I think ( at least I hope) these government looters are smart enough to not seize bank accounts, enact digital passes or restrict free movement and commerce (any more than they already do). Because the people of this country are beyond fed up (no pun intended), and when folks can't eat, get gas for work, go to work or worse, they will light the torches, sharpen the pitch forks and run these syphilitic asshats into the Potomac quicker than Biden craps his depends.
Democracy is history. Do you really expect honest elections? Even if by some miracle they don't shut down the country just before the election on some bs lockdown
We can’t reason with politicians. We can’t expect them to act with sanity or compassion. They aren’t really human beings. Instead, we need to think of ways to insulate ourselves from them. The more things we can take out of the digital space and into the analogue world (e.g. cash instead of cards, paper books instead of Kindle, musical instruments instead of streaming apps) the more control we will have.
It’s a lot easier to threaten a man who lives in small apartment in Manhattan than a man who lives on a 40 acre farm in Iowa. Self-sufficiency is the only practical way to fight back.
If your bank is frozen in Canada, how do you make your mortgage payments? And if you can't make the payments, how you sell your home without a bank? Did the Canadian State essentially seize all of the protestors assets a couple of months ago for honking their horns?
This is how the clamped down on the Hong Kong protests. CCP was about to lose control, then suddenly, conveniently, Wuhan virus came along and everybody was cleared out.
We can thank our founding fathers for putting in place the checks and balances that limit the powers of government. I have no doubt that this administration would do exactly the same thing if they could get away with it. But here at least they have to keep up some pretense of democracy. They will have to figure out some slick way to convince the apparatchiks that it is for the greater good, like they did with censorship. We'll probably hear something like, "the dangers of fascism and racism dictate that we all need social credit scores" or some such bizarro thing.
I think ( at least I hope) these government looters are smart enough to not seize bank accounts, enact digital passes or restrict free movement and commerce (any more than they already do). Because the people of this country are beyond fed up (no pun intended), and when folks can't eat, get gas for work, go to work or worse, they will light the torches, sharpen the pitch forks and run these syphilitic asshats into the Potomac quicker than Biden craps his depends.
Democracy is history. Do you really expect honest elections? Even if by some miracle they don't shut down the country just before the election on some bs lockdown
I'm sure we'll all do something about it right away.
We can’t reason with politicians. We can’t expect them to act with sanity or compassion. They aren’t really human beings. Instead, we need to think of ways to insulate ourselves from them. The more things we can take out of the digital space and into the analogue world (e.g. cash instead of cards, paper books instead of Kindle, musical instruments instead of streaming apps) the more control we will have.
It’s a lot easier to threaten a man who lives in small apartment in Manhattan than a man who lives on a 40 acre farm in Iowa. Self-sufficiency is the only practical way to fight back.
Luckily that could NEVER happen in the US ... That's just a crazy conspiracy theory .... 🙄 (We need a bigger eyeroll emoji....)
The clapping in that clip makes me want to throw things.
Anyway, wow this China story reminds me of what happened recently in Canada! Nowhere is safe from this until we all undo it.
If your bank is frozen in Canada, how do you make your mortgage payments? And if you can't make the payments, how you sell your home without a bank? Did the Canadian State essentially seize all of the protestors assets a couple of months ago for honking their horns?
We really need some new conspiracy "theories" because all of the old ones have been true.
This is how the clamped down on the Hong Kong protests. CCP was about to lose control, then suddenly, conveniently, Wuhan virus came along and everybody was cleared out.
We can thank our founding fathers for putting in place the checks and balances that limit the powers of government. I have no doubt that this administration would do exactly the same thing if they could get away with it. But here at least they have to keep up some pretense of democracy. They will have to figure out some slick way to convince the apparatchiks that it is for the greater good, like they did with censorship. We'll probably hear something like, "the dangers of fascism and racism dictate that we all need social credit scores" or some such bizarro thing.
Does anyone remember this blue eyes/brown eyes experiment?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mcCLm_LwpE
This simple and poignant experiment was done by a 3rd grade teacher. It should be mandatory viewing for all children 12 and above.
SimComm -
Well said and explains a lot:
"After all, it’s so unseemly to physically confront protestors — much better off to unperson them from a safe distance."
‘Last April, Chinese banks unexpectedly froze the accounts of numerous customers without a plausible explanation. Recently, would-be protestors ’
They learned that from Canada - one authoritarian State learning from another.
Every time I put my credit card in the gas pump, I wince...
Bank runs in China!
Haven't seen anything on it on the lame stream media!