Unions need to become very unpredictable in their overall strategy and their tactics. They need to become ghosts with no financial assets, which would give the ghost leaders no fear of losing assets in a court of law and would be hard if not impossible to link responsibility to a ghost. This type of warfare tactic was adapted from the Scythian king and used against the Persian Army of Darius in the early 6th century.
Darius lost and retreated without ever having a chance to fight because he could not get King Scythian to stop and fight and the reason for this was because the Scythians had no cities or cultivation for their enemies to destroy or take. They had nothing to defend, no assets to protect. If unions took on this practice, today’s court of law would have nothing to take from unions. Scythian said killing the enemy is easy, but it’s the finding of him that is difficult. This is as true today as ever.
Your enemy will not meet you on your own terms, only on his and this is why asymmetric warfare is as old as recorded history and is quoted in “The Art of War.” This is why the Occupy Wall Street was successful for a time, but they stayed in one place too long. They should have moved and been ghost-like and then come back just like Anonymous has done. Anonymous is still relevant because they can’t be found. Do you suppose Anonymous is familiar with the Scythians?
We need to understand the lessons of the Scythians. It worked in warfare and it will work in the battle between the Haves and Have Nots, and the fight against inequality and the killing of U.S. civilians. The sad thing is that this Scythian style of warfare appears to being used in the Middle East by ISIS/ISIL and we do not know how to stop it.
Maybe the answers are in the history books, but all will use Scythians’ tactic until there is a way to defeat it.
I hope that I am wrong, but what I see at this time is our unions are going to be in the fight of their existence. This is the most perilous time of our life. The life we had is threatened like never before. Unions are the largest organized group of people who can save our country if things keep going the way they are heading at this time. We need to all stand together for power, but we each must prepare and plan to take care of ourselves and our families. We can fight the big fight and not be distracted by worry about things that can and should already be taken care of. For instance, stashing at least one month’s pay and at least a month or even a year’s worth of food, whether the food is staples (pasta, rice, canned goods) and meat or chicken in the freezer. Keep your vehicles' tanks full and if possible a gas can full. It’s in your best interest to also save money for house or rent payments plus extra. This is not new thinking for us old trade workers who had to prepare when...
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