General William Tecumseh Sherman didn’t burn down Atlanta because he liked fire, no. He did it because half-measures don’t end wars. When a system is built on exploitation, you don’t ask it nicely to stop. You cut off its supply lines, starve its profits, and march through its illusions until it can’t function anymore. That’s what invoking your inner Sherman means: refusing to play by rules written to keep you docile.
The enemy today isn’t just wearing gray uniforms; it’s wearing suits, logos, and smiling PR campaigns. It runs on credit cards, ad clicks, and direct compliance. Its railroads are digital, its depots are data centers, its morale is built on your exhaustion.
So stop feeding it.
Invoke your inner Sherman when you:
Cancel your Amazon Prime account and help a mutual aid group instead.
Expose corruption, exploitation, or hypocrisy–loudly and publicly.
Withdraw your labor, your money, your silence.
Coordinate with others to hit where it hurts: revenue, reputations, reach.
Turn apathy into disruption, confusion into strategy, and outrage into logistics.
You don’t need to burn cities. Just burn the illusion that this system is unshakable.
Sherman didn’t wait for permission. He moved with purpose, precision, and total commitment to the goal. That’s what wins. That’s how we end things that refuse to end themselves. Be ruthless; not with people, but with the forces that profit off their suffering. Be relentless, but not in hate, but in resolve. Be strategic, not just loud.
They fear chaos, but what they really fear is organized chaos. That’s what Sherman unleashed. That’s what we must become.
Light no fires, just movements. And never stop marching.
Sisyphus Shrugged 