Thanks for mentioning my talk with Hrvoje. Glad you found the idea worthy of further exploration.
The PRIMARY takeaway I was hoping to leave people with is that:
Everything we have tried so far has not worked but we can still prevail in WWIII PROVIDED we get our shit together, learn to overcome our differences (race, religion and other nonsense that doesn't matter right now) and WORK TOGETHER to defeat the enemy.
If we do that, we can easily CRUSH them like cockroaches they are!
Unfortunately, time is quickly running out. Combine digital ID & AI and it's GAME OVER.
People need to understand that there IS actually a fate worse than death (much much worse):
My bank in their terms of service notified me that they could essentially "de-bank" me or anyone for any reason whatsoever. When I asked the teller one day if it was true she was taken aback and didn't seem to know anything about it, but later confirmed it was true.
So they have that power already but I think they are still vulnerable should enough people decide to fight a more subtle war in their everyday decisions. I think it would depend on whether the collective is motivated and aware enough to take a stand.
I see a lot of people that aren't ready, hypnotized by their devices and ideologies, but even that could suddenly change when the narrative fails, the trust is broken and survival is at stake.
If you can find a copy please read Unintended Consequences, a historical novel by John Ross. He was on a book tour in Ft. Worth Texas, at a gun show no less, and we talked when I bought my copy and really enjoyed the conversation. It is a long book but fast paced. If you could cut out the sexual portions, which are just a few, but based on his life it would be a much nicer read, especially young audiences. It will be hard to find but worth the trouble. Not sure of what the going price is though.
I spent my life up to 35 in Canada. I remember in the 90's when the government was bringing in the goods and services tax, known as the GST. A lot of people were against it, we were already taxed heavily. My thought was the people should just refuse to pay it. What could the government do? Lock everybody up? The people have the power but are too afraid to use it. Is it because we the people don't trust each other enough to follow through and stand together? I believe that plays a part.
Now there's a fascinating idea – and I totally read you: not a plan or a proposal, but indeed a very clever insight. And I particularly like the notion of triggering an economic collapse (which is headed for us anyway) on something closer to "our" timeline, instead of "theirs". I mean if this is Jenga we're playing, why should they get all the fun of collapsing the beautiful tower, instead of us?!
15 years ago the Feds told me I owed them some money, a lot of money, from what they claimed was a flawed tax filing that went back a few years before that. I disagreed. An accountant had done the work. Unfortunately he had moved out of the country and so I didn’t have his help. And I didn’t have the money. They offered a payment plan, with interest. And tacked on all the interest and fines for the prior years. I told them to
pound sand. I made them an offer. They got nasty. I got nastier.
Full disclosure: I was a lawyer at the time but not actively practicing and knew nothing about tax law. But I did have some ‘advantage’ over someone without legal knowledge. And I learned real quick. And got some help from a friend. We developed a strategy. And contingencies. And more contingencies.
I took them to court. The court sent us to mediation. I refused the mediation settlement. Went back to court.
I probably can’t say exactly the final outcome or how we got there, and I did have to pay some money. Getting there was an emotional battle and very time consuming.
But the amount I paid was 5x less than the original amount, and I got 5 years to pay it. And there was no penalties. And no interest.
And what I ended up paying, in inflation adjusted terms, was less than what I originally offered. And the Judge knew it and he let the IRS boys know that the entire thing had been a massive waste of time.
It’s hard to fight the system. And there certainly is risk. But sometimes you just have to go at it.
Thanks for mentioning my talk with Hrvoje. Glad you found the idea worthy of further exploration.
The PRIMARY takeaway I was hoping to leave people with is that:
Everything we have tried so far has not worked but we can still prevail in WWIII PROVIDED we get our shit together, learn to overcome our differences (race, religion and other nonsense that doesn't matter right now) and WORK TOGETHER to defeat the enemy.
If we do that, we can easily CRUSH them like cockroaches they are!
Unfortunately, time is quickly running out. Combine digital ID & AI and it's GAME OVER.
People need to understand that there IS actually a fate worse than death (much much worse):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJYaXy5mmA8
My bank in their terms of service notified me that they could essentially "de-bank" me or anyone for any reason whatsoever. When I asked the teller one day if it was true she was taken aback and didn't seem to know anything about it, but later confirmed it was true.
So they have that power already but I think they are still vulnerable should enough people decide to fight a more subtle war in their everyday decisions. I think it would depend on whether the collective is motivated and aware enough to take a stand.
I see a lot of people that aren't ready, hypnotized by their devices and ideologies, but even that could suddenly change when the narrative fails, the trust is broken and survival is at stake.
If you can find a copy please read Unintended Consequences, a historical novel by John Ross. He was on a book tour in Ft. Worth Texas, at a gun show no less, and we talked when I bought my copy and really enjoyed the conversation. It is a long book but fast paced. If you could cut out the sexual portions, which are just a few, but based on his life it would be a much nicer read, especially young audiences. It will be hard to find but worth the trouble. Not sure of what the going price is though.
Cyrus
I spent my life up to 35 in Canada. I remember in the 90's when the government was bringing in the goods and services tax, known as the GST. A lot of people were against it, we were already taxed heavily. My thought was the people should just refuse to pay it. What could the government do? Lock everybody up? The people have the power but are too afraid to use it. Is it because we the people don't trust each other enough to follow through and stand together? I believe that plays a part.
Now there's a fascinating idea – and I totally read you: not a plan or a proposal, but indeed a very clever insight. And I particularly like the notion of triggering an economic collapse (which is headed for us anyway) on something closer to "our" timeline, instead of "theirs". I mean if this is Jenga we're playing, why should they get all the fun of collapsing the beautiful tower, instead of us?!
15 years ago the Feds told me I owed them some money, a lot of money, from what they claimed was a flawed tax filing that went back a few years before that. I disagreed. An accountant had done the work. Unfortunately he had moved out of the country and so I didn’t have his help. And I didn’t have the money. They offered a payment plan, with interest. And tacked on all the interest and fines for the prior years. I told them to
pound sand. I made them an offer. They got nasty. I got nastier.
Full disclosure: I was a lawyer at the time but not actively practicing and knew nothing about tax law. But I did have some ‘advantage’ over someone without legal knowledge. And I learned real quick. And got some help from a friend. We developed a strategy. And contingencies. And more contingencies.
I took them to court. The court sent us to mediation. I refused the mediation settlement. Went back to court.
I probably can’t say exactly the final outcome or how we got there, and I did have to pay some money. Getting there was an emotional battle and very time consuming.
But the amount I paid was 5x less than the original amount, and I got 5 years to pay it. And there was no penalties. And no interest.
And what I ended up paying, in inflation adjusted terms, was less than what I originally offered. And the Judge knew it and he let the IRS boys know that the entire thing had been a massive waste of time.
It’s hard to fight the system. And there certainly is risk. But sometimes you just have to go at it.