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As Gun Culture dives deeper into the philosophy of a Human Right to self defense and determination, the Cast and Guests engage in building a deeper community through conversation.
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The words Tactics, Operations, and Strategy have meanings deeper than mere marketing. Rather, we use the metaphor of Gardening to decipher the differences between them and how they work together like pieces of a puzzle.
An ambush is a form of tactics.
Interrupting a supply line represents an operational goal.
And Economic Dominance is a strategy pursued by governments and nation-states.
So there you have it. Don't abuse it.
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Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a manhunt continues in the minds and perhaps hearts of Americans. A great interest in identifying the killer illustrates the divide between citizens of the United States. As of now, we have a story building. The FBI has its story, its culprit, and not two but three main reactions represent this divide. There are the components of the story, reasons for doubt, and a narrative of who to blame.
Information regarding the killing of Charlie Kirk spills out across the media, watering conversations about high American politics around the kitchen table. Citizens wait in anticipation for the identity, particularly the political identity of the killer, some to hold it over their political enemies, others to find some resolution in what happened.
It's a dark world out there, and while the assassination of Charlie Kirk is already called a watershed moment, Americans are yet uncertain about what the ramifications will be.
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At its core, Ghost Recon Wildlands is a game about Insurgency. You, the player, engage in various forms of Unconventional Warfare, on a mission to take down a Drug Cartel set in a Fictional Bolivia. The Success of Wildlands rushed a sequel: Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Despite being set up for success, Breakpoint bombed, leaving the players that loved Wildlands disappointed and distrusting of the developers.
This Ghost Recon Wildlands review covers 5 points of comparison between it and its sequel: Narrative, Interactions, Allies, Enemies, and Gameplay. Critics of Breakpoint often focus on predatory microtransactions which do come play. However, the failure of Breakpoint runs deeper. Not only does the mechanism of the game struggle to keep the player engaged, the content departs from the subtle hat tip of Wildlands, replacing the player with a hammer-looking-for-nails pawn of generically forgettable non-playable characters.
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On August 27th, 2025, a school shooting took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The transgender shooter identified by authorities followed a pattern of recent mass shootings, paying homage to earlier murderers.
Churches, facing violence against their congregations by ideologies supported by some state governments, are pressed with a moral question of what to do. Christians are in an asymmetrical conflict. On moral grounds. On Political grounds. And violence. We are held to a higher standard, not by dishonest men, but by God. And worse, our enemy knows about it and intentionally uses it to their advantage. As as result we must be shrewd as serpents, and innocent as doves.
Church security is nothing new. And despite political backlash by dishonest actors, such men have a grave task ahead of them. One that requires discernment.
In this episode we cover what is known about the Minneapolis shooter. His methods, goals, and ideology as displayed in his own manifesto. The consequences and warnings we face from scripture do not permit us to act in vengeance, but still we grieve the loss of life, not because it is ultimately an offense to ourselves, but an affront to God, as man is created in His image.
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From the Gun Culture to Americans, the West, or Mankind as a whole, we are not a serious peoples. We approach the world around us, following people more than truths. The questions flow:
If we took Gun Control seriously, would be debate it?
If we believed in the Deep State, would we talk about it?
We watch the news, listen to people talk about grave realities, threats to our wellbeing, and carry on without a change. Maybe this is bad for us.
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While the Antihero Podcast has gone through great journalistic lengths to investigate the claims made by Tim Kennedy in his book, this episode is to probe the question of how someone could have gotten so far without someone noticing. The Special Operations community is small, and everyone knows each other or at least has a pretty short chain of connection. When someone claims to have an award or to have graduated some prestigious course, it's relatively easy to verify if you know the right channels.
With this being the case, one might wonder how Tim Kennedy got away with publishing a record in the form of a book of his exploits, which are easily verifiable, and no one noticed for years.
But there's another side to this dark story, one where resentment is concealed as holding others accountable. And it begs the question of what to do with those who break the trust of their community. The Bible contains warnings against gloating over your enemy's downfall, and this lesson as well as others from the same book can be applied to this situation.
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After some time away from the desk, the REDACTED Culture Cast returns with a review of the Brave Castle Chest Rig. Having an opportunity to attend a course at DARC that required a chest rig, this one was selected for its inherent "features." While others tend to silo into either the sewn together or modular categories, Brave Castle did something a little different with theirs.
In the episode, we cover:
A brief history of Chest Rigs
Why this one was chosen
Testing Criteria
Loadout for DARC
Performance Review
Brave Castle can be found on instagram: @brave_castle
By fitting between different categories of Chest Rig, this one made a lasting impression as both capable out of the box and a good foundation for expansion to meet the end user's needs.
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The first six months of 2025 have displayed a roller coaster of events, many of which presented as catastrophes, or great victories depending on political affiliation. At the same time, the Gun Culture has witnessed the end of an era, where names that once led companies and held the attention of millions slip away in disgrace. Not all kingdoms are built to last.
Whether it's Military action in Iran, or Riots in LA, or Parliamentarians getting in the way of a long awaited curbing of the NFA, it's easy to look at what we're up against and throw up one's hands in lament. But that is not the path. Did we expect it to be so easy as an election? Did we expect that, with every step forward we would face less and less opposition?
This isn't a problem that can be solved in the mind alone. Having the right answers is just the first step, one that must be followed with Courage.
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This weekend, a so-called Peacekeeper opened fire, shooting and killing a bystander at a No Kings protest this weekend. The presence of these armed individuals at left-wing protests has increased since the summer of love in 2020. Generally identifiable by loose, barely used gear, they present a specific type of danger to themselves and those present, similar to conscripted soldiers.
In this episode we cover how to identify low-skill, low-intelligence threats in both a military and non-military setting, some of the history of these self-proclaimed peacekeepers, and the moral behind training that has caught the ire of tyrants.
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Adventure, what a marketing term. We grew up on Lord of the Rings and watched as beloved characters embarked on a great journey. Ivan Loomis of Kit Badger joins the show to talk about spending a whole year shooting left handed, and balancing risk in thrill seeking. Join us in this episode as we talk about discerning good training, challenging the status quo on advanced skill, and turning to the mountains for a sense of adventure.
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Instagram: @kit_badger
Website: kitbadger.com
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The media will tell you that Soldiers are trained to dehumanize their enemy in order to become more efficient fighters. The propaganda sacrifices our own soldiers on the alter of efficiency, leaving them later to pay the price in the form of PTSD and trauma. And while we can be critical of the military, and of media, and of our politicians, none of this really matters if we don't take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions. Turns out, Dehumanization makes you Weak.
Or at least that's my thoughts on the matter. John Soden, a former Ranger, instructor for Method Endeavors, and student of Psychology joins the show to talk about the aftereffects of dehumanization. This episode addresses the multiple layers of responsibility that comes with war fighting, and how those who have the least skin in the game are most likely to dehumanize the enemy.
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Both Army Rangers and Special Forces call back to Robert Rogers in their lineage. Today, the missions of the Green Beret and the Tan Beret are vastly different, so who is right? Zach Masek joins the show again to go deep into the history of Robert Rogers starting with his rise to fame and his fall from grace.
If you ask the soldiers of fortune, you'll find out they don't really do it for the money. This common thread was reflected in the life and tragedy of Robert Rogers. The man who is credited as being the founder of modern special operations set the mold in more ways than one, whether in standardization, or the sad but common trajectory of the special operations veteran without a war to fight.
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The Flux Defense Raider has been on the scene for a few years now. This Flux Raider review is less about the Chassis alone, and more about how, with the right parts and a little bit of garage engineering, one can make the tool sing.
Is it worth the attention or is there more to it than meets the eye? The Flux Raider has garnered attention, and for good reason: it challenges the status quo. Still, one might need to make a few adjustments to hone the platform into what they need.
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The acronym TTP refers to Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures. While these terms are most at home in military situations, we're seeing more than just soldiers implement them. In this episode we break down the definition of tactics, and take a look at the Siege of the 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis back in 2020 to identify the TTPs of anarchist groups present at the time.
What about Citizens? What does the Second Amendment concern itself about Tactics? The episode carries on to address these questions.
Stick around,
Go Forth and Conquer
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Both Rangers and Green Berets point to Robert Rogers as a figurehead of their history. But in today's conflicts, they perform considerably different roles. Where the current Ranger Battalion focuses on direct action, Green Berets point to Unconventional Warfare as their primary task.
Zach Masek of the Dead Warrior Society, a Green Beret Veteran and Columbia graduate draws out misconceptions that prevail to this day about the history of special operations, Robert Rogers himself, and the Spartans.
This sets the stage for his critique of the Green Beret mission, and how it claims a history of Unconventional Warfare, even when they rarely, if ever, participate in it.
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Is it immoral for a brand to sell a Bible?
Does our answer change within the context of Gun Culture?
As we witness a revival of Faith in this loosely-bordered community, we watch as the imagery, iconography, and storefronts shift from the nihilistic, to the Christian. Instead of tap-rack-bang morale patches featuring lewd imagery, we see a cross, a Bible verse, a call to conviction.
But with the newfound presence of Christianity on the front page of the Gun Culture, is it wrong, or dishonoring to the Word of God for a company to sell a Cordura-wrapped Bible with their logo on it? Even if their intent is good, does this action bring money-changers into the temple?
- The Criticism being Made
- What the Criticism Should Be
- The Root of the Problem
- The Solution and Going Forward
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The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis presents the interaction between demons and humans from the point of view of a senior devil in Hell's administration. The novel consists of a series of letters from one Screwtape to Wormwood, who has been assigned to an unnamed human for the purpose of winning the poor man over to the clutches of the wicked. In the 17th Chapter, our senior devil speaks on the subject of Gluttony, pointing out that he should focus not on excess, but on refinement or Delicacy.
In this episode, we trace how this form of Gluttony can be found in the Gun Culture, where we so often define ourselves by what we have. For some it comes in prideful amassing of a great horde, for others, it's in knowing oh so well the current trend but viewing ourselves as thus better than it. For others, and perhaps most caricatured, are those who hide behind displayed "taste" to deceive others into thinking they are something they indeed, are not.
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Beyond the bottom line, the latest statements by SIG Sauer regarding the P320 failed to reduce talk around the pistol, instead inviting more criticism. While there may be another story taking place, vocal characters on social media received the statement to suggest that the noteworthy firearms manufacturer was accusing its critics of being "anti-gun" or anathema when it comes to the Gun Culture.
Does this accusation stick? Is SIG resorting to an ad hominem to get out of a sticky situation? Or, could there be more at play here?
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I find it unabashedly funny when people argue passionately over what they should or shouldn't train, especially when we all know neither party is practicing what they preach. The drama over such low hanging fruit cannot be allowed to go to waste, so in this episode we are addressing one formula for ensuring that you're excellent at the fundamentals, and capable in rare, but potentially disastrous situations.
The 80/20 rule applies to more than just training, but in this case we are looking at it in a more narrow sense to improve the little time that we do have to get more done.
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Beneath the surface, there's a battle between light and dark. Those on the surface feel the consequences, without knowing what is going on beneath. But there comes a time when men must leave the mundane and enter into the world of light and darkness, where good is good and evil is evil. Those who reject this render themselves prone to PTSD, where a contradiction commands their mind, in conflict with their conscience.
This episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast delves into the dregs of pseudo-philosophy to leave you with the tools to handle conflict, carnage, and tragedy.
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SHOT SHOW: Where those not at the show want to be, and those at the show want to go home.
Not really, but it's funny. Laugh with me.
This year at SHOT SHOW 2025, we noticed a different tone than the years prior. Instead of retrenchment and celebrating surviving another year, the industry displayed a refreshing sense of optimism and a willingness to venture into new things. While new products made small steps towards innovation and new frontiers, the attitude of the people at the show told a different story: optimism is back on the menu.
In this episode we talk about new gear trends, the overall attitude of the industry, and a few noteworthy examples of making what we had just a little bit better.
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In his book, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage, Dr. Joe Rigney states that one of the first responsibilities of a leader is to determine what is and what is not the mission. In this world, a man is responsible for his family, whether he chooses to fulfill that role, or abdicate from it.
The world is in crisis, sure, but how we describe said crisis will determine how we go about solving it, if we can. As much as we hear the call for strong men in the Church, or the country, or in Gun Culture, Dr. Rigney reframes our perception of leadership in this uncertain world.
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The U.S. Army Ranger Battalion demands a constant pursuit of excellence and it comes at a cost to the individual. Few will know the cross pressure of desiring to go back to the aggressive lifestyle of a Ranger and the reality that one cannot keep up the level of performance indefinitely. Mike Meegan walks through the differences between living on "the line" and Ranger School. His tenure training in Small Unit Ranger Tactics and now as a leader of Rudder's Rangers at Texas A&M, brings a valuable perspective to the table when it comes to training mentality.
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The subject of Gun Control easily misses the mark on more than one occasion. Politically unpopular, economically damaging, and culturally disruptive, one should begin to wonder why it comes back into conversation time and time again. We might be quick to describe supporting gun control as merely virtue signaling, but if we really believed that, we would treat it like a dangerous idea that it is.
Do we really want a conversation on gun control, or are we truly interested in preventing harm? If we look at the subject holistically, we see that short sighted solutions often lead to grave results, and no, there's no getting off the tyranny train once you've committed to disarming a population.
In this episode we look at politics, economics, and philosophy to narrow down on what are the factors that might motivate a person to engage in self harm, or the harm of others. It's not the tool that makes the tragedy, but isolation.
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It's not the elephant in the room, the Las Angeles fires dominates the news cycle. Time Selbrede joins the show to talk about the reality of wild land firefighting and debunk myths about the current situation. As we sort fact from fiction a pattern emerges: that some people just want to see the world burn, and others would rather be entertained at someone else's misfortune than solve the problem.
Directed Energy Weapons, Dry Fire Hydrants, and Controlled Burns: get out of the noise and see what good you can do, and what media might be worth cutting out.
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And on X at @Hsolo275 as Ralph the Airborne Ranger
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What makes something a conspiracy theory? We already know we cannot trust every power that be, every narrative, every explanation. The further down the rabbit hole you go, the worse it gets and the more madness it imparts.
On the one hand, calling something a conspiracy theory dismisses the legitimacy of an individual's beliefs. On the other hand, we've likely witnessed the spiral into madness that they can cause in others.
In this model, we reintroduce the concept of a Straw Lord Fallacy: a model which can be used to decipher a ideology which captures a person's need for meaning and purpose, driving it into the depths of inactive despair. In their worst light, these things are a dark manipulation, but in their best what good do we find?
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Too often, public conversations about EDC resort to shaming in order to produce a reaction. Instead, we are going to look at scaleability as a continuum that we can control. When it comes to every day carry, we think about self defense, first aid, and disaster response. These are the backbone of the subject, but not alone the answer.
In light of recent events, we take a look at a few items and ways of carrying them that meet the adage of not "doing them the first time in combat" and fit them into what reasonably consists of our every-day life. Scaleability doesn't mean having a train of gear to work toward, but a few, small things that we can add with ease because they are practiced.
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Narrow is the gate to the Kingdom of Heaven, and many are the paths to hell. We've heard the phrase "rules for thee, but not for me," and in this episode we cover how the weak turn themselves into killers.
When we exclude ourselves from moral culpability by using twisted definitions, we do not make ourselves into saints by playing tricks on terminology. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
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Despite public successes, the Gun Culture faced challenges in 2024. Scandal swept across much of our community as dark accusations addressed household names. Instead of digging in to the depths of these potential falls from grace, we look at the bigger picture and how it affects our own lives. The problem with heroes, is that they are mere mortals.
When faced with criticism, we have at least 2 options: we can try to survive the loss of public perception, or we can correct our immoral ways. At times, when the accusations are false, the prior is often the best we can do, but if the concern of our fellow men is grounded in truth, the latter is the right path.
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The United Healthcare CEO shooting has remained on the front page of both traditional and social media for weeks now, and with all the talk, something remains missing. While people argue back and forth over if the shooter knew what he was doing based on his firearm manipulation skills, the potential scale of the operation goes unnoticed. Do we really believe this what the actions of a single individual or is there more going on here?
Dig in as we discuss the difference between access to information and the evaluation of information, what is missing from the CEO shooting, and a brief dive into vigilante justice and the ethics around it, or lack thereof.
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Few novels of the 1900's are more controversial than Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. That hasn't stopped the sophists from trying to make a statement about it. Rather the opposite. This spoiler free episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast delves into some things you might want to know, or look for when reading Rand's Magnum Opus. Ever heard of Rearden, who is John Galt? Why do these names matter?
This isn't a book review, but a primer, to get you started on a journey into Objectivism, the ideas and circumstances of Atlas Shrugged, and how it is one of the best books at challenging the legitimacy of that black pill you might be trying to hawk.
Part Dystopian, part Fable, get ready for a roller coaster on blue-green rails.
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What does leadership look like in a decentralized future? Whether we're talking about different generations of warfare or how it appears to be shifting before our very eyes, the target is no longer just a government or its military, but the very people. In this episode, we trace through a series of books, arguments, and ideas to get a picture of what leadership looks like and what things it must hold in tension with one another to succeed.
Books Mentioned:
- Brave New War by John Robb
- Why Young Men by Jamil Jivani
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
- Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Leadership and Emotional Sabotage by Joe Rigney
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The thing is, we like to see what we're good at represented in film. The problem with Hollywood, is that just that is so rare. Cory Haynes, aka Tacticooldork, has taken military experience, the high end of airsoft in Milsim, and filmmaking to just that level. Whether it was work on SCP: Overlord, Ten of Swords, or STALKER: Shadow of the Zone, he has brought the tactics, techniques, and procedures we look for in fantasy and depicted reality to the screen.
In this episode we talk about the challenge of bringing realism to milsim, the training value that has been introduced to the hobby, and what it takes to bring these things to life in film.
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And on Youtube for HITTERS and Seige at Tacticooldork
Or follow @evan_royaltyfor more gun culture films
Further, check out STALKER: Shadow of the Zone on YouTube
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We desire Honor, but exist in a system of dignity. These two concepts overlap, yet the consequences of neglect turn dire. Men give their lives to one and are cast off to another, with no anchor to hold on to.
Honor can be earned. Dignity can only be lost.
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What does Ontology have to do with training? While we might fall into the trap of thinking that Military Training is similar to what is available to civilians, only on a greater level. If that were the case, wouldn't we seen more capabilities opening up for the discerning citizen? We've come a long way, but where's the limit?
Ontology is the philosophical study of being, which deals with categories. Through this lens, we can look at the types of courses and schools military and law enforcement attend exist in a different category than what is commonly available to citizens.
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What good is it if you win the war, but loose the very things worth fighting for? Nathan Spearing has lived a life of adventure and military achievement, only to put the uniform away to lead his family. The transition from the intensity of Special Operations to the urgency of financially supporting a wife and five kids sets an example that we can all learn from.
In this episode we talk about living in faith, enduring through hard work, and the importance of taking risks.
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Detachment from reality is most often described as a symptom of suffering. But what if we looked at it as the desired effect of some malicious action? What if, instead of the individual as a victim of their circumstances, they could be better described as a casualty of some form of warfare?
Examples of our detachment are illustrated in our fantasies. From video games to holidays where we speak of spirits and the dead, only to go about our daily lives evaluating individuals, information, and our circumstances more and more from the position of a curious observer instead of a participant.
Delve in, and good luck.
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With tensions high and a sense of meaning low in the West, we're witnessing a revival of Faith in various sub cultures and communities. Gypsy Walters returns to talk about his first 'zine: "The Gospel of St. Rattlecan" sharing his testimony. In this episode we address the hazy way Spiritual Warfare is marketed, the difference between being doing and appearances, and how the never ending war is one for the soul.
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Have you ever heard someone say "you don't need to train for that" and think that something is wrong, but not sure what? The subject of what you should prepare for, whether its training or otherwise, comes with plenty of baggage. Decades (squared) of experience on self defense training, CQB training, and marksmanship available are available at this time, yet we still find detractors saying that we don't need to be able to solve a difficult problem simply because it is rare.
Let's solve the problem.
Instead of what you should train for, this episode tackles one facet of how we think of self defense training.
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Have you ever heard men complain about Rites of Passage missing from our contemporary world? What if you learned they existed, just men weren't expected to go through them any more? Kohlton Anderson of Black Canyon Systems introduces us to the world of the rodeo, and how it shares with the gun culture in more ways than one.
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No bureaucracy is immune from becoming polluted with false metrics and nebulous buzzwords. Just as it falls on the leadership to define what victory looks like, so they bear the responsibility of clearly defining the qualities they are in search of. Chris Sizelove, a Veteran of the U.S. Army Ranger Regiment, argues that it's time to redefine lethality as a metric of performance. Instead of a nebulous objective, a solid end state can be achieved through taxonomy.
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Don't let the haters fool you, if we step back and look at the overall state of firearms ownership, we're seeing suppressors become so common and available that they are starting to specialize. Enter the JK Armament CCX Suppressor, or can if you prefer. So small and light that it can be used on a pistol without a booster, and still puts in the work when it comes to performance.
Typically, when we look at a suppressor, we are stuck in a "pick 2 on the menu" situation. If the choices are light weight, top performance, and low cost, we're forced to pick 2 choice and sacrifice the third. The CCX suppressor is light weight, and low cost, but how does it perform?
One part evaluation, another part address to how we think of suppressors, this episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast bridges the gap between what a suppressor does, and what we might do with it.
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A Common Thread Across Multiple Disparate Topics.
What does the CIA have to do with the crisis in Appalachia? The history of the CIA includes many stories of individuals succeeding where a bureaucracy failed. From WWII through Korea and Vietnam, the boogeyman of secretive government organizations sure has plenty of publicly available failures. So, which is it? Secret Deep State Controller or Incompetent Bureaucrat?
Which is it? A necessary Intelligence Agency that counters terrorism worldwide regardless of the status of war? Or a twisted, self-serving group of unelected, permanent positions that disregard the needs of the people they are supposed to protect?
Which is it? Is the aftermath of hurricane Helene the result of bureaucratic failures, a partizan FEMA, or American incompetence? Who are you going to blame, and more importantly, what are you going to do about it?
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The phrase "I got mine" manifests in various ways. It might be a team leader who quits at building his team after he's attained some achievement or completed some deployment. It might be a man abdicating from his community. It might be a concerned citizen who's only care extends to the end of his driveway while he complains about how the community is going to hell.
The phrase "I got mine" is a blight, a stain on our record, an entire generation that abdicated the responsibility of raising a child to the state, only to complain when their offspring turn out resentful. It might be a law abiding citizen who is satisfied with challenging tyranny only when it's convenient.
"I got mine" is the attitude of the corrupt military officer, who cares more about his career than his charge. "I got mine" is the attitude of the man who sees danger on the horizon and discards morality in order to so-called survive. It's the excuse of the moral degenerate, it's the logic of the looter who lack the courage to say what he really is.
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What is property without privacy? The double-speak of politicians continues to ramp up as we approach another election. At the same time, California passes a new form of safe-storage law that, at best, invades on the privacy of its serfs. I'm sorry, did I say that correctly?
There is something worse than Gun Control and we're seeing it arise in the west once again. That is normalcy for political leaders to belief they have the authority to invade the homes and lives of their people in order to assure compliance the bureaucrat's will.
The Second Amendment does nothing if the individual's privacy is trampled upon, and certain politicians are advocating for it, even campaigning on it. In this episode learn about the sub structure of the Second Amendment, why privacy is more than an ideal, and where it is under attack.
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The Law Tactical Folder might just be one of the best pieces of gear when it comes to quality of life for the Citizen. The Law Tactical ARIC goes a step further, expanding the capabilities of the platform. But how well does it work? And, perhaps more importantly, who is it for?
The Law Tactical ARIC or AR Integrated Carrier greatly reduces the weight when compared to a traditional AR Bolt Carrier. While less weight in this space can lead reduce felt recoil, there's more at stake than one or two factors. Increased wear? How quick does it foul up with carbon? Does it even function?
While the line between citizen and soldier continues to blur, we see equipment like this in a unique place, where it might be better for most citizens, with less advantages given to the professional soldier.
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We talk about the Gun Culture like it has solid lines to determine who is in and who is out, but that's not exactly how it works. If we stand back far enough, we've seen groups come and go like trends, yet we still come back for more. Amidst all the gear, training, and skill development, it's the people that are the messy part.
So how do we go forward when our training group falls apart? How do we move forward as a community despite our tendency to self destruct?
Brent aka OneOneBravo returns to the show to talk about the gun culture's internal weakness.
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In the last 10 years we've seen a great expanse when it comes to self defense training. As much as the internet has re-invented the snake oil salesmen in a digital age, we've also seen more and more examples of good instructors across the greater Gun Culture.
Many of those teachers are veterans, who, in their own way, have their own baggage to deal with. And as cathartic as it may be, it's not always appropriate for one to air out dirty laundry mid-course.
One example of how this can go wrong, is when the teacher begins talking about a subject as if he were justifying his position to people not in the room. I call this Arguing with Ghosts.
Listen in and we'll tackle some of this together.
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This morning many were greeted with news that what looks like a cyber attack caused thousands of devices to explode. While it sounds like it's out of a cyberpunk novel, this attack helps us understand how technology can be used to build a pattern of life on not just individuals, but an organization or country.
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Body armor in the form of a plate carrier has been around for longer than many of us have been alive. In that time, quite a bit has changed, not only in how it is worn, but how individuals set up their "kit." In this episode, follow along as a bit of history, lessons learned, and common practices come together in what to look for when setting up a plate carrier.
Not the ideal load bearing equipment for every scenario, the plate carrier has become a common use item amongst military, law enforcement, and citizens. More than a so-called bulletproof vest, this piece of gear is typically used to carry ammo, medical, and communication equipment just to name a few.
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Life in America often times feels like something is wrong, that something is going on, but we just can't see it. From this feeling people draw conspiracy theories to try to make sense of it, to give it some meaning. In this episode, "Reaper" joins the show to talk about what an insurgency looks like, and what we could expect going forward.
We are already living in the cyberpunk dystopia, we just don't know it yet. In the Fog of War, it's not just the governments that are fighting, but corporations and other special interest groups.
A Few Books Mentioned:
"Beautiful Trouble" assembled by Andrew Boyd
"The Accidental Guerrilla" by Kilcullen
"Out of the Mountains" by Kilcullen
"Fry the Brain" by John West
"Phantom Soldier" by Poole
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Disaster! Apocalypse! Do this now and you'll be prepared! This headline and rhetoric is all to common, from marketing strategies, the news, and marketing the news to an eager audience. We know the news is poisoning us, but how, and perhaps more importantly, why?
A three chapter dig into the shift in what it meant to believe between the Medieval age and the Enlightenment. Followed by the Post-Modern or Secular age, which could be the shortest one yet. How to win a war hasn't so much changed as refined.
What does the French Revolution over 200 years ago have to do with young men checking out early?
We take a deep dive at not only what the Secular Age feels like, but why it appears to be falling apart. The utopia of multiculturalism isn't holding water, but we cannot always put our finger on just why or what to do about it.
Chapter 1: A Brief History of the Philosophy of Belief
Chapter 2: The Collapse of the Secular Age
Chapter 3: Holy War and Moral Injury
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Returning to the Culture Cast, Paigeosity addresses the steps to getting past social cynicism. Although Gun Culture has its nuances, it serves as a setting in which we discuss the false prerequisites we put in place before building our community. When we get burned by people we trusted, do we spend the remainder of our days alone? Or do we learn the lesson and continue moving forward?
Stick around and we breach the contentious conversation about who should and shouldn't own guns. Should publicly avowed communists be encouraged to own guns after the hundreds of millions who have died at the hands of the ideology?
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War never changes, yet war fighting never remains the same. The tactics and strategies of the last war have been analyzed in pursuit of countermeasures. Instead, we are approaching the forever war with the individual as the target.
Like the word "tactical," these two words often get used without understanding what they mean. The Insurgent and the Sniper represent two very different roles in a 21st century war. Where the sniper focuses on one target at a time, the insurgent sets his sights on a whole population. Bother are after a strategic goal, but they differ in what or who they use as weapons.
Books mentioned in this episode:
War of the Flea by Robert Taber
Counterinsurgency by David Kilcullen
Why Young Men by Jamil Jivani
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The subject of Stolen Valor often travels through Gun Culture, and rarely reaches general politics. Recent events have drawn attention to one Vice President who was accused of Stolen Valor.
So when we consider what it means to steal valor, we are able to see how the double lie or the double fallacy should not be effective. Tim Walz has been selected as the the VP pick for the Democratic ticket. Quickly his self-proclaimed military activities were called to question. But why? Why would anyone make such a simple mistake?
There are typically two types of stolen valor: tragic and nefarious. Listen in and understand the difference.
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Across Social Media, and at least western culture this can be observed: the more skilled a person is at the use of force, the less likely they are going to participate in casual violence. Jack Donovan joins the show to talk about masculine philosophy, boasting in various cultures, and where Violence is Golden. Whether it's people who write checks they can't cash, start fights without the means to resolve them, or what honor looks like between men, we discuss the relationship between violence, threats, and honor in this episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast.
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When is one morally obligated to resist one's government? With all the talk of tyranny and noncompliance, we sit down with Baret Fawbush to discuss about some of the theological considerations about resisting evil when it comes from positions of political power.
- Bump Stocks and Brace Rulings
- Find out the difference between a criminal and an outlaw.
- Delve into what tools Christians are given to resist evil in their midst.
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All that we know is that we can't keep going on like this. What we don't know is when to make a change, or how.
In his work the Secular Age, Charles Taylor talks about the cross pressures of the era. James K. A. Smith distills this large and technical book into a short, relevant page turner titled "The Secular Age." While the term secular has meant different things at different times, or in different contexts, we live in one where secularism has to do with the mechanism of belief. Authenticity has become the dominant factor in the legitimacy of a belief. With a sense of freedom, it brings a different problem: suicide, individual and cultural.
And that problem is reflected in the malaise of urgency that weighs on the shoulders of so many: we believe there is something that we ought do, but that is also the one thing we cannot do.
And so we find ourselves between the boundaries of fools and cowards.
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What do we have here. Two American-made, gas-piston driven firearms, each with a different take. The Brownells BRN-180 may not come in a complete package, but it does offer a light weight option when it comes to piston carbines. At the same time the PSA JAKL arrives complete with an intelligent design beyond that of its operating system.
Both have appeared at our Public Land Clean ups, where volunteers got to test them out for themselves. You clean, try out new guns, and that all accumulates into more test data to consider when comparing similar gear.
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With the release of their latest P-365 Raider, Flux Defense teamed up with REDACTED to put on our first public land clean up in Utah. Before we departed for the range, however, we took time to sit down and have a conversation on the nuances of bringing product to market in the firearms industry and gun culture.
Alex Aubrey retells some of the history of Flux Defense, lesson learned along the way, and the different influences that built the team with the problem solving in mind. In this conversation he talks about the people in this culture that want to see others succeed.
We cover the various pitfalls that can capture a rising company and leave us jaded against our own community, from jealousy to volunteering for the right reasons.
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Can one solve a skill issue with better gear? A Stepping stone to maturity in Gun Culture, this topic may come across as both eye rolling and attention gathering. On the one hand, a better ruck sack will not get you up the mountain. On the other hand, it sure helps. Parachutes, plates, and powder all come into play as we consider how and when we look at gear and when it's simply a matter of skill.
In this video, we dive deep into the age-old debate: Does top-tier gear really make the difference, or is it the skill behind the trigger? Join us as we compare cutting-edge firearms and accessories to the expertise and training of seasoned shooters. Get ready for some surprising insights! #GunCulture #SkillVsGear #Firearms #ShootingSkills"
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People don't believe in conspiracy theories because they find them rationally compelling. Rather, these ideas hijack an individual's need for a sense of purpose and belonging. They prey on our desire for the world to be thus regular and make sense.
However, the consequences of a conspiracy theory tend to be more personal than what the media would like you to believe, or, perhaps more importantly, what they might believe themselves.
And what is the Straw Lord Fallacy you might ask?
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Should Women serve in combat roles in the military? The recent attempt on President Trump's life brings up the old debate about women in the military and women in combat roles. Framing tends to drive this conversation, and we continually get bogged down in redundant questions. Can women do the job? Are women capable of the achieving the standards? What about the non-physical elements of a protective detail?
Do we define the whole by only the deviations from the norm?
Or, is this whole debate beginning from the wrong foundation?
When quotas are required, the more arbitrary to the success of the mission, the more harm they do to the whole as well as to the individuals. Imagine standing on the parade field of achievement, unsure of whether you crossed the finish line, or if the standards were lowered just so you could be someone else's show pony.
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From Private Military Contractors to Mall Cops, the field of security is full of misconceptions, egos, and opportunities to find yourself hung out to dry for other's safety. But when we look behind the curtain into what goes in to threat prevention, we see a much deeper picture. Rob Rawson of Rozin Security joins the show to teach us about the ideas behind effective security, from red teaming, to security breaches, to threat detection and deterrence.
Whether on the level of the nation state, a company, community, family, or the individual, we have something to learn about understanding the skills behind securing a location or persons from potential harm, whether it be man made or natural.
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The recent debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden covered a series of topics both relevant and otherwise to the American People. Among them included abortion, the economy, and illegal migration. What didn't come up, was Gun Control. And the silence spoke volumes as this divisive topic wouldn't have helped either candidate appear reasonable or knowledgeable on the subject.
In this episode I speculate as to why Guns were absent from the debate, and move into how our rhetoric has been captured by the Hegelian dialectic. We often hear that the topic of Firearms and freedom mainly move in one direction: infringement, but if we put down the black pill, we may understand that it isn't purely the case.
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If owning and becoming proficient with a firearm continues the Second Amendment, owning and becoming proficient with radios may just be securing the First. Jake Knight of Gridbase.net reports on his first off-grid radio course and presents an argument that radios and their extension: mesh networks, strengthen our independence through the ability to speak freely to one another. In addition to selling your data, large comms companies, and chat platforms regularly throttle our ability to speak to one another.
We go into the layers of tech, different comms systems, and integrating them into our communities. The conveniences we get attached to often become tools of pressure used against us, and that comes to food and self defense. That same concept extends to communications systems. But there are ways to work against it.
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You do not have control over the circumstances that surround you. However, you may have a moral obligation to how you live through them.
Which are you? Born too late to explore the world, or born too early to explore the stars?
Which are you? One who sees your generation as the one who squandered their potential, or the generation that has to pay for the sins of their fathers and Grandfathers.
You may think that the philosophy illustrated in this episode aligns with the ancient stoics, and you most likely are wrong.
Here we are, 2024. In the doldrums of an election in America. The world is apparently at war but not willing to admit to it. And that's just the start. The economy, the job market, and your prospects as a productive human in society are all in question.
The real problem: what will you do with a dying world?
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The Secular Age can be marked as one where mechanism of belief commonly assumed considers religion one option amongst many. We may find a sense of freedom in not being bound politically or nationally to a Religion, but the cost reduces the legitimacy of a belief to authenticity and thus, merely a fashion statement. What you believe about right and wrong is simply a matter of taste.
But we may be observing the end of the secular age, where this form of secularism along with its liberty and meaning-leeching properties, gets replaced by State-mandated 'faith,' or merely worship of the State itself.
One sign of this cultural shift can be observed in how celebrity opinions about political topics trends to less results. We're simply not as interested in what so called famous people virtue signal about.
The clip referenced from Albert Mohler's "The Briefing." Published on Friday, the 14th of June, 2024.
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Many of us grew up in a world where to join the military meant to serve our country. Baked into that ideological pie was a hierarchy where, the more special your operations, the more value you might have, at least on social media. Cameron Fath tells about how he joined the Ranger Regiment, what it was like to enter and then leave that arena, and where he has been since, whether it be helping homeless veterans or building a Netflix Documentary: Toughest Forces on Earth.
In this conversation we talk about Ranger Training, the culture of special operations, and what we might change if we could go back to being a team leader.
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Why do men go off to war?
Is it for Glory? Honor? The GI Bill?
The war/violence/conflict in Ukraine illustrates how some men go to war, regardless of the big picture. While pundits and politicians opine about how America's influence, military support, and participation in Eastern Europe paints a picture of the next forever war, individuals travel to the front lines for something other than fame or money.
Imagine sweating in Basic Training in 2008. Your family is in economic shambles. Half the time your mind focuses on passing the next phase. The other half, you worry about the family home being lost to the bank which was bailed out. No cell phone in sight, any opportunity to call home depends on the performance of people you have no control over.
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Even during the 2020 Black Lives Matter Summer of Love, news agencies hesitated to report on the destruction taking place in Minnesota. Few poeple outside of Minneapolis know that the rioting continued well into 2021, and few people who live there are willing to admit it. To this day, the city of Minneapolis suffers the consequences of what took place and what followed soon after. Despite the warning signs of civil unrest and rising crime, we've only observed worsening conditions.
Elections have consequences, especially at the local level. Peter Johnson of Archway Defense Joins the show again to discuss the aftermath of 2 years of riots and what appears like a continual growth of violence in the streets.
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Might Makes Right.
No Truth but Power.
History is written by the Victor.
These phrases often say one thing, but try to communicate another. When we casually say that might makes right, we aren't typically saying that morality comes from greater strength. When it comes to disputes, it often sounds like a shortcut to some form of solution, or a criticism of inaction.
But what if we were to look at the statement as an argument itself. What if we were to zoom in to a dispute between two people or as far out as we can conceive in metaphysics?
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When it comes to gear, play the long game.
When it comes to training, get what you can, when you can get it.
When it comes to practice, it's better to start with what you have, than wait for the perfect opportunity.
Gear, Training, and Practice are three sore subjects when it comes to gun culture. How is this the case for a community that is centered on the use of firearms as a potential tool for self defense? All three quickly become a point of friction between differing opinions and the egos attached to them.
But if we could put all that aside, and if we separate the WHY from the HOW when it comes to gear, training, and practice, how does our perspective change and how to we move forward to a better future, whether as individuals or as a community?
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The difference between what can be called the Gun Culture, the Industry, and those in support of the Second Amendment isn't a single overlapping circle of a Venn Diagram. Instead, we have disparate groups of Gun Culture, a market space of the Firearm Industry, and the broadest term of 2nd Amendment Supporters.
Peter Ildefonsa brings all of this to the table in a grand conversation on the differences and similarities and overlaps between the three.
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In violence, as in war, two concept stand in tension with one another: proportionality and utility. McMahan identifies one understanding of proportionality as "a constraint on action that causes harm." (Killing in War Pg 19). Utility, on the other hand, often functions as the context for informing one part of strategy, tactics, and techniques. We prioritize actions of these sorts that produce the desired outcome.
As such, the tension that exists between them is that they both must be accomplished or accommodated for the action to be considered moral, and further, both can be corrupted. Just as utility can lead to a might-makes-right worldview, and easily justify the absolute eradication of a warring people group, so the idea of proportionality is corrupted if we cease to believe some of those in conflict are less than human.
One part of the solution, or the developed skill of managing this tension comes from training. As we have seen in Gun Culture, those who train are rarely, if ever, the ones who participate in senseless violence. It is the untrained, who are both quick to call for the death of their accused oppressors, and it is the untrained who respond to a smaller conflict with overwhelming force.
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Self Defense isn't what it used to be. Jiu jitsu has become mainstream. But what if you were to discover that no-gi training wasn't as realistic as you wished? Ruben Alverez traces a tale of growing up in the world of Jiu Jitsu, only to discover it wasn't all that he needed.
ECQC or Extreme Close Quarters Concepts takes the idea of a violent encounter to a more personal level. It's no longer about how fast your concealed draw time is. Rather, Ruben illustrates how a lethal weapon changes the way people think and act when in a violent bind.
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What if the true LARP is the assumption that we can be credited as being part of the community without participation? When the term LARP (Live Action Role Playing) is used as an epitaph, it accuses the target of living in a fantasy. With analysis, we look at what it is that is considered dishonorable about so-called LARP-ing.
What we find out is that many of us may be LARPing even if we're not running around in the woods in full kit with the boys.
And it begs out another question: what would we do, or who would we be, if we had all the resources and gear to train at the highest level we can imagine. If we had the money and time to train to the level of CAG or SEAL Team 6, without being there, how would. we look at that?
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Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" often finds home on the wall and in the minds of great men. It leads the reader through a series of character traits that make a man, opening with the line
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too; "
Throughout history, mankind has asked what it is that makes a man truly a man. Sometimes this question boils down to metaphysics, asking what it is about a being that makes them a man. In recent times even biology has been called into question, albeit comically. Yet the most personal context of this question often eats at the hearts of men as they live their lives in search of and fulfillment of the answer.
The concept of composure has found itself baked into mens fashion, and different eras of masculinity. We find something truly great about a man who can keep a cool head under pressure, and have even seen the rise of attacking that point of vulnerability to set a trap.
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There's more to being a warfighter than shooting. On the US Army webpage it is stated that the Ranger Battalions encompass the "Big 5 Philosophy" of Marksmanship, Physical Training, Medical Training, Small-Unit Tactics, and Mobility. Breaking down each of these, we look at what they might entail.
In order to put to rest the cultural conversation in modern gun culture which pits one discipline of shooting against a profession, in this episode we walk through what the big 5 entails, and what might come beyond that for the individual citizen.
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The George Floyd Riots were a strange time. On the ground, the narrative level politics fell to the wayside. Information Warfare was not about which political party was effectively harnessing the energy of the street, but about if their house was going to be looted or burned down in the next few hours.
We live in the post information age, were it's no longer about access to information that is bottlenecked by the limitations of the printing press, publishing houses, and newspapers, but our ability to evaluate information.
Intel, in its most basic definition, is information relevant to your goals. Information that leads to the accomplishment of what you seek. Instead of a limited stream of small pits of information, we are met with a flood.
Collection of information
Evaluation of information
Dissemination of information
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Which is better? To Bug Out or to Harden Your Position?
Which is better? Train in Recce or CQB?
Which is better? A DMR or a MK18?
Which is better? 9mm or 45acp?
These questions represent different decision that go awry when we attempt to answer them at the wrong level of analysis. There is a strange hope that, if it were to come to brass tacks, the good men would do what is right. Yet conversations like those presented above are seemingly less concerned good men doing what is right, but instead, mere survival.
Enjoy.
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Sure, we all hate name dropping and clout chasing, especially in Gun Culture, but why? what is it about this kind of activity that we find so distasteful, and should we?
It's not good enough to complain about the subject, and although it takes a little time to get into it, in this episode we compare it to writing an academic paper. It's not good enough to simply cite well respected authors, just as it's not good enough to know well respected people within the community. It is another thing entirely to be respected by them, and further, to contribute to the body of knowledge in a meaningful way.
So, buckle down and let's complain less about ambiguous people, and spend more time improving our position in this tumultuous world.
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Sure, we all hate name dropping and clout chasing, especially in Gun Culture, but why? what is it about this kind of activity that we find so distasteful, and should we?
It's not good enough to complain about the subject, and although it takes a little time to get into it, in this episode we compare it to writing an academic paper. It's not good enough to simply cite well respected authors, just as it's not good enough to know well respected people within the community. It is another thing entirely to be respected by them, and further, to contribute to the body of knowledge in a meaningful way.
So, buckle down and let's complain less about ambiguous people, and spend more time improving our position in this tumultuous world.
This Episode has been sponsored by Obsidian Arms, a manufacturer of tools, parts and firearms, as well as operating as an OEM shop for those looking to bring excellence to the market. Their Minnesota-based shop builds and cuts parts out of U.S.-sourced materials. Their gunsmith tools, custom firearms, and capabilities can be found at www.obsidianarms.com
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Decentralization might sound good on paper, but how does it work in the real world? When we look around, from media to the news to politics to culture in general, it looks like things are falling apart. And the just might be. But what happens when you shift your mindset away from the doom and gloom of how corrupt our politicians really are, and start building your own robust community that will survive the consequences of other's actions.
Jake Knight brings an argument to the table: The dissatisfaction in the West far outweighs the level of disfunction in our system. In other words, people are more unhappy, than they are incapable of doing anything about it.
We trace this idea through multiple concepts, from culture, to tech, and eventually, worldview.
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What makes someone a pseudo-intellectual? If we treat philosophy like a trade, what does it look like when done poorly? In this episode, we review two arguments by public intellectuals who present two different arguments regarding God. Žižek compares God to a video game developer, and Neil deGrasse Tyson brings up the Problem of Evil.
Some arguments are useful for identifying pseudo-intellectuals. The problem of evil is one of these arguments that, besides the argument itself, is useful for determining the intellectual integrity and capability of the interlocutor.
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While it can be fun to try to analyze Gun Culture at the 20,000 league above view, Kaleb Irving brings the conversation down to earth. We look at what Gun Culture looks like on the ground level, and then rise higher into moral frameworks, and discuss what it might mean for the Church to repent. Gun Culture isn't so much politically aligned to moral philosophy, but dependent on it.
Kaleb draws on what it was like to get into gun culture among close family who related military experience and observed the transition from the focus on SOF to the expanse into community.
Kaleb is the man behind Prevail Armament, which focuses on the important things beyond the firearm. From theology, to history, to self-sufficiency, to community building.
That being said, you might need to put on the Theologian's hat at one point, for the edification of the community.
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Don't like a guy? Say he can't shoot. Although this will not put the argument to death, it will bring context to move past the ego game and into a professional approach. Shooting is a skill, and fighting requires a collection of skills.
One of the most uncomfortable scenes in A24's Civil War is the firefight between men in Hawaiian shirts and uniformed soldiers. The dysfunctional fighting shows a lagging stalemate, where the men in Hawaiian shirts are struggling to help one of their own. It's painful to watch as they fumble through setting a smokescreen, instead getting bogged down in a single position.
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Gypsy Walters rejoins the show to talk about the movie "Civil War" by A24 Studios. The spoiler-free beginning covers tone and politics of the movie. After that, we dig into key scenes and take them apart both tactically and culturally. A surprisingly apolitical movie, with references to multiple sub-cultures present in America.
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With Suppressor Form 4 wait times measuring in mere days, we are witnessing the further normalization of owning a silencer. Huxwrx brought a fresh take by presenting suppressors as safety equipment. Beyond sound and flash reduction, flow through cans help reduce the amount of gasses in the shooter's face.
Brett Kleypas joins the show to talk about both the science and presentation of suppressors as safety equipment with the end user in mind.
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Few debates within gun culture draw more ire and passion than whether a person should or should not open carry in public. The arguments back and forth, tribal and otherwise, rarely produce the satisfaction of solid victory, but why? In this episode we look at the rhetoric and logic behind two of the loudest arguments, one for each side, and see where they match up.
This sets the stage for how Gun Control arguments rarely dispatch the catharsis of victory, instead winding off until the next opportunistic event precipitates a frightfully echoing "conversation."
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Although not a hard and fast rule, a heuristic can be applied to both stolen valor claims, and individual violence. Stolen Valor, when a person claims to have held a position in the military that they never achieved, comes in a few different forms. However, in Gun Culture large cases often explode into a witch hunt for similar offenders. The amount of self-aggrandizement is inversely proportional to the likelihood of the story.
Similarly, the more skilled a person is at the use of force, the less likely they are to use it, especially in rampages like school shootings.
The heuristic of an inverse proportionality can be applied to both, and more importantly uncovers the danger of perceiving one's self as weak as if it were an equivalent to being good.
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Two events in recent history share a common thread. The White House loudly declares the 31st of March to be the Transgender Day of Visibility, and on Easter nonetheless. Not long before, an Obama appointed Judge adheres to the Second Amendment, but for a man who entered the United States Illegally. What do these two events have in common? Strategy.
The news that a Judge appeared to side with the Second Amendment when it came to a man who entered the United States illegally divided Gun Culture. However, this is unlikely a simple divide and conquer strategy.
Not long after, the attempt to promote a queer holiday, not directly in place of a Christian holiday, either opted to replace it, or something more nefarious. It illustrates a worldview that treats either Christianity or Queer as a religion, relegating the other to a mere fashion statement. Not to be mistaken as a mere misuse of terms, this episode delves into both events, and illustrates the possible strategy of both, inspired by a theology of self worship.
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In this conversation with Marcus Singletary of Cloaked Entry Co, we start with inconsistencies in the culture when it comes to Chinese Optics and using your job as an excuse to act immorally. The scathing first half is contrasted by a conversation about community days, with Marcus providing an after-action review of their most recent community event, lessons learned, and how to go about it.
Cloaked Entry Co provides instruction and tools for better maneuvering the world around us. Marcus has appeared as a guest on the REDACTED Culture Cast to talk about the importance of having options in the field, as well as the difference between different types of covert and serrupticious entry.
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John Lovell, former Ranger and founder of the Warrior Poet Society has produced a book, but is it any good? After reading The Warrior Poet Way, some arguments fall flat, where others stick the landing with effective writing and a strong thesis. John Lovell is no philosopher, or at least that's what a reader might take from his chapter on philosophy. At the same time, he presents something deep and valuable, even if it arrives unannounced.
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After providing an overall review of the book, we will dig into each chapter, engaging with the arguments and evaluating the thesis within. The Warrior Poet Way is a book that belongs on the shelf, even if it doesn't define it.
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Calling it a review wouldn't be sufficient, and besides, there's plenty of places to go for that, some of which I may have even had a hand in. The SABRE-10 by Palmetto State Armory deserves recognition for presenting itself as two very different concepts, pulling each of with relative success.
The first for a Sub-$2000 rifle, you get quite a bit. From Mags and a bag, to a rifle that holds a reasonable zero for what you're getting it's a good launching point for a .308 caliber rifle. Is it perfectly clone correct? No. but it hits the highlights. It is ready to go out of the box? Again no, but after a little breaking in and a few swapped parts, it goes a long way, if you catch the precision rifle pun.
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The history of training can be depicted like a spiral. While back and forth it looks like a flat circle with what was popular 30 years ago once again in vogue. Pull back a little, however, and that circle is going somewhere. Tim Selbrede returns to the REDACTED Culture Cast to talk about lessons learned from Night Vision instructor courses and DARC to go beyond the memes about how CQB is a good way to die.
Beyond developing skills, as we have had opportunities to consider and analyze not only what we train, but how we do it, we better equip future generations to excel where we struggle.
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Decentralization will have its consequences, and to centralized authority, it will look like collapse. This comes with a warning. A suicide deemed martyrdom on one side of the globalized country may radicalize the actions of another, who takes it out on innocent children. This is the underground precursor to holy war, only one half of the equation doesn't necessarily believe they are religious to begin with.
The death of Nex Benedict, named Dagny by her parents, could have been the catalyst as described above, only once the details came out, they told a very different story.
Instead of a Martyr, Dagny may have been the bully, or at least likely had the attitude of one, using their claimed gender identity as justification and power in the matter. Tragically, she took her own life.
Never let a good tragedy go to waste? We typically approach this phrase with the assertion that a person's interest in a particular tragedy is only opportunistic.
However, the weaponization of tragedy is much darker, and more dangerous. The seeds of a holy war of unholy proportions.
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Which Way Western Man? In a recent action, Texas has signed into law the requirement for adult content websites to implement age verification. In response, figures such as David Hogg commented the following on X "It’s crazy Texas sees porn as a greater threat to public health than the AR-15 used in Uvalde." either inadvertently identifying pornography as a potential risk to public health by comparing it to guns, or directly portraying them as an either-or, both are inspected in moral and cultural terms.
Social Media already prefers soft core pornographic material to firearms related content.
Government regulation brings up another question. Is porn a free speech issues?
Morality and Consequences:
Fathers teach their sons to shoot a firearm, and safely. At the same time it is the father's responsibility to warn and protect their children from pornography. The breakdown and persecution of the nuclear family puts both of these duties in jeopardy.
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Arguments back and forth over gun control often follow consistent strains that resemble genetic lines through time. A bad argument of the 60's is reborn as if it were a new idea in 2013, only to be killed off quickly, but be resurrected again less than 10 years later.
What are these argumentative strains when it comes to Gun Control? In this episode, four different genomes of Gun Control are presented, as well as their philosophical strains.
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When it comes to conversation on 5th Generational Warfare, we often get bogged down in the discussion on defining the terms, so much so that we are exhausted before getting to the application. James Lindsay joins the REDACTED Culture Cast as a guest to discuss not simply the description of how "woke" is used in a war-like fashion, but how to address it and what the rules of engagement may be.
We discuss the differences between tactics, strategy, and theology, and how they interact with one another. How do you identify a dishonest interlocutor? What is the proper response to entryism?
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Look at the literature of Christian writers on Masculinity, and you'll see a long lineage of writers putting black ink to white paper on the war waged on masculinity. Does it disregard the conflicts they face? No. But does the imagery and metaphor of warfare do itself justice?
Is there a war on masculinity? Is it true, or, is Christian Masculinity being persecuted? What is the difference?
Listen and find out. Go forth and conquer.
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Just because Academia suffers from internal decay and the death of its legitimacy, doesn't mean we ought abandon the tenants of it's development. C.B. Robertson returns as a guest to present an argument regarding the use of language and how it applies to reality. Accurately conveying ideas from one person to another must pass through the lens of individual subjectivity and it has consequences about what we know about reality.
So we engage in the subject of subjectivity without the pretense of supremacy without the clause.
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Some arguments are like communism: you cannot completely stamp them out, and every once in a while and old dispute must rise to the surface only for us all to realize that it's something stupid we are debating.
The comparison of competition shooting to tactical shooting is one of those subjects, full of passionate attempts at equivocating the two things and then claiming one to be the superior form of training. but this leads to a deeper, more impactful topic regarding Gun Culture. Perhaps we're not so demoralized because we're materialistic, but that we've been reduced to buying pouches as the only form of progress.
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What does Gun Control and Christian Nationalism have in common? Particularly, the rhetoric against them. While bad arguments of a similar fashion do not make a justification for either, they do help illustrate the way rhetoric functions.
If not already, Christians should be prepared to face the horns of this dilemma: either chose to be condemned as a Christian Nationalist, or be gouged on the horn of an inevitably failed proposal, and be labeled as a hypocrite.
We are called to be in the world, but not of it.
In the same way, the right to self defense is not dependent on choosing the lesser of two evils.
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There's plenty of buzz on the topics of such as AI and transhumanism when it comes to individual agency, questions about what it means to be human. However, such topics inevitably lead to ethical questions beyond if we can stretching deeper into whether we should. J Drago joins the show to talk about these subjects and more.
At the heart of the Identity Crisis in the West wrestles a contradiction where we are pressured to identify with great moral maxims and rules to live by, while simultaneously treat them as trivial. Our morals are both the center of our identity and mere aesthetics depending on the situation. Flippant, and Faithful, as if those two were not in contrast.
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There is a strain that runs through current political ideology that divides mankind into two parts. Some call them oppressors and oppressed, others see it as fascists and anti-fascists, but at the core it is the dividing of the population into two different categories: those who will inevitably do evil by their nature, and those who are justified in using violence so long as it is used to prevent the other from doing evil.
Technique, Skill, Tactic, Strategy, followed by Theology or Philosophy serves as a model for a progressive of abstraction from the individual to the objective when it comes to layers of choice.
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In a recent clip, a speaker on MSNBC described Christian Nationalism as believing that Rights exclusively come from God, or at least, they are not granted by the State. Historically, the prevalence of this belief led to the persecution and even killing of Christians.
When a State sees itself as the granter or generator of Rights, it cannot abide by citizens appealing to a higher power.
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The idea of combat being some rite of proving is neither new, nor something to be trivialized. Dreams of glory, the horrors of war, cynicism towards honor, and a demystification as pseudo-enlightenment all appear in both literature and the stories we tell ourselves and each other.
In this conversation with Nic Magjack3r, he tells the story of his first gunfight, beginning long before with the years of training, some institutionally provided, and much done of his own volition, as well as the "fallout" after surviving a shootout.
In the conversation, we consider how he was perceived both before and after shots were fired at him, and how different professions and personalities reacted to that event.
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If we are going to talk about ideological and information warfare, we would be foolish to ignore the intellectual or ideological injuries that a person may receive. On this this show we have talked about moral injuries where a person experiences a situation where they take part in, or are unable to stop an event which directly contradicts their moral system or values.
In a similar fashion someone becomes an intellectual casualty when their ability to evaluate information has been additionally damaged beyond what they would otherwise be capable. More specifically, when it is that one is deceived by false information, but that their ability to evaluate information and make judgements accordingly is directly injured.
These take multiple forms, often in the form of slurs and gaslighting, but in this case, if we are going to take it seriously that we are engaging in a conflict that spans from the spiritual, to the ideological, and intellectual, through propaganda, and manipulation, we would want to see the people who are injured, in this sense, healed.
In short, if we are going to use words with meaning, we better mean what we say.
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Audio Warning: This was our first attempt at a recording with this many people. It's not the best sound but the conversation is worth the wait.
In this grand episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast, we are joined by New and Returning faces appear to discuss industry innovation, who we'd like to see come to SHOT SHOW, and center on Culture, Community, and Calling. A trade show first, and community gathering second, the biggest firearms industry event of the year draws more than just attention.
Watches, Cultural Commentary, and where we are going as a society all appear in this conversation.
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Two recent events (depending on how you interpret the news cycle) help point out the relevance of Culture as a potential attack vector. In the interview by Tucker Carlson, Putin accused Ukraine of breaching the separation of church and state by banning the practice of orthodox Christianity. To us in the west, the nuance of this decision can easily be lost, considering that we are close to what we call Protestantism and Catholicism, by proximity, but not Orthodoxy. At the same time there is a group who claim to be the Church of Satan in America.
If we condemn the acceptance of the Church of Satan, then may we also accept the Ukrainian Government's condemnation of Russian Orthodoxy?
If we accept that people have a Right to practice religion including the so called Church of Satan, are we required, then to condemn the Ukrainian Government?
This is how we start to understand Culture as an Attack Vector for war making between governments.
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You can tell a lot about a person by the way they responded to the mere existence of Tucker Carlson's interview of Vladimir Putin. Cries of outrage, traitor, and denouncements, as loud as they were, quickly faded, and so should our intellectual respect for the minds attached to the mouths and keyboards making such claims. But all is not so simple, nor so clear, in the international world of intrigue.
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While medication has focused on treating the physical injuries that can contribute to PTSD, it remains ill equipped to address moral injuries one may encounter in war. Beyond the stigma placed on military veterans, and a cruel incentive program directed at their mental health, the idea of PTSD, when reduced to merely physiological responses to trauma, only looks at half the problem.
A moral injury is defined as "When one feels they have violated their conscience or moral compass when they take part in or fail to prevent an act that disobeys their own moral values or personal principles," by the DAV (Disabled American Vets) or as "When someone does something that goes against their beliefs this is often referred to as an act of commission and when they fail to do something in line with their beliefs that is often referred to as an act of omission. Individuals may also experience betrayal from leadership, others in positions of power or peers that can result in adverse outcomes (2). Moral injury is the distressing psychological, behavioral, social, and sometimes spiritual aftermath of exposure to such events (3). A moral injury can occur in response to acting or witnessing behaviors that go against an individual's values and moral beliefs." according to Sonya Norman and Shinra Maguen for the VA.
The effects of moral injuries can be mitigated by individuals with a strong understanding of their moral foundation, and a dedication to it that surpasses their circumstances.
What does this look like in practice? Listen in.
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Gun Culture is amalgamous. Christ is eternal.
There's a Christian Trend. How are we to approach it?
Are we here because it it fits the marketing quota? How do we deal with authenticity being the current icon?
I do not know the artist for the closing song. Reach Out.
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It is possible to look at a situation that takes place within our culture, acknowledge that happened was wrong, even to offer aid, without trying to turn it into a movement. In an time where a public display of implied suffering can be a financially lucrative grift, we are all in danger of become jaded and cold hearted towards our own people.
One form of entryism uses the (often legitimate) suffering and grievances of people in order to integrate a set of rules that ultimately overturn or undo a binding community. The French Revolution might have started with a legitimate grievance, but ended in Napoleon who immediately followed the Reign of Terror.
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A side note, for those who read these: SHOTSHOW has a strange effect on the industry, where for those who attend, it seems quite easy to get in, and for those who do not, it appears exclusive, and sometimes with dramatic consequences. If it comes across as elitist and exclusionary, please forgive me. For many, SHOTSHOW is the one time a year where all our industry friends come together at one place, and we often get to reconnect with people we haven't seen for years, all in the neon light of that exhausting city.
This year had marked differences than years past, all on the level of the culture. If it feels like all is quiet on the industry side, the culture bustles with fear and loathing and anticipation for what comes next. And it often does that every year until something does happen and we call it a pandemic.
The motto for 2024 should be: Here I am, send Me.
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2023 was a painful year, and the sentiment is that it's only beginning.
The question remains, what is the IT that is only beginning? What is the cause or explanation of the upheaval? Books have been written on the subject, and they pile up on bookshelves and in influencer's reading lists, but do they end up helping or perpetuating the problem.
In this episode, I put forward the theory that we are experiencing the end of an age, the Secular Age as Charles Taylor puts it. In order to explain what that means we go into three different definitions for the word "secular" and what their end might mean.
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The landscape of discussion on masculinity hosts many tribes. Some demand specialization, others, annihilation. All of which appear unhappy about the state of masculinity in the West.
Questions about masculinity are ultimately inquiries about not only his identity, but about society, government, and how we should live. Kenneth W. Royce, Author of over 15 books, provides the Modules for Manhood, three books that cover a great breadth of topics, giving the reader an introduction into the many things he believes a man should be good at, or in pursuit of.
Topics include Money, Power, Liberty, Guns, Family, Food, Farming, Training, Religion, Relationships, Work, Character, and more.
One line in the books even played a major role in sending me to school for Philosophy.
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The Ends Justify The Means
You have to break a few eggs to make an Omelette
And similar phrases are not only used to moraly justify atrocities, but are wielded rhetorically as a call to action instead of a moral argument.
Whether a case of desperation, or of utilitarian ends, we take a look a this form of moral argumentation and see if it holds water.
Three layers challenge the legitimacy of such sayings:
1. The Argument is Incomplete.
2. I struggles under any moral scrutiny
3. It only serves the short term.
Listen in, comment below, make some noise.
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The subject of Civil War is once again in the mainstream, this time brought forward by a trailer by the very namesake. Dark Humor gets many of us through our tough times, but if this means anything, it's that we're not there yet.
As a result, we are once again engaging with Just War Theory, having to do with some problems that the classic model struggles with, particularly when it comes to dealing with the morality of killing in War.
A time for honest intellectual engagement, we'll be sure to make some time for the levity soon to follow.
But along the way, we deal with an important lesson when it comes to what makes the greatest of contemporary warfighters so dangerous, how we can harness it, and what warnings it comes with: sanction.
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By my estimation, since the Second World War, the West has taken for granted why men will voluntarily go off to war. It generally minimizes it into some semblance of the male fantasy or selfish ambition or patriotism. However, how we, ourselves make these decisions, or think about Just War Theory as individuals, has consequences for our lives that go well beyond internet clout. As it appears war is creeping into the lives of the individual, we must consider why it is we, ourselves, would consider going to war or engaging in violence at all.
The book mentioned early in this episode is "Killing in War" by Jeff McMahan.
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If entrance into the military counts as initiation into Gun Culture (it doesn't, but work with me here), then I have spent 15 years in various parts of this community. What are the lessons to be learned from it? First, we all enter naive, whether into a job or a discipline or a skill tree. As we learn where we need to correct our way of thinking, we are faced with options for growth, or resentment.
Second, group constitution takes second place to group attitude when it comes to success. Think of it like skills being the foundation, but not the cause for a good community.
Finally, whether shooting competition, training tactically, or looking into new gear, we build this community that you're likely a part of, by spending time with one another.
Let's do more of that.
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We don't talk about gear too much on the REDACTED Culture Cast, but when we do, we do it with a flair of the unorthodox. Cody, the man behind Bargain Bin Tactician, tells his story of entering into Gun Culture, searching for community after moving, and how he has approached gear from the outside looking in.
The curse and cure of gun culture is how much it is centered around items. In a sense, what we spend our money on is the best reflection of what we consider valuable, even if what we say and what we buy doesn't match up. Bargain Bin Tactician has brought a level of media professionalism to his production without limiting his learning curve to dictate equipment first, uber alles.
May light hearted episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast remind you that though this community deals with serious topics, we are not slaved to a doom-and-gloom mindset.
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If war is simply conflict between Governments or states, and the use of armies targets the politcal, which economic warfare attacks a people's market or access to resources, what would it look like for a hostile country to use culture as an attack vector in a warlike fashion? Define it too broadly and innocent people will suffer as they get swept up alongside insurgents, producing a breeding ground for more conflict. Define it too narrowly, however, and insurgencies will be left to roam free under the guise of humanitarian aid or religious organizations.
Much of American culture lives in contradiction. It wants it's government to stay out of their business, except when it comes to supporting it. It's okay with government meddling, so long as it's bothering someone else. And anarchy provides no alternative.
In this episode we revisit Politics, Economics, and Culture as three different attack vectors between peoples, and take a look at pitfalls to avoid when scrying culture as a potential attack vector.
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Putting community building into practice, Brent built a community through volunteering his time and experience to put on events for those who wanted to attend. Instead the basic Pistol and Rifle classes, they went well beyond including shooting from and around vehicles, to a version of a foreign weapons day. An antidote to the pessimism that hangs over Gun Culture, this conversation demonstrates that not only can we visualize what we want to see, but put it to action.
AS two veterans, we address differences and similarities between out similar timeframe in the military. From TBI, to leading a platoon versus teaching in the civilian world.
Until recently, Civilian training looked like leveled courses, but we're seeing that shift. Enjoy the Episode as we engage with both sides of Gun Culture, engage in the subject of training, and building a vision for the future.
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Three methods of approach, three subject that produce the context for our lives. We take a look at three different subjects: Politics, Economics, and Culture to consider what we are working with when it comes to either side of the Is-Ought divide. Politics deals with governing systems, whereas economics deals with markets, but how to people formulate how these systems should function is a different question entirely.
Correction in the description:
Hume's Fork refers to the difference between A-Priori and A-Posteori Information. More on that Later.
Closing Music: "Make It Right" by The Toxic Avenger
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Now that the holidays have breached your calendar with a flash bang and a flame-thrower, we've got Paigeosity back on the show to talk about cultural momentum. Don't forget to steamroll your family members when it comes to Gun Culture while eating the meatbird.
For all the bluster Gun Culture blows about being elite, or an elitist, or an expert, it rarely takes the time to adequately consider what it is that makes someone truly an expert at something like CQB. The military is, contrary to their role in society, mostly concerned with looking good for a certain political class of officer. The Individual citizen, however, might bring a new wave of cultural momentum to the fight.
Here we are. Sit back and enjoy with Paigeosity
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Those who encounter violence and war will be tempted to see themselves a combination of the light and the darkness in this world. Various forms of religious iconography, as well as cultural keystones mimic this concept as if a person can be servant to two masters, wrestling between them.
But the source of light has no equal. The concept of dichotomy as a form of identification becomes an idol, steeped deeply in one's worldview.
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In the mind of Clausewitz wars had a beginning and and end, or at least they should. But when we look at the ways peoples have waged war against each other, the timelines more often reveal a long fringe on either end of the conflict. These blurry edges may manifest on a timeline, as well as in the use of irregulars to wage unlimited warfare.
In today's culture war, as it is described, the fighters are not only non-state actors, but informants, ideologues, and activists who utilize insurgent-like activity to sow disruption in a population. With the globalization of media and the internet, we in the west are starting to see this happen more and more. The question remains: what do we do about it?
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As the Levant once again gathers the attention of the world, we have an opportunity to learn about not only how wars are fought, but how those similarities are repeated the world over. Israel, being considered a nation-state, is expected to engage in regular warfare, against an opponent not held to the same standard in political discourse. The importance of this war remains immensely personal to some, but to all, it serves as a model by which to understand one form of asymmetrical warfare.
And when we look into the history of war, it's not as unusual as the media portrays. Whether we look at how Special Operations engage in war, or at the history of American warfare, we find similar examples of irregular warfare as a means to an end.
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It can be quite funny to watch fools opine grandly about how they are, themselves, a free thinker, without a single consideration for what that means other than a cookie-cutter-counter-culture to the presumed status quo. The phrase has rotated through the decades, including free-thinker, critical thinker, independent thinker, or someone who thinks for themselves as an intellectual version of the virtue signal.
Let's take a look into what it means to honestly think for yourself.
Enjoy!
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Two guests join the show today, both with former appearances on the REDACTED Culture Cast, and both with a strong take on the grime and grit of both this culture and the industry. At the table, we have three voices: an Active Duty Soldier, a Veteran, and a Citizen.
And in good faith, we bring more than more complaints to your table.
- The difference between the Culture and the Industry.
- What their differing goals are or should be.
- Community Building, in a Tangible Environment.
- Gun Culture Eat's it Own.
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The argument is made, time and time again, that if we could just get rid of religion, we would be able to end all wars. Yet that belief requires a willing ignorance to what religion is and how, at the core of each and every philosophy, is a fundamentally religious idea.
The idea that we could eliminate war from taking place wherever there are men reveals more about the person who believes it, than about the world as it is. Clausewitz described War as politics by another means, or at least poor translations of "On War" suggest that. Mao and Lenin viewed war as a part of Culture, or at least the way they waged their campaigns certainly implied so. And then there's the question of economics, that if we could solve the problem of scarcity in the world, we would end all reason for men to go to war with one another.
Each of these theories portrays different metaphysical ideas, different worldviews. And how we think of them in relation to war affects how we believe we ought fight one.
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At the beating heart of this community and culture is the idea that all men are created equal. That there is no distinction between citizen and soldier when it comes to rights. That there is no difference between free man and party member when it comes to using logic and reason to regulate ourselves and our country.
Or at least that is the ideal. This scathing criticism of Gun Culture comes at the heels of yet another case where our enemies amass social and fiscal capital to be wielded in economic warfare against us, while we complain to our hearts malcontent in order to eek by another day and another year.
And that is the way we will move forward: step by bloody step. We will be discouraged, but we will not be defeated. We will be downtrodden but we will not be made to beg. We will be betrayed, but we will not give up hope that this culture and this community, and this moral philosophy which grounds our rights as free men will never be wiped from the face of the earth until every one of us is no longer here to carry it in our hearts.
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By now, most of us are familiar with the trope of the hyper-alert, hyper-aware veteran who's level of situational awareness often looks like a display. In that grey space between the white picket fence and war on an industrial scale, this posture will not only make you a target, but one that is easy to predict.
You will often see people concerned with self defense identify their greatest threat to be the casual opportunist. Nothing like declaring your value with the lowest common denominator. However, an adversary with even the slightest modicum of self awareness will likely start gathering information on you, seeking to know your pattern of life in order to identify weaknesses.
This is where the hyper-alert self-defense guy comes into the picture. Not only is he aware of his surroundings, he's so aware that he has to tell everyone about it. He's so aware that he makes himself out to be a target.
In addition to that, most people who exhibit public displays of self awareness turn out to be compensating for a lack of achievement in their current or prior employment.
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Much of how we describe ethics in war comes from a tradition that was born relatively recently in comparison to the history of warfare. In premodern times, before the renaissance or the enlightenment, the scale of warfare often extended well beyond the warfighter, even as different creeds and belief systems set limitations on the man wielding the sword.
During the enlightenment, as Europe inched closer to the idea of a balance of power, various nations, kingdoms, and warriors began to place limitations on the warfare they waged, at least until they reached a certain level of desperation.
In some ways, that tradition of limited warfare never really manifested, and in others, what was left very well died on the battlefields of World War 1.
Now, we are here in an age of decentralization, where not only nations go to war against each other in every way but the official way, and grey zone between combatant and non-combatant is the most lively battlefield at play.
So, in this episode we address how the idea of warfare has changed from age to age, and how it looks to be rhyming, if not returning to a pre-modern, but more genuine format, partially by breaking down the barrier between the professional warfighter, and the citizen capable for becoming a warrior.
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Another Ranger joins the show, this time one with the capability to pass the high standards of the Ranger Regiment when it comes to functioning as a Medic. We discuss the credibility of recent terrorist threats, and go so far as to take a shot at the golden question: what is terrorism.
Tim Selbrede both stands out and fits into a cohort of men like him who have gone out into the world, experienced adventure, and lived to tell the tale, only to come home to a country that doesn't honor him for the achievements he finished in defense of the Nation.
Recently graduating DARC, the next feather in the cap means a question of what comes next and how we continue as a community in the coming months, years, and generations.
Later in the episode he shares some advice when it comes to re-evaluating your medical capabilities after they may have gathered some dust or your IFAK has gone to disarray.
And yes, this episode was published on the day when Luther nailed the 95 theses to the door of the church in honor of Tim being a Catholic.
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How much of this community consists of freeloaders, riding on the coattails of those putting in the work? How many people in this community coast on the free subscriber level, but complain when they are not granted access to the small, tightly knit circles that make up the Gun Culture?
- Freeloaders, and Mooches. No one likes a Sandbagger.
- The trouble with sponsorship in this industry.
- Hoarding information.
- Lowering Standards are your fault.
- Cult activity versus community building.
Are you tired of the Drama? Good, because you might be part of it.
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Everywhere we look, it appears that the world is falling apart. The institutions have been corrupted, and not by crafty tyrants whose strength we could at least respect, but by petty despots, who used subversion and slimy tactics to undermine the very thing which upholds them. The great academies have been consumed by illiterates. Politicians beg and steal to enrich their own pockets.
There is nothing that Man can create that is permanent, and for this we are thankful. We don't even have sovereignty over life itself.
And be ready. The news cycle is about to begin, and it's going to be brutal.
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Hailing from a family with an adventuresome past, Peter Ildefonse joins the show to argue that our Rights reside downhill from our responsibilities. When we talk about worldviews, he addresses a problem: while many of us take effort to define and understand our worldview. Yet he raises the question, how many of us see ourselves as the exception to the rule which governs everyone else?
This idea is only the beginning, and Peter shares lessons learned from family members who dramatically escaped and later, trained citizens in skills meant to resist his tyranny. We get into the myths behind the IYKYK, take a peek at gatekeeping, and a look at cultures which would die off without supermarket.
Peter argues that we have a responsibility to resist injustice, and from that responsibility, we understand our individual right to bear arms.
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We're hearing politicians and pundits wax poetic about the threat of sleeper cell terrorists attacking America. All attention is then directed at the idea of an illegal alien entering the United States through a porous southern border, to then integrate into a community keeping nefarious plots and abilities under the floorboards until they receive a call from a foreign commander.
What's more close to home, is that the idea of what we call a sleeper cell already exists in America, only they're chanting Black Lives Matter and burning down a police precinct.
Further, Gun Culture has put a great interest in the idea of Recce or reconnaissance, and the interest is genuine, only the terms are a little off.
Books mentioned in this episode:
"Why Young Men" by Jamil Jivani
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"War of the Flea" by Robert Taber
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OPSEC, short for Operation Security is Military Jargon for keeping information vital to the security and success of an operation out out the hands of those who would use open source intelligence gathering tools to gain leverage against one's unit, people, or community. Maintaining a clear control of OPSEC is difficult to measure unless you are actively capable of discerning what an opposing force knows about you and your plans. Traditional and cultural references includes spy novels, thrillers, and a news broadcast that's a little to revealing about what is really going on behind the curtain.
A double edged sword for any society which claims to be free, OPSEC includes governments actively taking steps to compartmentalize information and restrict its spread across even its own population.
We start by comparing OPSEC to the board game STRATEGO, which helps build the concept. However, in our world where terms like "5th Generation Warfare" regularly appear in political discourse, the idea of Operation Security runs the risk of inciting paranoia.
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The idea of the news is a fascinating one. Somehow, the individual who's job it is to give you the news is supposed to accomplish it without including his or her own bias. As an ideal, this would be useful, as people bring their own worldviews into consideration when they consume media. But in our world, in the post-information age, it's just not that simple.
We've come to accept that bad news gets more attention than good news, but why is this the case. Not in the national, bird's eye view, but why, for ourselves? Why do we pay more attention to what is going wrong in the world, and give less heed to what is going well?
Bad news imparts a sense of urgency, which, like alcohol, calms some of the storm by giving it meaning. And like alcohol, if we do not maintain that buzz, we'll eventually get left with a hangover.
The metaphor isn't exhaustive however, for when we look at both history, and how we percieve meaning in a society, we are faced with a tried and true problem: what is the role, if any, of the news man, and how do we even define integrity in such institutions.
The newsman has replaced the pulpit, as the place where we go in society to look for answers to the deeper questions of life, and it has had consequences which we are paying for.
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In the movies, the bad guys willingly target women and children. The good guys fight with honor, even when faced with chaotic situations, and show great remorse whenever there is collateral damage on their operation. This is only the pop culture way of distinguishing between limited and unlimited warfare. However history is a much deeper, darker tale.
The idea of limited war as we know it originated in the 18th Century according to Grenier, in The First Way of War. But we do not need to dig only into this book to understand that. The Global War on Terror illustrated the challenges of waging a limited war against an opponent willing to engage outside of their rules of engagement.
As we advocate for further decentralization, and as we believe in both the rights and agency of man, we recognize that we can no longer export our responsibility to even consider what are the moral constraints on the use of force to nameless, faceless bureaucrats.
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The Bible makes many references to war, some of them as if they were already history to the penman of the Old Testament, some of them yet to come, and some which illuminate a grand narrative, a cosmic war. The evil we face in this world does not always evade detection, and we would be fools to believe that it does not influence the ways of men.
Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus includes a call to a higher war. Our struggle is not ultimately against flesh and blood, but against a greater darkness which rules over this dark world.
But that call to action is so very often followed with commands to lay down one's spiritual arms, as it may go. We are called into action, then condemned acting in the ways appropriate to the ways we are called.
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As we consider the consequences of decentralization, we look to history to consider what the past has to show about different types of combatants. As part of this year's Moon's Haunted Series, we dig into some of the important foundational concepts when considering the rules of engagement and what it means to act ethically in a war, and what serves as justified causes for engaging in war.
The employment of Irregulars isn't a new thing in our age of globally observed conflicts, even when the fighting is localized to a specific area. Regulars, and regulated warfare appear more as the outlier in human history, including that of America.
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The idea of war isn't as simple as the Patriot or Braveheart like it to be. How do we consider the weight of conflict in an regularly more complicating game? The problem with that easy category of criminals on one side opposed to clean honorable warfighters on the others paints a nice picture that doesn't hold as fast as Tolkien would have like it.
But that doesn't directly imply that there are no good guys in the fight.
So this is an early start into the Fall's conversation in the Moon's Haunted.
good luck, carry on.
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The opposite of elitism should be something like equality. But the inverse of gatekeeping in Gun Culture has manifested in resentment. This isn't a new subject in human history, but instead of merely document it, as agents acting in Gun Culture, it is our responsibility to oppose both gatekeeping citizens from upholding their responsibilities and those who have gained a seat at the table in our community.
And history has shown what happens when a revolution results in a tyranny of the resentful and when it turns to its principles to begin anew.
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The graveyard of Empires and male suicide both point to the same thing: without a solid moral foundation you open yourself up to not only to the temptations which draw us away from living rightly, but can even undermine our will to live entirely. Tyler comes over from the Longhouse Podcast to talk about moral foundations, philosophy, theology, and what we believe to be right and true and good. In a world which simultaneously complains about lecturing while searching for a moral foundation, we engage in a conversation over what sits at the foundation of Gun Culture.
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On Thursday, the 22nd of September 2023, the Biden Administration announced that a new Office of Gun Violence Prevention would come into being under the guidance of then Vice President Kamala Harris. This arrives soon after the Governor of New Mexico decreed that the citizens in and around Albuquerque were subject to a suspension of their right to bear arms, open or concealed.
What happened in New Mexico drew attention, and after the backlash, instead of rescinding the order, Governor Grisham stated that she would be "dialing back" the limitations of the order.
With that as context, this new move by the Biden White House appears partially planned, and fully partisan, as the persons identified to be part of this office hail from exclusively far-left organizations.
Measures include normal talking points regarding assault weapons bans, safe storage, and increased background checks, while including increasing police activities on the matter.
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Politics aside, we're intuitively aware that there's a difference between killing and shooting. When Gun Culture gets dramatic with itself, it pits the two against themselves. The ability to hit a target isn't the same as the mental and moral aspects of a gunfight or a night raid. But we know that.
When we consider the moral environments where the use of force can be found, we recognize that, while we desire to protect our lives and the lives of others, we also can be concerned about the legal ramifications of our actions. Much deeper, whether we call it morality, dignity, or honor, at our core rests the question of, "Is it Right," and if so, by what standard?
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While the utopia of Multiculturalism tempts with ideas as thorough as us "all getting along," it quickly breaks down in the real world when faced with conflicting worldviews and their consequences. While the subject has been addressed in the past, it is worth revisiting, as we once again witness the consequences of abandoning the very foundation necessary to produce that often-desired-but-never-realized ideal of a world in harmony despite our differences.
When the Walker Art Center hosted a family-friendly demon summoning, it revealed the worldviews of those responsible. However, since we do not live in a vacuum, we may use this event as key example for considering how we think about society, culture, metaphysics, and its consequences.
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You have heard it said, "Vengeance is mine, says the Lord."
You have also heard it said that those who pursue Vengeance will need to dig two graves.
The romanticization of Vengeance has long included the warnings of the Cost, but it most often presents itself as a warning that in the end, everyone loses. But those who succumb to the temptations of Vengeance are often weakened, blinded by their single mindedness that it impedes their goal entirely.
Vengeance makes us weak, while promising an illusion of passionate strength, which is easy to say for critics who have made themselves weak, and a different thing entirely for those who not only have the motivation, but capability as well.
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The Overton Window gets referenced most in political and social conversation, and it refers to the spectrum of socially acceptable norms in a given society. This places it squarely in the realm of political philosophy.
And the recent event of the New Mexico Governor's executive order suspending citizen's right to carry a firearm lands as the perfect example to discuss this subject and its ramifications. My observation of the current window places impeaching the governor not on the fringes, but in the center.
And normative nature of this has its consequences.
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One of the three fundamental laws that dictate formal logic is the law of excluded middle. In propositional logic it looks like this:
A v ~A
A or not A
In life, this looks like choice. When we are faced with a decision, we have the option to make a choice, or abdicate that choice. But what we don't have before us is the option to opt out.
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With great passion, people across the internet and the world will try to convince us not to trust the government. To some, this is a novel concept, but not to many. The assumption that we can trust something as vast and complicated as the government as a whole is itself a head-scratcher.
At the same time, from time to time, and for some, with increasing rapidity, we are seeing a breakdown of trust between the citizens and their government. To end there, however, is to be consumed by cynicism. Even when we are betrayed by one person, does it justify that we throw out all trust for all mankind?
And this applies to worldviews and beliefs as well. When we see the cracks in our own worldview, do we abandon any pursuit of a firm foundation?
That is the message in this Monday Exhortation: what to do when a failed foundation collapses beneath us.
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When I joined the Army, I distinctly remember one man in basic training say that he had enlisted so that he could be a part of the biggest gang in America. "Why wear red or blue," he said, "when you could wear green."
Admittedly the scene felt a little stereotypical, and it didn't help that each of us was undergoing the culture shift from our hometowns to the Army.
But Gang life draws more mysticism from the unknowing and uninitiated than it does from those who have seen the inside, and left of their own accord. Angel Cortes, a fellow Ranger, community leader, and selfless kidney donor joins the REDACTED Culture Cast to talk about not only how his life has changed over the past decades, but what he came to understand about violence during that time.
The REDACTED Culture Cast is dedicated to add value to how we think about violence, be it in the form of ethical structures, or diligent discipline. And Angel Cortes has plenty to offer, if only we will listen.
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Have you ever heard someone go about explaining the two sides to an argument, only to later discover they're involved in one side of the controversy? While a situation like that isn't exactly the view-from-above fallacy, it closely resembles the rhetorical strategy of one. Not directly a logical fallacy, the speaker presents themselves as an objective observer looking down on the battlefield between two subjective parties. While doing so, they make normative claims about the environment as if they had no impact or binding influence over his ability to observe.
Gun Culture is regularly faced with this type of rhetoric, and we dive into both a recent article published by Relevant Magazine, as well as the worthwhile read "On Killing" by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman as this fallacy is sometimes referred to as the Psychologist's Fallacy.
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Those of us millennials who grew up in the American church will likely find this sentiment familiar: we read of the faithlessness of the Israelites, shuddering at their unbelief in the presence of God, and then turn the page to apologetics which argues for the rationality of creationism over a naturalist origin story for the cosmos. It is not all too unfamiliar to confuse belief with faith in this sense, or at least see them as near synonyms. The consequences play out in our own lives as we struggle to do what is right, even when we know the right thing to do. And it rises to the level of our Western Culture with never-ending identity crises which take the public form in the shape Transgenderism and the decline of masculinity in the church. In order to solve this, within our own selves or in our culture, we must understand the relationship between faith, identity, and belief.
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Telos, Teleology, and the question of what is the end goal? In addition to the existential crisis, which turns out to be the contemporary edition of such, we engage with the long lasting effects of what we believe to be right and true and good. The mid life crisis perfectly encapsulates the identity of the 80's husband. Only, we live decades later and have our own problems to bear.
Teleology remains the application of logic to what is to come.
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Both Politics and Theology place a heavy weight on the concept of sovereignty. Just like the idea of Human Rights, there's a difference between when these ideas began to see common use in history, and what we ground them in. It's one thing to claim that God is Sovereign, but it is another, entirely, to act accordingly.
The same goes with politics. In philosophy, we must distinguish between the story of how a concept or word came into use, and what that concept is grounded in. What is it that makes it real, as opposed to who discovered it.
And these ideas remain well below the trivial surface.
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"How Can you Be a Christian in the Military?"
What kind of answer are you looking for? Are you looking for a worldview or a set of moral imperatives. Are you asking if it is possible for a man to be a Christian while they are in the Military, as if there were some inherent contradiction, or are you asking the question of "How then shall we live?" Because they are not the same.
Just War Theory deals with both of these premises. Whether you are looking for the Jus Ad Bellum answer or the Jus In Bellow one, just let us know.
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So as not to be mistaken for a trap, Betteridge's Law applies here.
There's a difference between materialism and accusing someone or some culture of being too materialistic. What we understand as Materialism is more akin to Naturalism, where as being Materialistic, is the placing of too much emphasis of objects as one's identity. A serious look at what it is typically portrayed as an unserious matter.
And if so, then what?
What drives Gun Culture? Is it the acquisition of possessions? The development of skill? Being prepared for some potential future? Is it the pursuit of virtue?
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We stand on the shoulders of Giants, who have gone before us, as men, just like us, to try to understand what it true and what it means for a thing to be true. For Descartes, his Meditations on First Philosophy includes the line that divides the mind from the body. Since it is possible that our senses to be tricked, it is possible that all of our senses can be tricked at the same time. If that is true, how can we even know that we exist. And from this we get the line, "I think, therefore I am."
But this isn't the first time mankind has concerned itself with the mind-body distinction. Plato and his influence also depends on there being a difference between the idea of a thing, and the physical thing we interact with.
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The question asked by Socrates gets to the heart of how we think about who or what God is. Many of the arguments regarding God falter over childish descriptions, evoking imaginary characters, judgemental shirtless men, and an abundance of the word "empathy." So when Socrates asks about the relationship between the gods and goodness or holiness or piety, he forces the reader to sort out whether their idea of God is bound by some other force, and the consequences of such ideas.
And how we think about God impacts how we think about goodness, and in turn, morality, which, when it comes to potentially taking life, is something to take very seriously.
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The singularity will change, the world will remain the same.
REDACTED is a strange conglomeration of those who know, and those who suspect.
As a result, the REDACTED Culture Cast is going to change.
The long form conversations will remain. In addition, there will be something of value for you to consider in your day-to-day. Philosophy exists in tension between the halls of academia and a sense of isolation from all of human life.
We will manage the expectations going forward.
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The events that took place in our recent history draw attention once again that there's a difference between the ideal when it comes to law enforcement, and our current reality. And although the political battle is still making hay for this side or that, we as a community have some things to discuss when it comes to the recent shooting of a Utah citizen.
Even if it's not as simple as the pundits make it out to be, event of this sort have ramifications, even if it's not in the way our cultural detractors would like it to be.
More importantly, we as the community ought come together on this matter, if not to bring up moral and legal challenges against those responsible for what took place, than certainly about what it means to look out for one another.
Ethan "Gypsy" Walters has brought art and inspiration to a whole wave of the new Gun Culture, and joins this episode for his third appearance. To check out his work head to
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The meme-ability of Blade Runner 2049 serves as a testament to the its grasp on the human condition at this time. The parallels between the film and the experiences of men concludes in a tragedy, and not one without consequences.
If the Literally Me meme continues to live on, as men depart from the emptiness of the prior cultural movement. As the New Atheist ideology steadily collapses under the weight of it's own demands, culture is returning to a pursuit in a life worth living, a precedent antithetical to the rote hedonism of the 90's and early 2000's. However, the need for greater can lead to dark roads, and pseudo religions and the worship of the state offer temptation.
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The pursuit of Knowledge is its own reward, or so the saying goes. And although this saying might have some immediate motivating value for those engaging in academics, it rarely receives the treatment it deserves.
Clairvoyance is one of those words that, like enlightenment, receives more abuse than proper use. Particularly from hippies, fools, and pseudo-intellectuals. Alone, it comes to no good end, and might be a curse.
A great terror which haunts me is the fear of one day being granted the ability to see clearly, only to discover that I have intentionally blinded myself to avoid the tasks set before me.
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The funny thing about Gossip, is that, like murder or stealing, it's nearly a universally opposed activity, at least when others are doing it. While it may appear like one sharing confidence with another, it reveals that the intentions of the speaker are not all that moral, and takes wisdom to dismantle.
So, when we talk about news, or industry drama, we should ask ourselves if we are degrading ourselves and others by participating in Gossip.
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The Fool Says in his heart "There is No God." With the slow collapse of the New Atheist movement in the background, we are made aware that the denial of God isn't as simple as some denial of a supernatural being. When one denies God, they defy the existence of anything that has power or authority over the consequences of one's actions.
Denial of God is the denial of a metaphysical reality and it isn't without consequences.
Denial of God is the denial of consequences, and can be easily understood as a child throwing a tantrum for getting caught.
Although there might have been a time when the New Atheist movement was considered intellectual, that day has passed. There is no going back.
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Beau Doboszenski returns to address what might be the greatest casualty of the contemporary world: Trust. While it goes hand-in-hand with the Post-Information Age, this subject looks differently for those inside the group, than it does for those outside.
As we see trust breakdown between the citizens and the government, we are also witnessing a dissolving of trust within Gun Culture. The first may be expected given the infringements, but with each new day comes a new reason to be skeptical of even those in our midst.
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We've all likely heard it before: if you're not fit, you're going to die.
If that's the stick, what does the carrot of physical conditioning look like?
Some respond well to the stick, others to the carrot, so it can be argued that a good combination of both go a whole lot further.
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We're all familiar with the Rat Race in Gun Culture. Call it Keeping Up with the Jones if you want, but the effect extends beyond gear. Got a rifle? Now you need to train with it. Train with your rifle? Now you need a plate carrier, then NODs, then lock picks, then radios and on and on and on.
At the same time, contentment can look an awful lot like complacency. Discernment will be necessary.
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Gypsy Walters in this episode that covers the breadth and depth of Gun Culture. So much has changed in the past decade within the circle: from people's participation, to gear, to personalities, to aspirations for the future. His work, from tattoos to illustrations can be found throughout.
He presents the idea of having "One Lap in the Arena" he addresses it from both looking forward, and backward. The classic microcosm in Gun Culture may be that day your skills will be tested, but when pulling back at one's life, the saying takes a deeper meaning.
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Admittedly it can be a semantic game, but when it comes to gatekeeping, the conversation within Gun Culture has become almost entirely one-sided. Call someone's behavior out as gatekeeping and the conversation's over. We see this elsewhere in society: losing the argument? Call your opponent a racist. Didn't get the position you wanted? Patriarchy.
In order to maintain integrity, we ought observe the appropriate use of the term Gatekeeping, and be sure we're not tearing down the standards that serve as the foundation of our community.
Closing Music: Genesee Avenue by Gost
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Ten years ago "Tribe" led the charts as a buzzword. Today, the word is community. If it's a good thing, we call it being part of a tribe, if it is a bad thing, we call it tribalism. If it's a good thing, we call it a community, if it's a bad thing, we call it a cult.
Is the difference just that simple? Yes and No. Adding detail to our language enhances our ability to maneuver the world.
We live in a time where citizens, especially men, are starved for a sense of community. As a result, charlatans take advantage of that void to make a quick buck, to lure a quick con.
If our lives do not depend on our ability to navigate such things, our souls certainly do.
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For fun, we are going to engage in one of those classic topics: Capitalism vs. Socialism.
While it is common for us to hear that Socialism is based on compassion, where Capitalism is based on Greed. However, as much as that argument tries to stick, it continues to feel off.
In this episode we exchange in how to address this argument, and a similar one that pits Mercy against Justice.
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When we hear the words "Conspiracy Theory" we instinctually recognize that the language is loaded with implication. Because it's a theory, it can't be true, and because it's a conspiracy, there must be a bad guy to the story.
However, the danger of a Conspiracy Theory is not purely in the political hay to be harvested, but rather becoming consumed in a monomania that leads either to impotence, or damnation. Society aside, a Conspiracy Theory is both a metaphysics problem, and one for epistemology to handle.
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With all that sweet, sweet awareness that The Sound of Freedom drummed up, and for good reason, we're going to address the elephant in the room. Pornography, for the average American Man, is one of the central causes for demoralization. We recognize that there is evil in the world when we consider Human Trafficking, but we turn a different eye to the porn in our households. Even the coming of age stories from many of our childhoods includes a scene where one of the main character's "friends" hides a smut mag.
So when it comes to porn and the demoralization it produces, the solution is to act, with impunity if necessary. Kill it, remove it from your life, as if your life depended on it. As it just might someday.
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If the role of a man is to protect and provide for his family, what does that look like in an era where even self-defense is contorted by the racist claims of immoral practitioners of law?
What does a woman's touch have to do with a man's business?
In Part 1, Will and I covered how the last few years have revealed the economic fragility of the Western world and he presented a solution: durable trades. In part 2, we introduce the fragility respective to the other of a man's duty: protection.
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Reconciliation is a term often used in theological conversations, as well as in attempts to resolve conflicts within families. What Feminists, the Manosphere, and Will Spencer have in common, is that the relationship between men and women is not going well in the 21st century. So in this conversation, we go back in time to look at early examples of this conflict taking root, and move forward from there to investigate what reconciliation would look like.
As we move on, we particularly pay attention to the role men play in a healthy society, and beyond, how we might get there.
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The culture war has shifted its attention to an old evil: Slavery. While we start by navigating some of the responses, the conversation quickly turns to what we think about terms like RELIGION and MORALITY. The accusation that The Sound of Freedom is a religious thriller tells more about the accuser than the film when we look at what that implies.
But when a population raises its awareness to a horrible evil, it does not necessarily translate into an equivalent response, instead creating a whiplash effect from moral outrage to moral outrage, ultimately resulting in a state of demoralization. Those aware leave with only the tension between their awareness of evil, and a feeling of incapability.
But we have a response to the global decentralized network that is Human Trafficking, and in this case, it is to pay attention to what you are responsible over.
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What does Night Vision have to do with Resentment. For those ingrained in both the Culture War and the Firearms Community, it may not come as a surprise, as both entered the lexicon and the equipment room of many of us as the same time. As individuals like Jordan Peterson or Jack Donovan wrote and spoke about resentment, many of those participating in Gun Culture were just "getting into" Night Vision.
And here we are with the question: should you train with Night Vision? Or, does anybody really need to train with it. After putting aside the generally presented bad arguments, we dig a little deeper into the question.
Which unveils that much of this type of conversation is rooted, not in imperatives or objectives, but resentment. The counter-offensive in a sense to elitism, Resentment rots from the bottom up.
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Throughout history we have a long list of examples of both individuals and empires that divided all of humanity between those above and those below. Where it's the oppressors and the oppressed, the free and the serfs, the government and the people, or a complex caste system, these social structures are most often deemed immoral, incorrect, or manipulative.
Yet, when it comes to people, while we may come to believe that all people are created equal, such an idea, absent a Metaphysic with a Creator, doesn't appear obvious: we are not all born in the same economic status, geographical location, or timeline. We have different proclivities, preferences, and traditions. Whether or not there are more differences or similarities between all peoples across time may come down to semantics.
So, when we say that some people have it, and some people don't, what are we saying?
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What's the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Manifesto of a Mass Murderer? As we celebrate the 4th of July, we have the opportunity to reflect on our values, and state what we believe to be right and true and good.
Our country was founded on more than just Scruples. And every generation must learn that if we do not consider those values, and voluntarily chose to uphold them, they will crumble under our watch.
Do you have a line in the sand? One that if crossed, demands a response? Are you afraid that your Declaration of Independence will be considered the manifesto of a madman?
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The Philosopher's Stone, Mysticism, Alchemy. When we try to turn Lead into Gold, we do so blind to the consequences. When we try to achieve peace through the abolition of meaning, the outcome is not a peace worth living.
Multiculturalism, as it is presented in our contemporary world, offers a deal of this type: it tempts with a freedom from conventions, without disclosing the cost: meaning. Have you not heard it cried from the rooftops: "Can't we just get along." Somehow the voice of one that poses to be begging for acceptance turns out to be the one bearing the sword enforcing uniformity.
It's not that we don't want peace. We simply don't want it at the cost of our soul.
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Like stolen valor, Gun Culture takes misplaced generalizations seriously, even personally, when people representing our ideals in the public forum end up painting the community in a bad light. The reaction often creates drama, thus running the cycle of separating into tribes, which clash until some other threat comes by to re-unite the people.
This inclination is present in Gun Culture because it is present in mankind in general.
Generalizations are useful when they are accurate, and those engaged in the conversation are aware of the use.
In a conversation between Chris Williamson and Andy Stumpf, the latter had that opportunity to speak on behalf of Gun Culture.
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What is it that makes our enemies most dangerous? What about Special Operations? We quickly go to tools, infrastructure, and logistics. Or perhaps it is training?
It is one thing to consider the future and its consequences. It is another, however, to forgo our duty of intellectual integrity by ignoring the potential consequences of our actions. But one layer deeper, is to hide behind consequences as a shoddy stand-in for moral action.
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What happens when the joke becomes reality? When the inside mischief of collective humor goes the wrong way? We've examples in recent history, especially with topics as ethically and politically charged as firearms.
From the plot to kidnap a governor that turns out to be instigated more by Federal agents than willing participants, to the boogaloo bois, who turned a meme into their reality with disastrous consequences for them, in the post-information age, terms like psy-op and glowie can go quickly go too far.
So, how do we start sorting out fiction from reality? How do we combat potential attempts to fracture an group in search of community? What are the ethics involved?
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If the Gun Culture of the 1990's had a mythology to be described by the mainstream media, it would be centered around an approaching apocalypse. But for most historical mythologies, apocalypse referenced a conclusion of the knowable timeline. Jack Donovan has written extensively about masculinity and violence long before words like "manosphere" reached the internet.
In this episode, we cover concepts like the Empire of Nothing as presented in Becoming a Barbarian, the relevance of the striker in myth in regards to violence, and rejecting the abdication of Morality to convenience.
Jack Donovan is the author of "The Way of Men," "Becoming a Barbarian," "A More Complete Beast," and "Fire in the Dark" as well as other titles. In these books he covers topics and theses such as "Violence is Golden," and defining masculinity across cultures.
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Why are our leaders setting us up for failure? Which ones are aware of the trap, and which ones are merely following the language of the crowd? As we continue to ask the question of When is Violence moral, if ever, we recognize that we are running on the edge of a razor between two devastating outcomes. Be it incarceration. failure, or damnation, we are not ignorant fools playing with fire, but something like Prometheus in the contemporary age, with the warning not going unnoticed.
A Priori and A Posteriori are terms familiar to those who regularly engage with rigorous philosophy, and for good reason. Although primarily and epistemic question, the findings we conclude echo through what we believe about morality, responsibility, and violence.
A Priori: Knowledge that is justified without empirical evidence/experience.
A Posteriori: Knowledge that is justified by observation/evidence/experience.
So, in this case, is there a reason why almost all of our examples for justifying being capable of violence based on the potential future of an attack?
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The proliferation of Suppressors across the broader reaches of what we call Gun Culture may serve as counter to the doom-sayers of the Second Amendment. While we observe and react to the continuous stream of infringements and proposals of such, as more and more people take interest in the availability and benefits of Suppressors, we see it grow more and more entrenched in normalcy.
Jake Kunsky has lived on the other side of that veil we call the Gun Store, observing and participating in not only the development of physical products, but abstract concepts as well. His influence is visible, for those who know what to look for.
JK Armament has recently brought two new suppressors to the table, to challenge the status-quo of shotguns and handguns commonly used for concealed carry.
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In this second half, the conversation continues on questions that haunt every man. Fables, expectations, and rites of passage, common motifs through history, men desire something to be demanded of them, something they can be worthy of.
In addition, we take a look at some of the rules Gun Culture functions on, and challenge the norms.
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More than just Gun Culture is reeling from an atomized society. As a result, the term "community" rides from one circle to another, as something we're feeling the need for. Despite the ambiguous appearance, Finance and Maneuver built a beacon through technology that so many different people could circle the wagons around.
What's the difference between a DM and running into your neighbor at the Grocery store? Is our nostalgia misplaced for a past that never really existed.
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Better to have it and not Need it, then to Need it and not Have it.
This simple justification may work in a pinch, but in the long run it leaves us open to attack. The concept of justification goes deeper than circumstantial evidence when we consider morality. There must be more than conditions, imperatives must come from somewhere.
By grounding our moral justification in a shallow condition as need, we set ourselves up for the destruction of our so-called rights.
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Motivation, Meaning, and Purpose stand out in the 21st Century as missing from society. On the one hand, this may be the problem our era faces, and on the other, it appears to be timeless. As subjects that draw charlatans like flies, we try to navigate the difficulties of the subject with some delicacy, recognizing pitfalls along the way.
If it were only so easy to come to a conclusion on Monday, and be satisfied for the remainder of one's life, we wouldn't be here. Instead, work must be done daily to pursue all three.
One method of answering the question of purpose is to look at natural law: what is it that we were created for. A phenomena arises: it may be easier to give the answer to a crowd, than to one's self in the quiet moments in-between.
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One of the pleasures of engaging with Philosophy, is that it nearly requires one to read the old texts. There's a reason we so often go back to the Greeks, and it's not always that we understand them to be correct. Whether it's the good works that survive history because they are so good, or that the Iliad and the Odyssey provide such an excellent landscape to explore various moral arguments, we find the motivations of one protagonist to illuminate the difference between the why and the how of violence.
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The idea that there is no such thing as evil has historically remained an uncommon belief. Call it a privileged one if you will, but that alone is not sufficient in making an argument one way or another. The existence of evil perplexes in ways beyond the intellect.
How we think about evil will determine how we approach it, and our conclusions will make demands of us, so tread lightly.
Racism, Activism, Human Suffering, the Problem of Evil, are just a few ways of entering into the conversation, one that exists both on the surface, and deep below.
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Picking up where we left off, we start again with a conversation on Multiculturalism, from our differing and aligning perspectives. The Gun Industry has changed what it means to be a typical Gun Owner.
Multiculturalism remains a sensitive touchpoint in a world that is getting smaller through technology, and as a result, the stakes are high and will no go away. We are regularly being made aware of the cost of war, unless we deliberately seek to avoid it. And the cause of conflict must not be oversimplified, lest we start down the path of dehumanization.
Hard conversations require courage. Thank you for listening.
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Much has changed since 2013. In the world of Red Dots, we are no longer forced to choose between a T1 or EOTech. Lead & Steel, the company that brought the LP-1 Promethean brings forward some of their optic design in this conversation, and in our fashion, quickly turns to what drives us in Gun Culture.
Ahmad's perspective on the shift in our community started over a decade ago. The social strata has changed more than just the relationship between veterans and citizens. One example: Legal Representation has gotten so much better.
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"I'm not a Pessimist, I'm just being Realistic"
This phrase has become familiar to many, by becoming a calling card of the cynic. But what does it mean to be a cynic, or a skeptic, or a nihilist?
Cynicism flows through so much of our contemporary culture, whether within the microcosm of Gun Culture or macrocosm of the Post-Modern West. We imagine that the absence of deprivation has produced a side effect of the absence of meaning.
Cynicism is cowardice masquerading as bravery. How to avoid it and the death it brings.
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The Common Criteria that Gun Culture has given for bearing arms has come up short when it comes under scrutiny. For the past decades we have based our moral 'ought' when it comes to carrying a firearm on the potentiality of being attacked or infringed upon, as well as the deterrence it might bring. But under closer consideration, this leaves a massive gap in our reasoning, one that, despite their lack of knowledge on the subject, intellectual predators are willing to use as an avenue of approach.
In this episode, we engage with an argument for why we should become dangerous, not just armed. It is in the act of becoming capable that we undergo an moral development into not only the how, but the why of violence, the capabilities and moral constraints of such.
We look forward to the conversations that come from this episode. Enjoy.
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Rhetoric holds a position in both rigorous philosophy and colloquial conversation that carries a connotation of the mystic. Aristotle's work on Philosophy by the English title Rhetoric begins with identifying the difference between effective public speaking, and logical discussion. Things go awry when one presents Dialectic, while performing Rhetoric.
In order to understand and challenge these things, we take a look at the difference between Rhetoric and Dialectic. Following on from the distinction, there's an opportunity to look at how we approach both conversation and critical thinking, in order to make sure our intellectual footing.
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It may be a brutal reality, but the moment you step out, sit down, or take a break, you'll start falling behind. This has been the state that individuals live by in Special Operations, cutting edge Industry, and those kinds of pursuits that require aspiration. Never being allowed to rest on your achievements may sound like a truly frustrating way to live, but when it comes to life-and-death stakes, that's just the way of it, and we can't really get away from it.
In this discussion, we also address what steps individuals can take to vet an instructor. We all started somewhere, some of us with terrible experiences, or with bad habits that took years to smooth out.
Glory in Battle. The Death of the Anti-Hero, and here we are at.
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In the Army, there is a saying that Military Intelligence is an Oxymoron. And that could hold if we were to be satisfied with cynicism having the final say in how we move forward as a culture. If the intel world is messed up, than rightly it need to be fixed. But if that is not the case, were do we start looking to remedy this issue?
Andrew's history in Military Intelligence serves as context for how he sees information turned into something useful, both for a command structure and for the individual looking to be an asset to their community. In this podcast we dive deeper into that perspective and how we as citizens can add value to those we care about.
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The Military Industrial Complex: the ire and foil of politicians, pundits, and economists galore. But what is the proper response from a Free Peoples? Sometime you vote at the ballot box, and sometimes you vote with your dollar. But it doesn't stop there for all people. Instead, when people hear the word Militia, we would like them to think of a volunteer group of people taking responsibility for their communities.
And part of that, is creating resources for them. That's the punchline of the Militia Industrial Complex, or at least how we interpret it.
In this conversation, a part 2 with Justin Nazaroff of Fenix Ammo, we engage further in what it means to take responsibility and life our beliefs in the day-to-day.
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In order to complete a purchase from Fenix Ammunition, customers are required to check a box. For Justin Nazaroff, the way one votes should be consistent with how they act, and how they spend their money.
Instead of blind support, Fenix Ammunition works with only those who remain consistent to their values. Whether individual customers or larger endeavors, integrity is a part of doing business.
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With the Boy Scouts' fall from grace before us, as well as the decentralization of American culture, organizations like the Appalachian Rangers Association are forming, in some cases to support their local community, as well as to create a fire to circle around.
Mark from the ARA continues on the REDACTED Culture Cast, to discuss more of the how, who, and why behind what they do.
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It's fair to say that the Boy Scouts of America is a past-tense organization. It's even in the name change for that matter. With its decent into madness, a void is created.
It may not be the intention of the Appalachian Rangers Association to replace them as a whole. But for a regionally focused volunteer organization and for Mark, it functions as something men are looking for: a place to belong, a place where they can help their local community.
Although we've not had the opportunity to visit them, this conversation centers on the rise of volunteer organizations in the wake of the collapse of the old world. A little to Hemingway you say? We'll find out.
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Part 2 of the conversation with Chuck of All Skill No Luck and Raid Skateboards gets deeper into the topic of culture, particularly on subject of the cost of entry and the concentric rings of the community.
We trace briefly to a time before social media, and attempting to better understand the impact that it has made on both Gun Culture and beyond.
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Is Gun Culture jealous of the skateboarding community? The tactical and competition sub-genres regularly exchange both ideas and gear that find their way across the spectrum. In the same way, we see how the fashion and function of clothing flows in and out of Gun Culture as we ride the wave of time.
Does Chuck Robeson brings that military-inspired-flare to civilian attire through All Skill No Luck, standing apart from the typical lineup through a focus on both style and substance. It's just about flat colors and blending in. In addition, Raid Skateboards provides iconic art and style to an otherwise Olive Drab environment.
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On the one hand, The Right to Self Defense could not be clearer. And on the other hand, further consideration both clarifies and complicates the matter. We engage with a valuable resource: The Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, on how we think about self defense in terms of rights, culpabilities, causation, and responsibility.
In this we are reminded, that just because someone asks a valid question, does not guarantee that the inquiry is genuine.
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We have heard that the Bible teaches to love our enemies and turn the other cheek. If that were the whole story, then we would rightly conclude that so much of history, even Biblical history, is in direct contradiction of these rules.
But what if those two phrases were spoken in a greater context? And what if that context was visible through Bible as a whole?
In this episode, we dig back into various moral foundations when it comes to Violence. From the Old Testament and the Ten Commandments, to Just War Theory, to the tension between mercy and justice, we look at how we might understand violence through a Biblical Worldview.
Starting, of course, with heresies and their collapse.
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Part 2 with Chris Blau returns with a discussion on some of the advantages of shooting different disciplines: competition, long range, tactical, and so forth. But while some argue for one over the other, those with the long game in mind will typically cross over from one to another to gain maximum perspective.
But that's not where the conversation ends.
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While we were asleep as a society, the tensions between the ATF and the population only increased since the events of the last 30 years. Chris Blau, of 1911 Syndicate, returns to the show to discuss what a good response looks like when agents show up at your door.
A little close to home, two individuals in plate carriers approached to home of Moonlight Industries with an inquiry that could easily be interpreted as entrapment. So we have a conversation about what a commendable response looks like, and ways to move forward as a society when tensions are high between rogue institutions and the people.
But that's not all, stay tuned for a discussion on different disciplines present in Gun Culture, and how we might gain from variety.
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Terms like the Dunning-Kruger Effect are often used to explain the phenomena presented when we observe people who's level of confidence does not appear to match their level of skill. While we may often use it to observe this demeanor in others, the real value comes from introspection.
So we take the Model often represented in an X-Y Graph, and apply it to the skillset of CQB as an example of how we might consider how we think about our own skill development.
If the X axis measures skill, and the Y axis measures confidence, a pattern emerges regarding the relationship between the two.
Section 1: The ascent of fundamentals.
Section 2: The plateau of Dogma
Section 3: The Descent of Renaissance
Section 4: The Ascent of Mature Skill
Section 1: Begins with building a naive and unskilled individual’s basic abilities in regards to the skill. Each valid method of instruction develops the student in the execution of basic maneuvers, principles, and rules. Foundations take time to build, repeated practice is necessary to cement lessons learned.
Rules are established and solid. The student is typically incapable of separating Method from Principle.
The student is approaching the end of the first phase when they are able to perform the fundamentals with repeatability. They are able to identify when principles and and rules are broken.
Section 2: The ability to perform the fundamentals in sequence continues to improve. More complicated maneuvers begin to smoothen out, the ability to communicate the fundamentals, whether as a teacher or as colleague partly defines this phase from the previous one.
The individual identifies when they and others break established rules, as well as they begin to consider different schools of the subject. A chief example of this being martial arts in the early days of the internet before MMA had changed the field.
The individual gains more confidence in their skillset as the see the successes of clean execution after practice. Their view of the subject becomes dogmatic: as they are yet incapable of distinguishing between a rule broken and a skillset from a different school used in conjunction with their own.
This phase typically ends after a precipitating event or series of events that break the paradigm of their dogma. Although confidence begins to drop, their skill continues to improve.
Section 3: As the subject begins to descend from their dogma, they began to consider exemptions to their established rules and principles. A renewed interest in fundamentals changes from improving performance and articulating the skillset, to separating between a heuristic and a principle.
Heuristics define a school, and rely on principles. Principles apply to all schools. What was once a rule becomes a heuristic, that, in this case, can be broken.
Articulation is steadily exchanged for comprehension: the ability to choose from multiple maneuvers and skillsets to solve a problem. The phase prioritizes the development of these skillsets as well as ancillary ones, and be able to discern when and how to use each of them. Dogma of rulesets is finally exchanged for mastery of skillsets and their application.
Phase 4: The subject continues to refine, polish, and execute maneuvers appropriate to the scenario. They refine micro-components of each movements, and tackle complex problems with some sense of order. The key feature is the ability to understand a rule/heuristic and when to break it, so that the objective can be accomplished.
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Once again we are entering a week of Social and Political discourse, loaded with the events of the weekend. One part, a following up on the subject of gaslighting, another part deeper dive into why it's important to have a firm foundation for what we believe in, this episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast focuses on the proper response to the kinds of accusations that will be leveled at Gun Culture in the following days and weeks.
We've already addressed how Gun Culture is gaslit into considering our own conscience in the wake of tragedies and acts of violence against innocents. While we may feel the utility of having a good argument in response is to convince our accusers, perhaps it is more important that we are sure of what we believe, in order to discard false accusations.
The intent of these kinds of accusations is to make you feel guilty, regardless of any correlation to reality.
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It is not enough that we hold on to our liberty with fingers stressed tight through dedication, while doubt troubles our minds to the values and virtues of our cause. It is not enough that we merely hold onto the means of our liberty, while casting aspersions on the reasons why we hold these truths to be self evident.
In is book " Brave New War," John Robb argues that, in some sense, decentralization is inevitable when it comes to the nation-state. Fragile, slow, and bureaucratic centralized authorities are too slow to face threats informed by open source warfare and decentralized movements.
Since the book was published, we've seen this play out in real time, with the "summer of love" and following changes in the socio-political landscape. But from our perspective, instead of learning, the powers centralized in letter-agencies have chosen, instead, to pursue more invasive forms of control in conjunction with increasing use of social pressure to achieve compliance.
But if Robb's assessment proves correct, they are losing, and the evidence is in the people.
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Part 2 with Vlad Saye picks up where we left off on the topic of Software Defined Radio. This time we dive deeper into various pieces of equipment and their capabilities, as well as different use cases.
When it comes to decentralization, guns, and technology, we are beset with the question of not only what are the capabilities, but how they could be socially implemented, all built on the foundation of why this might be a goal worth pursuing, knowing fully well that every decision in one direction will come at the opportunity cost of others.
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In Part 1 of our conversation with Vlad Saye of Terminal Armament, the converstation begins with how he entered into American Gun Culture with a desire to bring something valuable to the table.
A tone begins in this first part, about how the tech milieu may have one set of means to securing their privacy and freedom, but are otherwise incapable of defending it, with Gun Culture often exhibiting the inverse: the physical means, but not the technological ones. Privacy or Freedom if you chose one or the other, but thankfully we are not forced to chose between the two.
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The term Gaslighting has risen to prominence in the past few years, and before it completely fades into the mist of recently overused terms, we're going to address the use of it as a tactic to hijack the conscience of the accused.
One mission of REDACTED is to contribute to the cultural and intellectual foundation that informs our Right to Bear Arms. Politics, as it stands, exhausts the concerned, quickly burning out any optimism for morals to succeed in the face of various forms of corruption.
In this example, Gun Owners are typically gaslit with accusations that their choice to take up responsibility for their community is equivalent to justify holding them morally responsible for the actions of complete strangers.
Gun Culture has an abundance of the physical materials to defend themselves, so we chose to add to their intellectual concerns.
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Never before has it been easier to build a personal library, and in the same vein, the determining factor over what should or should not be admitted into your personal library hinges more on the ability to evaluate information, instead of simply one's access to it.
But with that change, how do we consider the action of building out a library? How do we go about choosing what topics, authors, or styles to focus on?
In this episode we cover a some of the factors to consider when building your personal library, including cataloging, note taking, and categorizing your shelves.
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Instead of merely documenting the rise of Insurgency across the world, in this episode we draw out both how and why insurgency came to become so prevalent in the world.
Two trajectories can be drawn from the end of the 19th Century, as the presence of unified and integrated belief systems declined, and war began industrializing. One intersection arrives in the form of insurgency, where war on a National scale is held back by the threat of mutually assured destruction, meanwhile, populations continue to feel less and less connected to their country, and a sense of meaning.
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We left off just halfway through the conversation on Women in Gun Culture, and resume by addressing what might be the other extreme of the spectrum. While we addressed the intent and premises that we approached this talk in the first half, the second addresses what it looks like to "have a seat at the table."
But wait, there's more.
Having a monopoly on violence, in its base form, is antithetical to our human rights. Not only antithetical in the sense that, if it were the case, it would be wrong, but another layer deeper when we say that a human right is one that cannot be deleted, only infringed.
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Before we get into even talking about Women in Gun Culture, we have to lay down the premises that frame the conversation. The word "representation" is so abused that it must be either cured or discarded.
Paige aka Paigeosity has found a place within Gun Culture, and brings the problems with multiculturalism to the conversation. Defining terms, we start by breaking down presumptive arguments that attempt to inject truth statements in the form of an assumption, without directly signaling the intent. In some cases, the argument is the distraction, and in part one, we start by unravelling what one looks like.
So when it comes to the conversation about Women in Gun Culture, what do we do? From Gun Bunnies to Annie Oakleys, it turns out that the conflict isn't coming from within, but without.
Stick around for Part 2.
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A common theme repeated when regarding the advancement of technology arrives in the phrase from Jurassic Park: "Our scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should." Yet outside of the metaphorical Silicon Valley, with the rise of AI, and the advancement of technology as a tool for surveillance, the conversation is evolving to reconsider the Rights of the Individual. Whether bitcoin could function as the antidote to centralized banking, or if encrypted communications are a threat to the nation state, part of considering technology is what is could do, and another is what it should do. Stagnancy is not an option.
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Abused by culture, the term Philosophy suffers when applied to things that are anything but. Author C.B Robertson joins the show to talk about the metaphysical claims made by stoicism, some philosophical considerations when it comes to guns, agency, and we discuss popular books that may or may not be worth reading.
Honor Culture, Dignity Culture, and more, as bad as a marketing pitch it may sound like, this episode is more worth listening to than describing.
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Three elements provide the context for today's Topic: holding ourselves accountable in an environment that seeks to take advantage of it, the projection of conflicting categories of people, and the paradigm shift apparent in Gun Culture.
Dr. Rigney has left his position as the President of Bethlehem Seminary, with articles stating that it's partly because of his affinity or support for Christian Nationalism. This comes at a time when terms of this sort are often defined by the people least qualified to do so.
We see this happen in debates around Guns in the United States.
At the same time categories are being declared in conflict with one another, and in this case, it's by supporters of the aggressor.
Reading "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn identifies a way of describing the shift in Gun Culture, and while many are trying to figure out what that means, it would suggest we are in the time between paradigms, one of searching.
So we posit what a few of the examples and core principles should emerge in the new one.
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As much as the topic of Radios typically focuses on two subjects: Military/Citizen Application, and the strengths/weaknesses of individual systems, this conversation on radio-based centers on something made relevant by recent events. Alex, of Mojave Repeater answers the question of what he would be looking for as far as radio capability and proficiency in an active shooter response scenario.
When last we spoke with Alex in episode 013, we talked about the differences between digital and analogue radios, a subject that comes up frequently in Gun Culture. This follow on asks questions closer to home in light of the violence in Nashville.
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As the world cringes in anticipation for the unrequested humor that will be forced upon us on April First, we interrupt the regularly scheduled content of this show to present Administrative Results. The big chimp himself joins the show to talk a little bit about taking a step into the unknown, the new frontier of the internet, and the cultural ramifications of Doxxing in this caustic environment.
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The subject of Ukraine cannot be separated from politics. We can come to this conclusion either from and ontological angle: Clausewitz "War is politics by another mean," or by the account that in America, any conversation on the war in Ukraine must first wade through a political prelude before any real conversation can occur.
Iain Harrison returns to the REDACTED Culture Cast to bring his perspective on the War in Ukraine to the table. While we are often aware of the tribalism seen in others, this conversation functions as a healthy opportunity to reconsider our premises, and look at the Ukrainian War differently.
Plenty of lessons have been learned from this most recent conflict, and we look at how those apply to the individual.
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The art of Gypsy Walters can be seen across Gun Culture. From shirts, stickers, and patches, to tattoos, and beyond. It shows that Gun Culture isn't purely utilitarian. While we often justify our purchases and pursuits for their utility, whereas our true motivation might be located somewhere else.
There was a time when tattoos were an identifier of danger, but with a changing of the guard, tattoos became commonplace in the last 15 years. While this was going on, Gun Culture was shifting towards broader involvement.
For Gypsy Walters, it was always his goal to make a living off his Art.
So we address what that means for him, and take a look forward to what comes next.
SEASON 1 // OPERATION 2: [INTO BEASTS]
We came together to produce this operation, and begin talking about the meaning behind INTO BEASTS.
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Better Late than Never. This episode had to be written before it could be presented, particularly due to the nature of the material.
You have heard that Governments have a Monopoly on Violence. We take a look at that premise, and the application of our conclusion to how we look at violence.
Thesis: the Concept, or Axiom that men are created equal, or more specifically, on level playing field of metaphysical value, is not reflected in either nature or most of history, and must be grounded in theological truth.
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Most of us were born into American Gun Culture, but for Iain Harrison, it took a little bit of sacrifice, to put it lightly.
Iain Harrison is the lead editor of RECOIL Magazine, a long standing challenger to the hegemony of gun magazines.
By the end of this conversation it is clear that this will be the first of the first 2 shows with Iain.
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What is the difference between surreptitious and covert, and what does it have to do with Gun Culture? One thing we know about this 'community' of sorts, is that it'll never be satisfied when it comes to skillsets. If you can learn to shoot, you can learn to pick a lock, run a radio, and so forth.
What begins with picking locks, leads to questions of privacy, digital penetration testing, and red teaming, as skillsets, and as thought experiments.
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Most of us have grown up with a healthy distrust for "the News," but are at risk for substituting it for something inherently more valuable, without utilizing it as such.
Field: Epistemology.
Terms: Intel, Information, News, Entertainment.
While we are aware that the News primarily operates as a form of entertainment, Intel isn't necessarily used as useful information. By remedying this division, we are made better thinkers, actors, and Citizens.
The Field of Epistemology can often come across as rude, especially when debating a cynic with a bent for dismissal. But despite it's timeless nature, it will be the antidote of Fifth Generation Warfare, if not a demarcation of those who survive it on top.
If you can defeat an enemy without firing a shot, by either demoralizing him, or disrupting his ability to evaluate information, you have a distinct advantage over them, as you will be able to assess the playing field, while they are rendered incapable of understanding it.
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Mission Dictates Tactics, Tactics Dictates Gear. This makes sense when the mission is right there before you, but what happens when it's harder to see properly? What happens when it's not a deployment staring you in the face, but a career, a life that you desire to consider worth living?
With a background in military, and Law Enforcement, we discuss what having a mission looks like for a soldier, a police officer, and a citizen. This brings up the relationship between the police and the people, with advice for aspiring officers.
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The relationship between Gun Culture and video games is messy, but isn't ending any time soon. We know they're not the same thing, that skill in one does not translate to skill in another. Meanwhile, fiction imitates life as the most successful gun culture adjacent games have a present a modicum of "realism." Like in a healthy relationship, communication and consideration is needed.
Justin, aka Controlled Pairs brings consideration to the table when it comes to Video Games and how Virtual Reality might serve as an asset to professionals and citizens alike.
But this episode is about more than just Video Games. By the end, Family, Leadership, Training Plans, and Skillsets all end up on the table of discussion.
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Opening: Matthew 24:6-8.
You will hear of Wars and Rumors of Wars. The apocalypse doesn't come without it's allure. At risk of chasing the current zeitgeist, this solo production of the REDACTED Culture Cast approaches the topic of Civil War with a series of questions that lead to warnings. The topic of Civil War continues to be attractive in media, this production included, partly because of the urgency it brings, and also through the subjects reflection of the state of nations.
This subject is further muddied by the rising interest in 5th Generation Warfare, another subject of mystery and intrigue. If true, who are the actors? If this is war, then what?
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Ben Griffith of Flux Defense joins the show to talk about both his process of development, and how they look at the firearm as a tool. While the Flux Defense Raider isn't the first time someone has tried to improve the capabilities of a pistol, it represents a combination of new manufacturing capabilities, as well as the use of interchangeable parts to turn an otherwise stock handgun into a very different tool.
But this show isn't only about designing a new tool, as we discuss political homelessness, conflict in the 21st century, and some of the principles of Gun Culture.
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There is no excuse not to pursue some form of training. A point of contention within Gun Culture remains the idea that self defense could be made unreachable by pricing prerequisites, such as tools or legal "permission" well beyond what people could acquire. On the one hand, this is a first world problem, and on the other, it raises a great ethical question on the actions of governments, corporations, and the soft authoritarianism of acquiescence.
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The question of who is allowed in Gun Culture has once again risen to the surface, thanks to the actions of a few choice individuals. Before we are all accused once again of gatekeeping, we're going to take a look at the framework of the question and how it points out how we think about about principles, rights, and community.
Important distinctions:
-Rights vs Community
-Big Tent vs Tribes
-Individual Choice vs Cultural Norms
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For a culture that is visually centered on the outdoors, it suffers many of the same blights that plague the greater social environment. Sometimes our solutions are distilled into phrases like "go out and touch grass."
Social Media, and these people we call "Influencers" have played a role in Gun Culture for the best when they combine education with entertainment, which isn't exclusive to their position. We consider what it means for Americana going forward.
For all the accusations leveled against American Gun Culture, in this episode we look at the similarities and differences between the U.S. and Australian approach to their citizens.
Zach Stone's influence in Gun Culture exists of a brand owner who works within other brands.
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Decentralization is in the main stream, but rarely by that name. Whether it's a lack of faith in the federal government, or a reaction to what looks like crumbling complex systems, or a focus on local communities, to calls for National Divorce, we might wonder if the case for decentralization is purely evidenced by the failures of centralized power.
Isaac Botkin joins us again to discuss what decentralization looks like on the ground floor, and what the limitations of the principle may be.
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An exploratory episode considering the concepts of Decentralization and its tension with Specialization, as applied to industry, societies, culture, teams, and the future we are looking to create.
Movies, Games, and even contemporary politics have presented this idea that everyone has something to offer the team. In Lord of the Rings, we have the skills of Legolas, the wisdom of Gandalf, the expertise of Gimli, and the Leadership of Aragorn to constitute the Fellowship of the Ring. But does that translate to Gun Culture? This is a touchpoint of where we have examples from the Military, but that structure does not necessarily apply to Citizens, or might not be advantageous.
So instead of presenting a direct series of principles outright, this episode seeks to explore the relationship between two potentially contrasting concepts: decentralization and specialization, and how we can think about it when it comes to Gun Culture and Americana as a whole.
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-Are you so uncompromising in your liberty to allow your enemy to be armed?
A perpetual question when it comes to gun culture, where answers delivered too easy are suspect and the time spent considering this question is evidenced in the way it is delivered. Sometime simple, often not, it sets the tone for this conversation with Mike Majewski of Ferro Concepts and Open Source Defense.
Once again we are beginning with distinctions, but this time it begins in the Classroom. When working as a teacher on the collegiate level, Mike Majewski worked to instill true Craftsmanship in the arts as technology, be it digital cameras or social media impacted the field.
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The REDACTED Culture Cast is willing to state who we are Inspired by. And one of those influences is the Art and War Podcast. Nathan, from that development is some how willing to join in. But that is just how it is. We have the same values.
If you're this far, there's many distractions,
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The Term "5th Generational Warfare" gets used more and more as our ability to evaluate information continues to degrade, institutionally and culturally. Often that intellectual degradation is seen as evidence of deliberate attempts to sabotage a society, but we ask the question, is that sufficient evidence?
What are the other generations of warfare?
How did we get here?
What are the tactics and tools?
What about a justified application of war?
These questions and more serve as the topic of this episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast, and part of our mission to re-engage the intellect in how we understand conflict, violence, and Human Rights.
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From training and traveling around the world, to working towards self-sufficiency, Jack Potter brings a conversation to the table which straddles adventure and homesteading. Indicative of the shift in culture, his approach to being self-reliant differs from the self-isolating zeitgeist of the past. As the founder of Guerrilla Tactical, Jack Potter talks about how he sees the culture we are actively participating in and what that means to him.
Guerrilla Tactical also represents a certain breed of the American Dream which starts in a Garage, not a Think Tank. While it's not his experience which validates his approach, it serves as context for what we are concerned about.
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In this conversation with Fred of Counting Coup Tactical, we address how so much of Gun Culture has been using capability as a vector for evaluating the morality of the subject. This leads to a discussion on how the increased capabilities of both individuals and government has opened up new moral quandaries.
At what cost? At what cost do we maintain liberty or safety, and are they at odds? The capability of government organizations to collect data expands, it also leads to new question on who are of interest, and what that entails when it comes to a society which at least claims to value freedom.
In the second half we look at what the long term goal of Gun Culture could be.
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Buried in each explanation are a series of assumptions about the world we live in. For example, mystics of propaganda speak as if all of society's problems can be boiled down to someone with power, be it government or a microphone, manipulating an otherwise good-willed populous. The assumption buried within is the idea that there is a fundamental difference between the propagandist, and the population. A distinction is made at the metaphysical level, which is buried within the compelling argument that "the people" are too easily controlled by propaganda.
While making an overt argument THAT propaganda has its effect on people, it imbeds a subtle implied argument HOW that happens. As a result, buried in a framework of the world we live in, the distinction between value and context is poorly plastered over.
From this description we can see the relationship between the experience of professional warfighters and the values imbedded within Gun Culture.
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Drawing a distinction between three terms often intermingled, we discuss what the difference between Education, Knowledge, and Wisdom looks like in Gun Culture with Collin Underdahl. Returning to the show for another conversation, the question also extends into how we think of the society we live in.
Where does achievement fit in the mix? Experience?
How do we evaluate our own choices and decisions going forward?
We would encounter these concepts in gun culture, be it veteran status, courses taken, functioning as an instructor, or choosing a tool, how we think about these concepts will play out, and for the better when we consider them accurately.
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Not long ago, it was common for Instructors to look to lawyers to inform them of the ethical framework they were expected to teach. But today, Gun Culture is much more concerned with both the moral and legal question when it comes to the use of Force. As Instructors have changed the material and methods of teaching available to open enrollment courses, some of this can be attributed to the above-noted shift in the community.
As the head of Orion Training Group, Jared Arceneaux returns to the REDACTED Culture Cast to discuss the finer details and argue for what he believes is the appropriate ethical framework for instruction.
Gun Culture is more than possessing an item, but instead implies a sense of action and pursuit of virtue.
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Privacy may just be more important than the Right to Bear Arms.
From brigands in the streets, to the halls of Congress, the term 'Rights' gets thrown around so flippantly that we should wonder if it retains any true value. In contrast, such unsanctimonious use can also be seen as tribute to the weight the concept of a right imposes on reality. As our world changes through the amoral development of technology, to the morally dubious encroachment of a surveillance state, it is not only what we think, but how we think about what we believe that will have implications on the world to come.
Privacy is something that can be threatened, but why we value it must be called into question. What we believe about morality, and the rights of the individual will have long-tail impact on what we argue to be true.
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We often hear about the battlefield of ideas, and that the Academy is where people may contend with and present their beliefs, theories, and arguments without fear of censorship or retaliation. Whether or not that was ever a reality may never be known, but what is certain, is that the Ivory Tower has not been operating by this standard for some time.
One example of where this goes wrong is when the ideas of people who, isolated from skin in the game, begin making the rules for those who have to live them, such as the Rules of Engagement. Another example is when it becomes the opinion of the academics, that soldiers are trained to be automatons, built by the institution to dehumanize their opponents.
Scott Chapmen entered Ranger Battalion just before September 11th, 2001. More than 20 years later, after a great variety of experiences, he has begun writing about what he saw in those experiences, and in his own self.
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History has granted us more than the benefit of hindsight.
Condition_set aka Daniel Robinson, approaches the academics of philosophy, to look at the way the long form was taught in the military. This is a hard conversation in that there is so much to say and just the right amount of time.
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While politicians and pundits make a scene calling this or that person violent, as a form of implying moral status, we take a look at various pieces of contemporary Left-Wing (American) literature to glean lessons on how we think about the subject. As difficult as it is to keep politics out of any conversation, this solo presentation addresses what we can learn about the ethical (note, not legal advice) use of force, through considering how these left wing authors implicitly categorize the people they write about in terms of metaphysics, when they should be doing so only ethically.
From the Rules of Engagement, to Escalation of Force, we consider what conditions are necessary for the ethical use of force in self defense. The left, in this case, has definitively embraced the concept of premptive self defense, which quickly invites the straw man arguments perhaps rightly thrown at it. But, in order to properly argue against it, we must understand the statements implied, as well as why they are incorrect, in order to do what is ethical.
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The news of the new ruling put forth by the ATF regarding braces has rippled through the culture, and while we have seen actions taken in the past that will effect a section of the population, for once we are looking at a change that will impact us all. The last 15+ years has seen a rise of the popularity of firearms like the AR-15, dominating Gun Culture in America.
Today's guest, Josh Munger, entered into Gun Culture through two vectors: photography and business. Where some enter through competition shooting, military, law enforcement, or legacy businesses, Josh brings his own perspective as both a creative and curator.
In this show we discuss how the new Ruling will impact the everyman and the aesthetics of Gun Culture.
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Streamed out of order because as those who have been to SHOTSHOT know, by the end you're so tired, it's best to get some rest before seriously reconsidering what took place.
SHOTSHOW has stood as somewhat of a Mecca to Gun Culture for a while, with the exception of it being more of an event then a location. Functioning primarily as an Industry Show, every year it draws attention, either through new products being announced, or new drama to unfold.
2023 felt different. Quite a bit different, and while some of it had to do with the ATF, that's not all.
Plus, here's the tip of the Iceberg when it comes to the Philosophy of the Outlaw.
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As the founder of Fieldcraft Survival, Mike Glover has taken part in shifting the colloquial concept of preparedness away from self-isolation in a bunker, instead replacing it with identifying the value in being an asset to your community. At the same time, the book The Fourth Turning has come back into vogue, spoken with the implication that we are approaching the Crisis.
First Published in 1997, The Fourth Turning presents a theory that American History operates in a 4-phase generational cycle, beginning with the High, and followed an Awakening, an Unravelling, and finally a Crisis, before restarting with another High. Now that we've both read the book, Mike Glover and Forrest discuss just what phase we are in, and what it means when we are aiming at creating a better future, instead of simply waiting for the Crisis. Preparedness, as a virtue, must aim further than the pending apocalypse.
(note: Published out of order, with Episode 39: SHOTSHOW 2023 Commentary)
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While in the past, Gun Culture has looked at the partition between military and civilian gear as one of quality and capability, that wall has since collapsed under the weight of reality, be it the rise of insurgency, or the return to a more pure understanding of Human Rights. DISCO32 has made a place for themselves bridging the gap between military accessories and civilian available radio equipment.
Beginning with the fundamental question "what is a radio" and what is it for, we start from the foundations of the why which informs the how of communications systems. As Gun Culture continues to focus on teamwork and community, in order for that to take place, whether in the day-to-day or emergencies, we take a second look at how radios add value to any endeavor.
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The story so many millennials were told: 'Go to College to Get a Job,' didn't quite play out as expected. For many of us, we found our place through the community aspect of Gun Culture. From USPSA, to Vortex Optics, Adam Maxwell has played a valuable roll in the development of Gun Culture as more than a collector's hobby.
In this conversation we cover the culture of competition vs military trends, how the LPVO came to be, and what it means for our generation to partake in culture.
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On Friday the 13th, the Eve before Shot Show, the BATFE has released their Final Ruling on Stabilizing Braces. The ramifications of this decision and timing are yet to be determined, but we will see both some immediate effects, and a long term review of Culture played live before our eyes.
Sit Down, Grab a Beverage, and Let's Talk Philosophy, and why taking a back seat approach to how we think about such things leads to more and more issues ahead.
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It's no secret that Special Operations and the surrounding mythos has dominated Gun Culture for the last two decades, but as one generation passes the torch to the next, we are starting to see a need for a different set of skills. At the same time, this new wave of Gun Culture has grown up with AR-15's in a way that no previous generation had. As Millennials begin to take the reigns, in businesses, media, content, and even the Philosophy of Violence, we are seeing a slight tempering of some of the fervor, resulting in cooler-headed or wiser approach to the tasks at hand.
Austin joins the show to discuss what he sees as tactical maturity, as well as presenting what he considers the 13 necessary skills of a Citizen.
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The history of how cultures, philosophers, and governments have approached the idea of self defense spans much further than the Second Amendment. While in our day, most arguments of the subject center on contemporary events, agendas, and problems, by peeling back the layers of history, we can humble ourselves before the summation of human knowledge and argumentation to try to better understand what we think.
Sometimes we read in order to better understand something, and other times we investigate in order to better represent our conclusions. Both are accomplished in Joshua Baker's book, Deinfringe, where he traces a long series of philosophical as well as legal arguments regarding an individual's right to self defense.
Joshua joins us on the REDACTED Culture Cast to discuss no only what led to the book's creation, but an extension of the arguments that produced it.
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The desire for a rite of passage is contrasted by the desire for acceptance, but by whom? As the Millennial Generation rises to ascendancy in our timeline, so they are saddled with the responsibility to build traditions, and cast off cynicism.
Even though holidays remind us of Traditions, most of us have spent the majority of our lives in a culture which rejects the foundations that it was built on. While this may be presented a common, though pessimistic outlook with wisps of political implications, what we find is that Millennials are reaching their zenith of tradition making, whether they like it or not. And like friends, if we do not choose them deliberately, they will be chosen for us.
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Just because conversations are difficult doesn't mean that they can be avoided. In one sense Gun Culture has benefitted from theological foundation in Christianity, and on the other, philosophy and theology are considered both separate and one-and-the-same depending on the foundation. Members in the military have viewed Christianity as a question of commitment and a grounding element in the storm.
Baret Fawbush is a Pastor, Firearms Instructor, and more who teaches firearms and from the Bible, often in the same day. While corporate America might try to draw a neat partition between these two subjects, when it comes to the important questions like justification, and morality, the line is either blurred, or in this case, nonexistent.
When subjects mean a great deal to us, the conversations can come with a little bit of resistance, from within and without. We are thankful for this conversation with Baret Fawbush on participating in Gun Culture.
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The overlap between Gun Culture and Overlanding once again come to the front with our conversation with Steve Winenger of Ripcord Industries and Rally Rats. Some start working on cars and end up building guns. Other grow up shooting and proceed to challenge their self-reliance on the road.
Ripcord Industries offers a rail at the same time that Night Vision is becoming more available, but that's just one side of the story. We address both what they considered when designing it, and what it looks like bringing something like it to market as more small manufacturers are trying to get a foothold, as well as what expertise is needed in the Culture.
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The 4th Turning, or Stauss-Howe Generational Theory continually rises to the forefront of conversations considering what's just over the Horizon.
Strong Men create Good Times
Good Times create Weak Men
Weak Men create Hard Times
Hard Times create Strong Men
Before we are carried away by the implications of this theory, we must consider what we ourselves are saying when we argue that this theory is true. Can we change the future? Can we break the cycle?
If True, So What.
If False, What are we Doing?
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While we talk about things like a free speech, the free market, and the free exchange of ideas, such things often look quite different in the real world. As we struggle upwards towards the ideals set before us, we encounter events where what was muddy must become clear.
In this discussion with Adam from TacSwap we talk about how Tech platforms interact with Human Rights at the point of the marketplace. It's not an easy topic, and full of landmines, abbreviations, and assumptions, so we work through the foundations.
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At least in American Gun Culture, there are a few clearly defined point of entry such as Military Experience, Hunting, or Competition shooting. But these backgrounds give no guarantees. It has been more than a decade since Chris Blau started behind the Gun Counter, and as we look back at how we got here, we also get a chance to look at what's over the horizon.
1911 Syndicate accomplishes an unexpected fusion of Gun Culture with Real Estate, and once you look at it, the two subjects come together as our community expands beyond the Gun Safe.
While we remark on what achievement might look like, we're regularly reminded that the milestones are just stepping stones at this point.
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A Man with a Why Will Endure any How. This statement identifies the locus of true power within the individual. It's not the means that determine our future, but the thing we are aiming at.
Today's short show welcomes you to consider the "What For" of Gun Culture, and opens up the conversation to what we are aiming at. Instead of spending all our time on what isn't working, we turn our attention to what we wish it to be more like.
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Josh Froelich represents the higher echelon of competition shooting, but that's simply the introduction. One key aspect of Gun Culture is how we experience the relationship between gear, practice, performance, and goal setting. While some say things like mission-dictates-gear, it's not uncommon to find similar principles albeit with different language in the competition scene.
While the conversations starts with chasing widgets, Josh Froelich talks about what it took for him to keep improving, the pitfalls of mindset, and the milestones that led to where he's at. The microcosm of Competition echoes outward into the macrocosm of Gun Culture.
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From the outside looking in, it may be easy to define military members by their unit, record, or number of deployments. But from the inside looking out, individuals in the military have hobbies, and interests which ride on a narrow line of defining who they are. Turns out the age of individualism comes with the threat of perpetual identity crises.
Chris Fettes talks about the need for acceptance and how it motivated him to become a Navy SEAL. After leaving the military, he has carried on an interest in both Ice Cream and Saving Lives into new ventures going forward.
While media outside the military simplifies SEALs as the elite of the elite, and those in the military sometimes describe them as the counter-culture of Special Operations.
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These three concepts sit at the intersection of morality and knowledge and are thus considered in regards to both Epistemology and Ethics.
We see the presence of each within Gun Culture, and ourselves. How do we deal with betrayal? With Bad Ideas? With manipulation and corruption, and being a poor friend?
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The time has come to let die the idea that private contracting is grass-is-greener situation. In exchange for looser uniform restrictions, and a modicum of control over one's schedule, one has to put up with constant pressure to leave home behind, and will generally face greater scrutiny when it comes to the use of force.
Frank Bito, of Bull Creek Strategic, and Escarpment Arms talks about the cost of friendship and cutthroat nature of the Private Contracting Circle. After a time in the Army, and continuing to work in a conflict zone, he started a training company and gun shop.
One constant that's more substance than style within the contracting world is this: Your Reputation is Everything. Similarly, no matter where one exists within gun culture, building one's reputation on a foundation of sand almost always catches up. Sometimes this looks like 'Stolen Valor' but more often it boils down to overpromising and underperforming, consistently, over time.
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The battlefield is always changing, and while we can look back at the technology that has played a decisive role in the history of warfare: Napoleon's Cannons, Industrialized Manufacturing of Ammunition, Battlefield Medicine, it is the people and ideas that move them which makes the greatest impact. Without human will, they are inanimate objects.
Garett Schwindel joins us from KÄGWERKS to discuss lessons learned through the different places he's been, and how Gun Culture, Social Norms, and Individual Liberty have changed in that time.
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We are often able to articulate clearly, the things we wish would change, while at the same time have difficulty showing gratitude for specific things. Here are three things REDACTED is thankful for.
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Jokes, Joys, and Despairs aside, Gun Culture, like any other, has its trends. And while Recce may look like it's challenging the mystical throne that has been held by CQB, it suffers what all revolutionaries eventually must deal with: becoming the one thing they hate. One thing about CQB that became old, and quickly, was the idea that it was some secretive art, part technique, part magic, and if we're not careful, reconnaissance may repeat the same fate.
So today we have a conversations with Blake Flannery of Maneuver Training Solutions, who has spent more years in Recon than many of us have been carrying a rifle, for fun or otherwise. We start with where it belongs in the greater ecosystems, and break down some of the mystery into objectives, goals, and techniques.
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Whether you're familiar with Ian Strimbeck's 'Thought Crimes' or considering the multiple benefits of practicing Jui-Jitsu, RuneNation represents an evolution in training, as instructors continue to move beyond the flat range. We cover some of the issues with the way veterans expect the military to handle their departure, and how the society that we live in can be actively working against our desires to be more self sufficient.
Ian Strimbeck's approach to training can be a breath of fresh air in a subject that suffers from stagnation, but that's not the end of it. Instead of simply presenting a new coat of paint, we engage with more than the new trends.
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There are pernicious ideas which travel through cultures, and peoples which offer a moral exchange: gain temporary relief from the burden of thinking, in exchange for a later crisis of conscience. This idea travels through depictions of war as a dehumanizing force. It commits multiple logical fallacies along the way, and ones that, unlike in the halls of academia, leave trails of bodies wherever they go.
In this episode of the REDACTED Culture Cast, the idea of where morality is located sits at the center of a series of considerations, addressing the effectiveness of pragmatism, how leadership ought function, and what people pay when they reject the responsibility of being thinking men.
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After a series of deployments and time spent in Ranger Battalion, Drew Wallace started down the path of a style of shooting many of us are familiar with from movies, myths, and legends, one combining the skills of horsemanship and marksmanship into a fast-paced heritage and sport. Described as a Western Speed Equestrian Sport, Drew Wallace Competes in Cowboy Man and Shooting, and we cover the history of the style, how it translates to the type of shooting familiar to Ranger Battalion, and how he got started.
While we are actively seeing modern Gun Culture expand into activities like overlanding, the style of shooting that Drew Wallace participates paints the Marksman as something built into the history of Americana. A window into how what was once old is new again, the concept of an Armed Populace may have gone through a season of shadow, but is hopefully returning to the norm.
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When the Flux Defense Raider first caught our collective attention, it looked like the fusion of two worlds: the allure of a secretive mission combined with that kind of practicality which harkens to the everyman.
In this episode we cover what it was like bringing the concept to life, social media shenanigans, community building, and where gaming meets gun culture.
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The American Debate on Gun Control regularly breaks apart when a utilitarian argument meets a rights-based one. The problem with how we think about violence, is that we too often resort to using it as a method of enforcement, instead of an action that is judged based on the context.
The idea that an armed society is a polite society may have allure, but ultimately falls short of establishing a moral requirement, and instead opens the grounds for an ends-justify-the-means conclusion.
So we engage with an argument which attempts to show that in order for a society to be moral at all, it must not have a government infringing on that right, and the exercise of the right to bear arms is part of agency being a necessary option to begin with.
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It's not enough to use the Second Amendment as merely a legal defense against tyranny. Just as the paper itself does not establish a Human Right, neither does the institution that honors it. But these concepts did not arrive out of the void. Rather the ideas that culminated in the Second Amendment took centuries to crystalize into a codification intending to restrict governments from infringing on the rights of the people.
Politicians, movements, and ideologies can all be guilty of simplifying history into a specific narrative: the Enlightenment was a battle between science and religion, the American war for Independence was between good Colonials and bad Red Coats, and history is only written by the victor. While these generalizations can feel helpful at times, if we are to learn from history, we must first understand it, and in order to do so, we must consider how we gather information on the subject.
In addition to producing gear for the culture, T.Rex arms also dedicates time to participate in culture building. Isaac Botkin joins the show to discuss what had to come to pass before we were able to produce a document with the express purpose of defending the right to bear arms.
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Communications may get a bad rapport in Universities, but when it comes to communities and conflict, it bears the same weight as logistics. Gun Culture has long held a symbiotic interest with Radios, radio tech, and the legalities surrounding them. Mojave Repeater knows more than a thing or two about both radios and communicating through them, and helps guide us through the murky environment that is what they are capable of, as well as what to look out for to stay on the good side of the law.
You could say that Mojave Repeater runs a commo shop, which means one thing to military and veterans, and a whole different concept to those engaged in the public market. His experience and expertise covers both the equipment, and how to use it, and more importantly, how to make it work for you instead of you spending your time trying to justify the capability.
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The subject of violence is inherently bound to both metaphysical presumptions and ethical evaluations. Due to the immense moral consequence of acts of violence, how we evaluate an action to be violence and how that action is evaluated carry heavy weight. So, how we think about it must be considered with grave seriousness.
In this episode, we start dissecting the concept of violence into its parts: metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology, as well as consider how logic plays a role.
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For years we've seen the similarities between the culture around firearms to those around photography, cars, and more. If you've ever seen a reel or watched a modern video of someone shooting competition, you've likely seen something influenced by his work.
And there's more to competition shooting than simply the stage plan. Rather, a whole ecosystem around the sport and its various disciplines. We dig into how competition builds more than skillsets, where we've seen good changes come about in the culture, and where we think things are going.
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Co-Conspirator in the making of [CABIN IN THE WOODS], Peter Johnson of Archway Defense joins the REDACTED Culture Cast to discuss privacy, digital and physical, as well as illuminate how we apply the responsibilities attached to rights to our daily lives.
One trouble with cyber security presents is how difficult it can be to set goals. The ideal of being a digital ghost may sound like an ideal to strive for, but much more often we're looking for vulnerabilities and fixing them. While Archway Defense specializes in training tailored to the customer's needs, Peter's concern about digital, and now social security adds context to an already murky subject.
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This week comes in response to a series of questions regarding maintaining training in a busy schedule, and for those who may not have access to nearby instructors.
As the Overton Window continues to shift towards a proliferation of training, and although we may not see a golden age of training, the responsibility ultimately falls on the shoulders of the individual to be proficient, and ask "what for" with humility and courage.
Three categories of skill development to focus on: Habitual, Guided, and Exploratory help us think about not only what we are training for, but how we train at all.
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Over ten years of training and curriculum development has allowed Beau to cover both sides of the Is-Ought Divide when it comes to self defense. One part Neurology, another part Philosophy, the story started over 20 years ago.
On the ground at the pentagon on September 11th, 2001 can sound like the start of an origin story, so we discuss not only what happened and what was learned, but why so many are in search of some single event to define themselves, instead of the larger picture.
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Ten Years Later, two Rangers sit across the screen from one another and have a chat about what it takes to be a good instructor, how people avoid making fools of themselves in the microcosm of Gun Culture, and gear development at a small but personal scale.
Jon Dufresne AKA Kinetic Consulting, started teaching before he left the military, getting a head start on the soldier-to-instructor pipeline. With classes ranging from proficiency to night vision specific, open enrollment options are available to more than just Law Enforcement. Beyond instruction, Jon has developed some gear solutions to problems germane to the field.
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The topic of Gear Selection comes up more often than just about anything else in Gun Culture. This would be a good thing if we could just come to terms about why we were having these talks, share common ground about qualifications, and do so with honesty about the subject. But that isn't always the case.
More often than not, debates over gear can be quickly settled out on the field, or in a competition, and so forth. The problem, however, arises when trying to determine the criteria involved.
So, as it stands, the subject about gear itself may be stupid, but it has a boon, one necessary to the foundation of our society.
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Villain Weapons Systems brought solutions to IR Illuminators with the end user in mind by tackling the shortcomings of units approved for non-government markets.
As Night Vision continues to trickle it's way into the everyman, Brandon Olson talks about mistakes new buyers make, comparing Gen 3 to Gen 2 Photonis tubes, all centered around illuminators and why they are more important than aiming lasers for modern night vision use.
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Michael "Gill" Gillingham, the CEO of Raidworx, discusses some of the nuances to optic risers, using night vision, and how the culture has changed as well as the benefits and drawbacks of competition shooting when it comes to room clearing and the tactical space. And while these topics carry the conversation for a while, we get deeper into the grit and camaraderie that can be found in Gun Culture.
From the Marine Corps to manufacturing and training, Raidworx challenges the notion of luck on the battlefield, competition, or beat.
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The mind or madness behind Finance and Maneuver joins the chat for a talk on small scale community building, family dinners with friends, and turning "wouldn't it be cool" into action. Even if the message isn't overstated, it's better to try and stumble than it is to leave it unattempted.
Finance and Maneuver gained attention through creative storytelling and intentional risk taking. They can be found on instagram at @finance.and.maneuver and at their website at https://www.financeandmaneuver.com
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After 14 years in Special Operations, Nathan Spearing exchanged a life of military achievement and adrenaline for a more valuable dedication: his family. His story stands in stark contrast to the millions of veterans who struggle with transitioning, not because they had challenges to face, rather that in addition to the hardships of leaving the known for the unknown, his departure came with hooks attached.
Now, the Spearing family has built a life for themselves, focusing on productive property, and he gives an account of what that looks like, from the perspective of a father, a husband, and a former Special Operator.
After living at the pinnacle of what much of Gun Culture holds in high esteem, he argues that you should first invest in productive property, so that you have something to defend.
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Orion Training Group brings the type of instruction that once excluded the everyday citizen. And while he has developed a way to weed out some students, the story goes much further. Building a community around independence, we talk about the lessons learned from trolls, setting goals, and building culture around us.
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Collin Underdahl, a Marine Corps Veteran, Competitive Shooter, and more, talks about toxicity within Gun Culture, setting standards, and how to improve ourselves in both the big picture, and as individuals.
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