An American Traditionalist Movement
In the United States, there must be a traditionalist, nationalist, and Christian movement that opposes mainstream conservatism and the left. I do believe this type of movement will face challenges in the United States because of how mainstream organizations have monopolized the Right. Nevertheless, these challenges should not stop a traditionalist movement from ever existing in the United States. It takes a lot of resources to mobilize people to create a movement, but if we want to revive traditionalism, nationalism, and Christianity; we must sacrifice everything for such a movement. Such a movement does not need to have millions of members, it can start with some hundred people, which is fine. Some movements in history started with twenty or thirty people, but as time passed by, their movements increased to the thousands. How can such a movement begin? Or what should such a movement advocate, to gather support from other people? I am going to discuss in later paragraphs my own opinions and thoughts of what a traditionalist movement should do/ advocate for.
Point 1. A traditionalist movement must be active within the community because a movement should not have members that are detached from the people of their community. Also, if members interact with the people of their community, there is a possibility that new members can be recruited; which will then increase the number of our movement. For example, the Legionaries in Romania would go to the countryside and help the peasantry; which lead to the peasantry to support the Legionaries in various ways. So again, going to local charities, being active in local churches, even in community projects; this will create a good image for the traditionalist movement. This also supports my idea of traditionalism, which is the preservation of the community by bringing everyone together and supporting one another, and the area in which we live.
Point 2. The movement should also create a student organization that operates in universities countrywide. I say this because, in universities, various political organizations exist for students. By creating a student organization, we can then mobilize students in activities that have been stated in Point 1, and mobilize students in protests, political campaigning, and in other political activities. We can also have a student organization help with students’ academic and personal lives; this can be helpful to create a sense of camaraderie within our movement.
Point 3. The movement must advocate for traditional values back into the country, such as being anti-abortion; oppose policies that enable LGTB education in public schools, and the list goes on. The way we can advocate for this is to support candidates that align with us, and if it is possible; create an interest group that will have a voice in government. Now, this is complicated because our movement must have the resources to become an interest group. But with God’s guidance, anything can happen in the future. Now, supporting candidates might be the most realistic thing to do as of right now because there are still few candidates that support such values within our country. Another thing our movement should advocate is the rights of laborers of all types in our country. Does this mean creating labor unions? Well, I would say this because by creating a labor union, you then can identify the issues workers face, this then connects you with them. Also, by knowing the issues of workers, you can advocate for certain policies that can benefit them. This might sound weird because, for most of our history, labor has been associated with the atheistic left, but we have forgotten there used to exist Christian labor unions in the United States in the 19th century.
Now, these are just three points that I believe are important in the creation of a traditionalist movement in the United States. One that is connected to the community, students, workers, church, public servants, and so forth. I might be too optimistic and thinking ahead because such a movement is not in existence yet. But it is not bad to have such optimism, especially when I believe with God’s help; we are able to make anything happen in a world of decency and immorality.
