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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. 

Open Source Defense can be found at www.opensourcedefense.org for those of us in Gun Culture who are less interested in the culture war. 
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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. 

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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. 

Scott Chapman is an Author for The Havok Journal.
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