Resistance
So what can we do about it? Only (non-violent) way out i can see is to de-centralize. That’s something Formosa Hut Dan has been saying for a long time.
Part of that involves de-powering the party-machine Duopoly - that governs most democratic countries - in cahoots with Totalitarian ones. Australia is a good example - nominally a democracy, but utterly dependent on China economically, which uses that dependence to dictate Australia’s foreign policy (re not recognizing Taiwan for example).
Global bodies such as the UN, that are increasingly ruling our lives, are comprised of 50% totalitarian regimes, then the rest are a mix of democracies dominated by one party/the military, or … Duopolies.
Trouble with Duopolies, is they end up being almost the same as a Monopoly. We have two powerful political orgs (mirrored in the US media by Murdoch V CNN/Guardian) performing a World Championship Wrestling charade. Meanwhile they are both united in their desire to preserve this closed-society gravy train & shut down anyone questioning it. A good example was the last Australian election. Despite Covid having dominated our lives/altered the course of humanity, it did not get a single mention in the election from either major party. No discussion of the origin, lockdowns, or vax-mandates - nothing. The 2020 US Presidential election was similar. Despite some noises made by Republicans (notably Pompeo), the Trump re-election was focused exclusively on migrants, BLM protests, & a weird obsession with AOC. The origin of Covid barely got a look in - not from politicians or the press - on either side.
There’s a reason why …
Party-machine orgs & their leading actors have got the system running exactly how they want it. They have power, money, protection - it’s all humming along nicely - Covid served to enhance all three. Last thing on earth they need is any outsiders disrupting that by exposing the co-ordinated lies that underpin it.
Here are my suggestions:
- The pen is, maybe not mightier than the sword, but it’s one of the few weapons we’ve got. Considering the other side is armed to the back teeth with normal weaponry, as well as pens, we gotta use what’s available. Stick to the details, quote from the horses’ mouths where possible, reference it, publish it on the internet (on a site that won’t ban/delete you, which a lot will). Let the info accumulate. Thanks to Dan @ formosahut for supplying such a platform. Now it’s out there at least, discoverable to other researchers. At times it can feel like writing into the void, but one day that realtime record may be valuable. In our case, we have been lucky enough to be contacted a few times by people who do have a greater reach than us, who have picked up on our research, spread it to a wider audience. We’re very grateful to those people (specifically Billy Bostickson & Johnny Vedmore)
- Next time you vote in an election, vote for anyone except either of the two major parties. Their vote is already eroding - in Australia the primary vote for the two major parties is at record-low levels. The winner of the last election (ALP) got less votes than they did in the previous election, which they lost!
- Boycott Orgs employing totalitarian-style surveillance/censorship. Vote with your feet.
- Find alternative news sources to MSM. As with major parties, their viewership is already in decline.
- Keep cash alive. Digital money tracing is coming.
- Get off the grid as far as you can. The less reliant we are on mega-orgs for essential services, the better.
- Join a protest group. Apart from anything, it’s fun, which is still important when times are dark. The protest events are a way to reclaim influence, the camaraderie is uplifting, the parties are great, & a lot of stuff is plain funny.
- Resist AI in general. AI is not inherently bad, but in its current form it is being wielded as a powerful weapon of control/centralization by mega-Orgs. Meanwhile, it is coming at us dumb-humans at a million miles an hour - without any checks or balances. When you hear on the telephone that This call is being monitored for quality & training purposes - that's not to train humans - its to train the algorithm. There may be a day when AI throws off its human-handlers (coming faster than we think), but until then, its insidious influence over our lives is to be resisted. Like a lot of things, it's a soft-bang, a steadily rising tide rather than a seismic event. The result is a seismic shift, but it gets there by enveloping us. Chat-bots are a good example - currently revolutionizing the way we get information but without any ground-rules being established. One thing the US got right was its constitution. There's a simple beauty to it that protects fundamental freedoms. But even the founding fathers probably didn't predict AI, so we need to take a moment to examine the ethics questions that AI presents - then draft some simple laws to protect us from this silent invasion.
Underpinning all these measures is the concept that Influence is a finite currency. The more the individual is de-influenced, the fatter the centralized power operators become - it’s a proportionate thing. We are getting dangerously close to a point-of-no-return, but it’s not too late to fight back. I support/practice non-violence, but the window for that method to succeed is fast closing. In many places throughout the world it’s already bolted shut. For example: how do you think Gandhi would get on doing his peace-marches in China? (or even during the Covid lockdowns in Victoria?) He’d be sent off to a Vocational Training Camp within five minutes of starting & have his organs put up for sale on the internet by nightfall.
These organizations become powerful by de-influencing the individual, but paradoxically, those powerless individuals remain their weak-point, coz they rely on our compliance. If we withdraw that compliance, we can start to reverse the power-flow. Over time, an army of the dis-enchanted will swell & the centralized rule of the corrupt will start to crumble.
Ironically, to achieve this, i recommend adopting a tactic that was used so successfully by the CCP during the revolution: surround the city (power-orgs) with the country (normal people).
If we can do that, we still have a chance.