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[WAR COUNCIL]: The Shepherd & The Sheepdog — A Guide to Winning a War You Weren't Meant to See

Why a Focus on Politics is a Strategic Blunder

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Ethan Faulkner
Jul 21, 2025
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CLASSIFICATION: PUBLIC / INNER RING SUBJECT: Deploying Core Doctrine & The Phase II Pivot

Council Members, Patriots, and Fellow Rebels,

For generations, the Producer’s Republic—the coalition of farmers, workers, small business owners, and creators who build the real world—has been locked in a fight it cannot seem to win. We fight with righteous anger, common sense, and a deep love for our country, yet we remain on the defensive. We win battles at the ballot box only to find the war was already lost in the boardroom. We expose lies in the media only to see new, more insidious narratives take their place.

Why?

Because we have been expertly manipulated into fighting the wrong enemy. The chaos, the division, and the sense of powerlessness felt by ordinary people is not an accident; it is a deliberate strategy of controlled demolition. The enemy’s single greatest weapon is not money, media, or political power—it is misdirection. It is their masterful ability to keep us fighting their decoys while they consolidate control.

This memorandum is a declaration of war on that strategy. It is the key to seeing the battlefield for what it truly is.

The Core Doctrine: Shepherd vs. Sheepdog

A fundamental error, encouraged and amplified by our enemies, is to mistake the "sheepdog" for the "shepherd".

  • The Sheepdogs: These are the visible, loud, and ultimately expendable assets of the ruling class. They are the politicians of both parties, the talking heads on corporate media, the academics who launder elite narratives, and the captured regulators. Their function is to manage the flock, to create the illusion of political opposition, and to absorb the white-hot anger of the populace. They are trained to bark at threats, real or imagined, to keep the flock agitated and distracted. They are a strategic smokescreen. Wasting your energy and ammunition on them is a tactical blunder that serves the enemy’s exact agenda.

  • The Shepherds: These are the true architects of policy and the owners of the sheepdogs. This is the Financial Nexus—the symbiotic cabal of globalist corporations and financial behemoths like BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, who have fused with the core functions of the state. They are the modern "New East India Companies," private powers that wield state authority without any public accountability. They do not debate on television; they write the legislation that is handed to their political employees. They do not run for office; they purchase the candidates decades in advance.

To attack a politician is to shoot the sheepdog. The shepherd simply whistles and another one takes its place. The system remains untouched. To strike the shepherd, however, is to strike the command-and-control node of the entire parasitic structure.

This framework—this simple, brutal truth—is the beginning of our strategic reorientation. It allows us to stop wasting our energy on the theatrical performances of the political arena and focus our power on the true enemy.

Now that you can see the shepherds hiding behind their political pets, the critical question becomes: what do you do? How do you fight an enemy that has captured the state itself?

The answer is not what you think. It is not about winning the next election or finding a better class of sheepdog. The answer lies in understanding that the entire game is rigged... and choosing not to play.

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