The world has gone mad. It didn't have far to go to get to this point, but it made the last jump pretty fast.
It could be interesting to sit and watch everything play out.
Stay armed. Stay prepared in other ways, too: food, water, off-grid energy (solar, muscle power, etc,), and above all, skills and mindset.
Do not comply.
You don't owe loyalty to any politician or state-- they've put in the work to earn your contempt. Let their chickens come home to roost.
Take care of yourself and your tribe-- however you define it. Let the archators take each other out-- out of your way; it's what they want most and what they've v*ted for. Honor their wishes. And duck!
Those who have begged for authoritarians to rule them are getting ruled good and hard. They won't learn anything through this lesson. They'll keep believing superstitions such as that money can't exist without the state because theft gives money its value. Or that government can be good and is necessary, and that anarchy is death and destruction.
If you want to warn them of their folly, go ahead. They won't thank you or even listen. Maybe a bystander will, though. If you'd rather watch them burn for their ignorance, that's fine too. At this point, whatever happens to them is because they've demanded and enabled it. I know I have no right to force them to safety.
I just hope you and I can avoid the worst of it. Preparedness will help.
If I had the ability, I might be tempted to poke and prod to see what happens.
On one hand, the longer things take to play out, the more time you and I have to prepare.
On the other hand, the longer this goes on, the worse the final implosion will probably be. And it might be on the heads of our kids and grandchildren.
And, yet, maybe things will settle down. A little worse than before (as always), but not so bad that it crashes around our ears. The slow crawl to collapse could keep moving relentlessly onward. Like a glacier. I would like to think it could be reversed, but I see no evidence anyone but you and I are even aware of what's going on. How can it be reversed if no one will even admit what's happening?
Part of me says that previous generations have also thought the world was in trouble in their time. Some of them were right. We may be in a similar situation, but there are new variables that have never existed before. Will they make a difference? I guess we'll find out.
This too will pass; all life is transient and the only real freedom one can have during this temporary existence is what you provide for yourself. All social collectives are stupid and most are corrupt and some even evil; that is their intrinsic nature and nothing better can be expected from them.
ReplyDelete“Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing”
--- Herodotus
“If you wish to have peace and contentment, release your attachment to all things outside your control. This is the path to happiness and contentment.”
– Epictetus
Yes, it will pass. It always does.
DeleteI am disgusted by collectivism, and by the fact that most people seem to love it. But it is what it is. The best feeling is running across more people who are also disgusted by collectivism.