How to Use CIA's "Simple Sabotage" to Slow the Fascists

Asymmetric warfare requires smart tactics

We’re outgunned, right? The Maga turds have the power of the U. S. government, while we are a ragtag bunch of disorganized individuals.

Not so fast.

America’s Continental Army took on King George’s military and—with a heaping helping of guerilla warfare—whooped them. The tiny North Vietnamese and Iraqis both beat the powerful United States war machines.

So if they've got the CIA on their side right now, why not fight fire with fire? As in the CIA’s own manual of Simple Sabotage. (Actually, it was published by the CIA’s predecessor, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, in 1944, and declassified in 2008).

Disabling equipment is just one of many ideas in the CIA’s own manual of Simple Sabotage.

Here’s a link to it: Simple Sabotage.

(You can read it online or download other formats such as for the Kindle)

Here's an excerpt “for lowering morale and creating confusion:”

True, much of the advice is dated. But the thinking process and creativity are timeless. And some of the advice still works.

Just imagine how the late Abbie Hoffman might adapt these ideas to today's challenge. (e.g. Instead of 1940’s mechanical devices, substitute today’s digital electronics and communications. Cellphones and apps already suck; why not leverage that? )

As written, it assumes there's a war like WW II going on. So there's advice on violent resistance. I don't think we're there yet. So let's absolutely stick to non-violent resistance.

Government employees (those who haven't been fired yet): You have a front row seat.

The rest of us can figure out how, in our interactions with government entities— from e-mailboxes to government phone lines—we can slow down destructive activities.

I'm not advocating flattening the tires, say, or putting water, sugar, sand, or dirt into the gas tank of an ICE or CBP vehicle parked in an immigrant dense neighborhood.

It is a commonly known fact that if some miscreants did that, especially in a variety of locations throughout the U. S., it would create a world of hurt. So don't do it.

Some evil doers might be tempted to do that to some other agencies that have been body snatched by the weed-like Musk-guvites. But not me.

As the CIA manual points out, avoiding detection and blame are paramount. It offers pointers on how to do that.

Simple Sabotage need not be personally risky. See the manual for insights on how to mitigate risk.