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originally posted by: FellowHuman
a reply to: themessengernevermatters
I agree with much of what you say. Going off the grid to simply keep to oneself, doesnt do much in terms of toppling the system. And there is most certainly evidence they are fine with it, as long as you aren't secretly communicating with others and growing some kind of network. Obviously they dont want everyone doing this, but they are most certainly fine with a certain amount. Especially if it's a person who has a psychological/personality profile that would have otherwise been an annoyance to them.
But in terms of ways to resist. I like to start with things being simple, instead of a long list, since i think people (which means me too) get lost in understanding what to do if it's too "complicated" or there's too many things, that cant be easily tied together. This can lead to anxiety, paranoia and then hopelessness. There needs to be a clear cohesive picture, otherwise i dont think you will get anywhere.
So first I always liked this quote by Albert Camus: "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion"
This though requires knowing what "to be free" means. Which i think many people misunderstand/have a false understanding of. Put simply, it would be the opposite of being a slave, or not being a slave. So you would also have to know what that means.
So moving on, i would personally say the starting point would be knowing what it means to be good. And then being it. Commit to being that. Swear loyalty/allegiance, heart/mind/soul, to being good. And then at that point what do you have to worry about? There is nothing more fearsome than someone who knows what they are doing, fully committed, and is relentless, unyielding.
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originally posted by: murphy22
1. Learn and set standards for yourself.
2. Understand that nobody can "govern" you, better than you.
3. Understand that a vast majority of people, can't govern themselves.
4. Understand that "government", (doesn't matter what kind).. creates a dependency by making "law". It validates "their" existence.
5. "Government" isn't there, when a weirdo steps out of the bushes with a machete, while you're hiking and just stares at you. But you know what is there? Your .45 Colt. Government's solution? Would be to make "a law", keeping you from hiking in the woods, "to keep you safe" from "bad people". ..
OP. You ask "how to resist?
Set "Standards" for yourself. like the C.O.T.U.S. does. Then question them that aproach it, them standards.
Then be willing to die for them standards. You're not asking a complicated question. Just an ignorant one.
start drinking distilled water that is as pure as rain water (which is essentially water distilled from the ocean through the sun's heat).
originally posted by: ColdWisdom
a reply to: Rolci
start drinking distilled water that is as pure as rain water (which is essentially water distilled from the ocean through the sun's heat).
Drinking distilled water is useless because it will not hydrate you.
originally posted by: ColdWisdom
a reply to: Rolci
I never said anything about tap water. In fact, I suggested spring water is the purest source of clean natural drinking water.
Simply extracting oneself from the system and isolating in personal self sufficiency is the same selfish, short sighted outlook that has allowed the world to pulled slowly into this mess in the first place, and will have no bearing on the system you claim to be against.