Today's world holding at least as many dangers as in revolutionary times for the publisher of political thought (though they be dangers of a different sort), I have opted to take the route of anonymity in publishing my more political thoughts to the world. In doing so, I hope that I do not diminish the impact that my words might have if they were backed by my good name. I simply ask that any readers understand that there are manifold reasons for doing so:
1. Anonymity allows me the ability to freely discourse on matters meaningful to me while being able to partition these matters from my professional life (and, to a lesser extent, my social life).
2. Anonymity protects myself and my family from the loopier elements of today's violently factious and often sociopathic "netizenry". Enough said on this point.
3. On the off chance that this thinker ever turn statesman or feel called upon to run for public office, anonymity in this forum will protect my thoughts from the ravages of modern media's tendency toward selective quotation in willful ignorance of context and dialogue.
In the great tradition of statesmen-authors at the time of the nation's founding, I have chosen a nom-de-plume making reference to classical civilization. Fabius has always represented to me the ultimate in practical tactics. I often feel overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the numbers I face in my ideological battle. Liberal fascism has reprogrammed the American consciousness on an almost Orwellian level. Today's political reality is yesterday's science fiction.
If the ideological battle is to be won, it must be on the basis of Fabian tactics. It must be a battle of patience, wearing down the teaming hordes of our invaders. Their numbers are currently superior. They have invaded the precious institutions of education and the mass media. They have deeply affected the public consciousness to the point of rewriting history in the minds of many. We must retrench and patiently wage this war on our terms, not theirs.
The latter pseudonymical element refers to the Roman farmer-general Cincinnatus. If this name is unfamiliar to you, Wikipedia might (depending on the day) be a good start. He represents the one-time ideal of all good republics: the farmer-statesman-soldier. Always ready to defend his beloved Rome against perils political and marshal, he took up office for the purpose of leaving it. He took up power for the purpose of laying it down again. His is an ideal we have long since abandoned and lost in the morass of party, faction, and career politics.
Fabius Cincinnatus
