give me a break... i keep less than a few hundred dollars in the bank which by the way is local credit union and not a national chain just to pay the few bills.. i have given my freedom up for the fight - do you have any idea what that entails.. i have put over 30 years into this fight and am no longer a young man. now i can't pass a security clearance limiting my choice of work, my incarcerations have me under constant surveillance and because of that i live foot to mouth..
and take a hard look around the country... sure looks like my fight has not made even a tiny bit of difference.. in fact i should give the fuck up cause the minority required to actually start change will not stand up and be counted...
just 50 years ago every single man, woman and child under the age of 30 knew the system was completely corrupted and rotten to the core, they protested in the streets and some cases in the millions, they faced down water cannons, held concerts, organized printed posters handed out leaflets...etc...etc...........
....now a protest draws maybe a few hundred posers who think the exposure on social media will elevate them in some bullshit social circle.
an open totalitarian system of governance is going to happen and guess what, the majority will actually demand that fucking bullshit but it sure the fuck ain't because i didn't give enough.
Look, I'll give you all the breaks you want. I'm not the enemy you let hold your money.
People are heavily propagandized today by an enemedia orders of magnitude better funded and researched than it was fifty years ago.
While I speak the truth so that they will hear, I don't speak the truth for them. I speak the truth for me. I don't have a goal of toppling the world order. Like everyone else, I'm just trying not to get toppled.
I have to be honest and not feed the evil machine because I am me.
So, I took my money out of the banks. I used to be an accredited investor, and I gave that up too. I work for my neighbors for chocolate chip cookies and enough cash to pay for those essential services, which I pay in person in cash, not with a debit card.
It can be done.
The world isn't on your shoulders. You are. Contribute to what you believe in, and don't contribute to your enemies.
I know that technology is going to disrupt the coming planned Uber State, because the state depends on dependents, and technology is making independence a reality. Whether I'm wrong or right, I still have to live by my principles.
I don't feed the beast trying to eat me if I can avoid it, and I hope you can find a way to do that too.
I don't want to use their systems and have opted out of everything i can live without. i am pretty sure you could get 10,000 people to opt out of the banking system and the banks wouldn't care even a little. the only reason i have an account is so i can pay my bills of which are all electronic here, i either use their systems or i can't pay my utilities or rent, my landlord doesn't want the system to change, he is rich through the system (i know, maybe i can move in with you).
where were you 30 years ago, 20 years ago, 10 years ago when i was fully embroiled within the struggle. I have done my share of organizing, protesting, meetings, flyers and so much other bullshit that hasn't made even a tiny dent in the controlling oligarchs. have you organized your neighbors into groups, protested the oligarchs, printed and distributed flyers in your neighborhood, etc - what about your family members, have they all dropped out and tuned out...
the only thing i got for my trouble was my name on every list and multiple incarcerations while people like you pose like an anarchist professing a couple of people dropping their bank accounts are going to slop the oligarchs. you will need 10,000,000 to opt out to make a difference - and don't tell me it starts with just me.. i have paid my dues way beyond what most people would even consider and think about this, are they going to come and pick you up when shtf... i know where i am going.
quite frankly, if the only thing you are doing is opting out of the banking systems and complaining online then you have already accepted your totalitarian overlords.
LOL
I can't get 10 people to agree on lunch, much less on how to rule the world. I have taken my lumps in life, and homeschooled my kids to be free men. That's what I was responsible for, not the views of my neighbors.
Nothing ties you to your present abode, except you. If you choose to live there, you accept the banks you are required to use--just like everyone else.
Until last year I was living in the woods. I know.
Choose your poison, and choke it down how you will.
I choose to feed and be fed by my neighbors, and ignore vampire squid promising hallucinatory venom to talk me into their embrace.
You can too.
when i woke up today it was -17C, a month ago it was -45C - i can't live in the woods for 6 months of the year and i am too old to even try.. at my age i should be retired.
quote " I can't get 10 people to agree on lunch, much less on how to rule the world."
enough said valued-customer