Letter to a Friend

by LTC

Dear Friend,

We are winning. This is the information needed for the final mobilization of our troops. This will be the hardest battle yet, as we must redirect and break down the very strength of our troops in order to complete the final destruction of our enemy.

Directive number 1:
Take off your size 10 shitkickers and replace them with a pair of black oxfords. This WILL be alarming for the troops, but the time has come for them to rise through their ranks.

The Post-Industrial Warrior-Thanes are no longer necessary. The leaders of the Collective have given us freedoms, and we must learn from them the ability to recognize our comrades outside of our uniforms. We have a greater force in the generation below to replace the rank and file. Throw down your studs and hair color, so that many more can have them. The cyber-age Warrior-Thanes are larger and easier to access; we have infiltrated the system and given them the necessary armor.

Directive number 2:
Disband all of the units. They have become fractious and unable to act as a whole. The Punk kids are too violent for the Goths who are too effeminate for the Straight Edge who are too radical for the Emo kids who are too self-obsessed for the Gutterpunks who smell like shit, so nobody wants to be around them.

The land is too vast for this generation of Warrior-Thanes to be productive in mass units. The Battle of Seattle and the Washington Inaugural Protests against The Savage were not effective. They have become forgotten. The days of street protest for abolishment of The Savage are over. They are effective only within Medieval and Despotic countries. We are too advanced in our civilization. Study the Poll Tax riots in London. This was the last defining street battle in the western theatre. The Savage is the machine that devours our creative force. It kills with its teeth and without conscience.

Directive number 3:
All Warrior-Thanes shall strive for anonymity. Sacrifice yourself to the Collective. Practice your individuality with subtlety. Exert influence over those around you, draw them into the thought-fold and do not repulse them. Act within the battlefields and reduce them to playgrounds of your WILL. Do not allow yourselves to become corrupted.

Do not become part of the establishment, become the establishment. This is KEY.

Do not become a parasite on the collective. Do not rely on the kindness of others. Become self sufficient, and achieve independence. Own your happiness. Create businesses and zines, run them within he confines of LAW, but without convention. Protect those who do so with all your might, do not allow them to be destroyed by thoughtlessness and inaction. Accumulate small wealth and place it in the hands of those businesses on the front line.

A business needs you to survive. Let those businesses grow to give back to the community, but maintain their scruples.

Directive number 4:
Write articles for the Collective. The written word has always been ours.

Add to the library of positive revolution. Read always. Read about the things that give you happiness, and feel LOVE — do not become battle hardened or shell shocked by the war.

LOVE will be the new LAW.

Read about Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Religion, Occultism, Philosophy and History. Write magickal prose. Watch movies — Fuck Television.

Directive number 5:
Create. Away from the battlefield, lay down your briefcase and pick up a pen, brush, camera, hammer, or keyboard.

This will allow you to shed your uniform and unleash. Creation will keep you sane. Beware the internet. Create for the Collective and not for glory, if you wish the world to see your art. Create mystery for the world, but draw signals for yourself. Empower all your creations and let them exude their force upon the viewer/reader.

If the troops are strong enough then victory is assured. Do not give in to the fear manifested and propelled by The Savage. The spoils of our war shall fall to forthcoming generations. LIVE in the now, to prepare for THEM.