer.
Yes. They own everything.
They think so. But they don't own our souls.
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