What is a 21st century "Copperhead?"

It's a term I made up, and which describes only myself to my knowledge. It is inspired by the 19th Century "Copperhead" faction which dominated the Southern Midwest during the American Civil War.

They were inspired in large part by the Jacksonian Democrats who came before them, and stood for the empowerment and affordable family formation for America's pioneering, homesteading, rooted, working class white men and women.

There's a great deal of overlap with Huey Long's populist legacy, with the Copperhead exemplifying an authentically and integrally American expression of "national socialism." It is anti-elitist, anti-globalist, and anti-capitalist.

On account of sweeping changes, the contemporary Copperhead no longer identifies as "American," but as an "Amerikaaner," a stateless nationality incompatible with the federal state's conception of nationhood.

He is a secessionist, but has learned from the miscalculations of his forebears and seeks first and foremost to achieve a complete social, economic, and cultural secession before raising the spectre of a peaceful and voluntary dissolution of the prolapsed empire.

He is beholden to no foreign government or movement, while being friendly and respectful to all potential partners in travel and trade. He proudly stands for his own race and ethnic group, while working as a team with others also trapped in the same failed state that serves none.

Aesthetics:

The uniform is a random work uniform. It can be your real one or an ironic one. Gatherings must look like an impromptu gathering of disgruntled service employees.

No fashwave whatsoever. Heartland rock and folk strongly preferred.

Smoking and vaping welcome.