Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Facebook Post 2-6-17: Reaction to Article in The Atlantic, with Translation

Translation of my response: To arms, citizens! Form your battalions! March, March! Let impure blood water our farrows! [the chorus to the French national anthem, La Marseillaise] It is necessary to resist Trump! Who has the courage to resist him? With Constitutional methods would be best, but if Trump acts like a king, like Putin, like a dictator, it will be necessary to fight him like one fights tyrants across history: with force, and perhaps against a law [meaning the legal system, The Law] which will have become in service of tyranny. Who will have the courage? And you who say, no, violence never resolves anything, I would like to remind you of the American Colonies: violence against George III and the English Throne worked well, did it not? And it was a war, was it not? Remember: every instance of change, of action against tyranny, against those who suppress the rights of man, it is almost always against "the law." The people who change history, they do so in face of the law, always against the state. Regularly, they spend time in prison, or worse. That is the price of change, of liberty. Don't be afraid! Courage! Do what you must! In the instance where one must change the world against tyranny, the law, it does not matter. 

Aux armes, citoyens! Formez vos battalions! Marchons, marchons! Qu'un sang impur/Abreuve nos sillons! Il faut la résistance contre Trump! Qui a le courage d'agir contre lui? Avec les moyens constitutionnels seraient mieux, mais si Trump fait comme un roi, comme Putin, comme un dictateur, il faudra le combattre comme on combat les tyrants à travers l'histoire: avec la force, et peut être contre une loi qui sera devenue en service de la tyrannie. Qui aura le courage?? Et vous qui dites, non, la violence ne resolve jamais rien, je veux vous rappeler aux Colonies Américaines: la violence contre George III et la throne d'Angleterre marchait bien, non? Et c'était une guerre, non? Rappellez-vous: chaque instance de change, d'action contre la tyrannie, contre ceux qui suppriment les droits des hommes, c'est presque toujours contre "la loi." Les gens qui changent l'histoire, ils le font en face de la loi, toujours contre l'état. Regularlement, ils passent quelque temps en prison, ou pire. C'est le prix de la change, de la liberté. N'avez pas de peur! Courage! Faites ce qu'on doit! En moment où on doit changer le monde contre la tyrannie, la loi, c'est n'importe quoi.
This is a long article, but it is excellent.

The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
THEATLANTIC.COM|BY DAVID FRUM

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