Read it and weep. Those in control of our government are pure evil. There is no question about it. We will never vote our way out of this. Collapse or overthrow are the likely options. Which do you choose?
“When I was working for the NSA, I was sent to Japan to impress the Japanese and show them the reach of advancement that we had made. I showed them how live drone feeds were visible and could be monitored.
The NSA then asked Japan to help us spy on the Japanese population. The Japanese government refused and said it was illegal in their country to spy on their population. They said it was against their laws.
Of course, we tapped their entire country anyway. And we didn’t stop there. Once we got under their communication systems, we started going after their physical infrastructure. We slipped these little sleeper programs into power grids, dams, and hospitals.
The idea was that if the day came when Japan was no longer an ally, it would be lights out for Japan.
It wasn’t just the Japanese. We were planting malware in Mexico, Brazil, Austria, Germany…
We were also tasked to follow most world leaders and heads of industry to track trade deals, sex scandals, diplomatic cables in order to give the US an advantage in negotiations at the G8, or leverage over Brazilian oil companies, or to oust some Third World leader who wasn’t playing ball.
Ultimately, the truth sinks in that no matter what justification you’re giving yourself, this is not about terrorism. Terrorism is the excuse.
This is about economic and social control, and the only thing you’re really protecting is the supremacy of your government.”
~Edward Snowden
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When there was a tax on tea (which was levied in England, not the colonies) Americans dealt with it by buying smuggled tea from the Dutch.
This hurt British tax revenues, so they decided to deal with the smuggling by exempting a cargo of tea from the tax to break the Dutch smuggling ring.
It was the tea being exempt from the tax that caused throwing the tea into the harbor to prevent it from being sold, because the legal tea dealers of Boston, who had paid for stocks of taxed tea, couldn’t compete against it.
One of the largest of these Boston tea dealers was some guy named John Hancock. He wasn’t interested in independence, he was interested in saving his financial ass, and Sam Adams was able to leverage that to help bring him to the cause.
So it wasn’t the taxation that caused the Boston Tea Party (in which there was no blasting), it was the mercantilism. The official government favoring of one merchant (an English one) over the others (the colonials).
Humans – a species of losers picking winners and losers from their own gene pool.
How fucking hilarious it THAT?!
Add inflation tax: whatever you keep, you still don’t keep.
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
Ron Paul decided to enter politics because of this having happened 52 years ago, next month:
https://wtf1971.com/ _ & _
Abolish the state:
The Reluctant Anarchist
http://www.sobran.com/reluctant.shtml
In the late 1980s I began mixing with Rothbardian libertarians — they called themselves by the unprepossessing label “anarcho-capitalists” — and even met Rothbard himself. They were a brilliant, combative lot, full of challenging ideas and surprising arguments. Rothbard himself combined a profound theoretical intelligence with a deep knowledge of history. His magnum opus, Man, Economy, and State, had received the most unqualified praise of the usually reserved Henry Hazlitt — in National Review!
I can only say of Murray what so many others have said: never in my life have I encountered such an original and vigorous mind. A short, stocky New York Jew with an explosive cackling laugh, he was always exciting and cheerful company. Pouring out dozens of big books and hundreds of articles, he also found time, heaven knows how, to write (on the old electric typewriter he used to the end) countless long, single-spaced, closely reasoned letters to all sorts of people.
Murray’s view of politics was shockingly blunt: the state was nothing but a criminal gang writ large. Much as I agreed with him in general, and fascinating though I found his arguments, I resisted this conclusion. I still wanted to believe in constitutional government.
Murray would have none of this. He insisted that the Philadelphia convention at which the Constitution had been drafted was nothing but a “coup d’etat,” centralizing power and destroying the far more tolerable arrangements of the Articles of Confederation. This was a direct denial of everything I’d been taught. I’d never heard anyone suggest that the Articles had been preferable to the Constitution! But Murray didn’t care what anyone thought — or what everyone thought. (He’d been too radical for Ayn Rand.)
Murray and I shared a love of gangster films, and he once argued to me that the Mafia was preferable to the state, because it survived by providing services people actually wanted. I countered that the Mafia behaved like the state, extorting its own “taxes” in protection rackets directed at shopkeepers; its market was far from “free.” He admitted I had a point. I was proud to have won a concession from him.
Murray died a few years ago without quite having made an anarchist of me. It was left to his brilliant disciple, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, to finish my conversion. Hans argued that no constitution could restrain the state. Once its monopoly of force was granted legitimacy, constitutional limits became mere fictions it could disregard; nobody could have the legal standing to enforce those limits. The state itself would decide, by force, what the constitution “meant,” steadily ruling in its own favor and increasing its own power. This was true a priori, and American history bore it out.
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“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”
― Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2095916-no-treason-the-constitution-of-no-authority
Among my most treasured momentos is a letter I got from Murray in 1981 in response to one I sent him. Truly, a life-altering force.
Murray Rothbard, like all libertarians, had lots of complaints but no real solutions.
You’ll keep your head down and enjoy your dog food, consumer unit or no cricket cake for you.
and if you don’t like dog food, then you can eat crickets.
Crickets are deadly to people with shellfish allergy. I’m sure they’ll let people know that….NOT.
As long as it is the same ingredients in dog food made in china it should be ok, I guess.
Which just goes to show . . . how badly dogs are fed.
I feed my dog a high quality kibble, but I am starting to wonder if it would be better just to make an extra plate for her every meal. As expensive as the kibble is, I’m guessing it would be budget neutral. So that just leaves health concerns.
Dogs seek essentially the same prey as people. That is why dogs and humans have associated with each other for a such a long time. Our teeth makes us leave a lot of scraps that the teeth of dogs can deal with, especially after cooking. On our side, the dogs are better at finding the prey in the first place, so we would watch the movements of the dogs and follow. There was a certain symbiosis in both the hunt and the actual eating which led to the development of some partnerships.
They do eat a fair amount of vegetable matter, but it is naturally fermented, in the guts of their prey. Cooking can substitute for fermentation.
Dogs want fresh beef/venison with attendant liver and a bit of vegetable made digestible by fermentation/cooking, just like us.
No wild dog has ever gone out looking for a bowl of beef flavored soy crackers.
The only way to make soy suitable for consumption by either man or dog is to process it heavily . . . with a pig.
our dog eats whatever we eat, indeed he would probably be upset that we werent sharing the good stuff if it was any other way.
Friends are feeding their dogs from the table, some are getting ground beef (better quality @ Publix) and seems to work out. Some dogs eat some veggies. High quality kibble (cats incl) at pet supply stores.
You’ll kill yourself trying to get her to eat her broccoli.
My Border collie/Jack Russel ate broccoli daily. And Cabbage and blueberries and carrots,… She died just short of 23 years old
There’s no such thing as high quality kibble Lol!
that study is about dry dog food,not canned food,but you guys would be surprised how many poor people fry up canned dog food & eat “alpo” burgers —
Spam ain’t much more than dog food and much much better.
Your experience is noted.
Gross, much of canned is scraps, kidneys and other organs people don’t eat. I would eat tofu instead.
….most spoiled Western people don’t want to eat. Or are too lazy to bother with the effort of preparing them correctly.
Some of the best food in the world is made from the nasty, to those accustomed to lean cuts in plastic wrap foam trays, bits.
Nose to tail, use the whole beast.
Several decades ago, after a sushi chef friend served me a deep-fried salmon head, I understood.
This doesn’t mean you stop. It means you fight harder.
Mass non compliance. If that doesn’t work then I guess people will break out the pointy things.
Mass compliance is the fuel that makes this happen. The scum at the top know what sheep people are.
Re read the Declaration of Independance again and note that 247 years later most of the reasons are back.
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government………..
No. Abolish the state. There is no “new” .gov.
Men + badges + cages + guns = state.
“No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: ‘But what would you replace it with?’ When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?” — Thomas Sowell
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Don’t listen to Mises Jews. The state is necessary, but a centralized one is not.
I agree. The state they complain about is the one which will not let them do what they want. If you look at any of their “solutions,” they always end up as some form of corporatocracy with them as the owners; “muh free-market,” “muh gold-backed currency, ” muh anarcho-capitalism.”
Libertarianism is merely a pre-cursor of modern Critical Theory, but this is aimed at governments that they do not control yet. Critical Theory is not aimed to empower gays and blacks. Rather it is aimed at destroying Christianity, families, and dis-empowering Whites and any other groups which promote societal customs that impede them from taking power.
Both Critical Theory and Libertarianism comes from the same source.
But if Christianity is the real deal then it could never be be destroyed.
It looks like you need to read it again too. It’s Independence, not independance!
Matt Taibbi
Are Authorities Using the Internet to Sap Our Instinct for Freedom?
Growing up I was very influenced by organizations like Nadine Strossen’s ACLU. Liberals I knew were as proud of having fought to let Nazis march in Skokie as they were ashamed of the FBI and police in cities like Memphis having spied on Martin Luther King.
Suddenly the same political contingent in America was okay with the government running both mass surveillance programs of the type uncovered by Edward Snowden, and a sophisticated censorship operation in partnership with 25 of the biggest tech firms in America?
It didn’t make sense. What changed?
A few weeks ago I read a draft of a new book by Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott, called The Cancelling of the American Mind. They quoted Judge Learned Hand, who wrote in 1944, “Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it.”…
But if that spirit of liberty Justice Hand talked about dies, no amount of lawsuits or congressional hearings will revive it. In their book, Lukianoff and Schlott suggest that just as a person’s natural instinct is to slouch, society’s natural instinct is to censor. Is that true?
If so, that would make the last few hundred years of our history, a history of defiant political movements, astounding scientific invention, and vast outpourings of great music, art, literature, movies, even standup comedy — it would all be an aberration. But why?
I spent months thinking about this. It troubled me from the beginning of the Twitter Files story. Now, I believe Americans are not just being censored. I believe there’s an equivalent effort on the front end of Internet culture to rob people of their will to be free. I believe this is is the hardest part of the Internet censorship story to understand, but also the most crucial and most dangerous.
https://www.racket.news/p/are-authorities-using-the-internet
There is also a definite component of intentional acts to cause disillusionment and demoralization. People may then clamor for a ” new ” system. A system of say ESG ? Supplied by cabal.
Question: Did y’all not read enough fairy tales when young?
What surprises me is that anyone is surprised about the evil that surrounds us & expects otherwise. Evil has & will always be present. That will never change. What happened is that too many have given in to evil for convenience, comfort, ignorance, laziness, or fear – which means you’re complicit with evil.
YOU are the problem.
This is the way of humans. Give them too much power & money and they will most certainly become corrupt. Make life too easy & they will most certainly become lazy. No surprise there. It’s a natural part of the dark side and no one is immune. Our job is not to play & to push back with all we have regardless of consequences.
So…if we collapse or overthrow how are you going to train up the future to fight against evil that will inevitably be a part of their world?
READ THEM FAIRY TALES. They are brilliantly written to help even the youngest understand human nature. Arm their hearts & minds when young and it will be a part of their nature to understand the dark side of humans and how to stand their ground when older. Something incredibly lacking in our current culture.
As the Founders well knew, but we have forgotten…men are not angels.
It will never change. Humans were made like that on purpose so they could be easily divided, controlled, and manipulated by the owners. This has been the case from the very beginning.
Skynet
Collapse then internal strife like we have never seen here. The rest of the world will move on unless we nuke thereby taking the world with us.
“If we are to burn, then we’ll ALL burn together” – Thorin Oaken Shield, The Desolation of Smaug
This is from AP News. They omit from the quote by Kamala Harris what she really said.
Can you spot it ?
12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fgreen-bank-biden-epa-clean-energy-solar-317513a5d6eae45e6e4cc0239dd0c89c
Biden making $20 billion available from ‘green bank’ for clean energy projects
“When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles , { something missing here } more of our children can breathe clean air and drink clean water,’’
Here is the full statement.
The Cat Is Out of the Bag: Kamala Harris Admits Climate Scam’s Goal Is DEPOPULATION
Kamala Harris=Camera Hallis
Hey there Ms VP– ‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’.
There are also theories that Israel has done this to many a western country as well including US of A. Israel leverages this to get USA to fight its wars, support it politically….or else. True? I have no idea. Also, is collapse then overthrow an option?
Here’s some social control.
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https://www.breitbart.com/health/2023/07/15/millions-may-be-at-risk-houston-hit-with-alarming-syphilis-outbreak/
Clearly ………… it must be the cruise ships
So, I have a friend and her husband who are a few years younger than me I am 78.She gets the need to prep. Oh they live several states away from me.For two years we have exchanged emails on how to prep for the coming food shortages. It was great, I never asked what clued her in. I suggested several times there is much more going on than the need to prep. I mentioned the WEF, Bill Gates and his families connection to culling the world pop., the Deagle report, the Georgia guide stones and several other things people need to know about to truly understand what is going on in the world. Nothing ever hit a chord for her. I know she thinks she is on top of things politically – but frankly she thinks like a conservative in the 1970s and 80s A few weeks ago she told me YOU NEED TO GET INVOLVED WITH POLITICS. Well, in all my 78 almost 79 years I never have been, not to mention I hate politics – why would I now? Besides she is really clueless about the realities of what is going on. So, I have distanced myself – unless she emails and apologizes for bullying me about this – no that will not happen, I know, I get her – I know what I am doing attitude – while actually completely oblivious.
The nation that Edward Snowden describes – I actually hate that nation – I never wanted to believe this about the nation I loved and grew up in, in the 40s to early 70s – but it is true so sad. A time that now seems to incredibly innocent and relaxed.
The “Urth” is a plantation and all socio-economic systems devolve into feudalism.
Spying and terrorism by the goobermint discussion degrades to what you feed the dog?
Wow!
My dog eats what I eat, damn thing cannot tolerate grains. So we eat Keto. We both have nice coats and wet noses.
Everything I have comes from the goobermint, yes, I am a slave.
Good thing they do not spy on us here in the good old USSA.
Do you both have bad breath?
I’ve heard that is a side effect of Keto.
I’m thinking about trying it anyway.
Bad breath is the least you can expect from it.
“We will never vote our way out of this. … Which do you choose?” Full agree, we’ll never vote our way out of this. Corruption at the top can only be changed by applying superior power, or waiting until the corrupt destroy all within their grasp. As for me, it will be an animated contest for liberty.