lewrockwell--2020-11-25--7 Things That Used To Be ‘Crazy Conspiracy Theories’ Until 2020 Happened

Remember back in the old days of , say , 2019 , when anyone who talked about microchip implants , Americans being forced to show travel papers , and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist ?
And then 2020 rolled around and voila !
It turns out those conspiracy theories weren ’ t so “ crazy ” after all .
And I ’ m not just talking about the government releasing info about UFOs .
We ’ re living in a time when someone will attempt to beat the crap out of you , burn your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you voted for the “ wrong ” presidential candidate .
We ’ re being subjected to curfews , our movement is restricted , and our businesses have been forcibly shut down .
One day , people will look back on this as the year that everything changed – or depending on how Americans respond to the mandates – the year we finally said enough .
Le Sens Amazing Home L ... Buy New $ 28.86 Here are seven things that were considered crazy conspiracy theories…until now , when they ’ re becoming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really think we ’ d live in a country where the government would tell private business owners when and how they could operate ?
Where workers would be told , “ You can no longer go to work for your own good ?
” Well , welcome to 2020 .
22 million jobs were lost and only 42 % of those were recovered by last August , when the country began to reopen .
Millions of lost jobs were permanent losses , as businesses across the country fold under the weight of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them to operate or the money problems of their former customers .
Of the businesses that have closed , many will never reopen .
Most harshly affected were small businesses .
Indian Shelf Handcraft ... Buy New $ 48.00 So we have not only people who became unemployed , but we also have business owners who ’ ve lost everything .
As we go into the second round of lockdowns across the United States , it ’ s not a stretch of the imagination to think that some of the small businesses that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will succumb to the economic effects of these mandates…taking with them even more jobs and plunging even more people into poverty .
Poverty is a vicious cycle and one seemingly small thing can suck those who are struggling into a vortex of fees and penalties from which emerging seems impossible .
I ’ ve written about my own experiences with poverty here .
The concern is that even fewer people will recover financially after this round of government mandates , leaving even more Americans broke , hungry , and homeless .
But don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here to help and I mean that in the President Reagan threatening kind of way .
They provided a “ stimulus ” check to everyone in America , gave such huge unemployment money to people that they made more staying home than they did going to work , and went so much deeper into debt that the number is simply unfathomable .
In effect , they paid people not to work .
And it isn ’ t the fault of those people in most cases – the government forced their places of employment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ essential.
” And that sounds a whole lot like Universal Basic Income .
Or as I like to call it , modern feudalism .
Quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them .
They don ’ t think they ’ re giving up freedom .
They ’ re convinced that they are embracing a smart , fair system that eliminates poverty .
The greed , entitlement , and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Flatyz Handmade Twin W ... Buy New $ 16.00 They feel like they deserve a living just for drawing breath .
As Gawker ’ s headline reads , “ A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.
” The idea of a universal basic income for all citizens has been catching on all over the world .
Is it too crazy to believe in ?
We spoke to the author of a new book on the ins , outs , and utopian dreams of making basic income a reality .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this week when the charity GiveDirectly announced that it will be pursuing a ten-year , $ 30 million pilot project giving a select group of Kenyan villagers a basic income and studying its effects .
As an anti-poverty solution , universal basic income appeals to impoverished people in Africa , relatively well-off Scandinavians , and Americans automated out of their jobs alike .
( source ) Sure , money for nothing sounds great on the surface .
But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income be ?
UBI would fast-track @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Middle Ages .
Sure , we ’ d be living in slick , modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks .
We ’ d have some kind of modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor .
But , in the end , we wouldn ’ t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class .
We ’ d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life .
Our courses would be set for us and veering off of those courses would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity : food , shelter , water , clothing .
What better way to assert control than to make compliance necessary for survival ?
( source ) With this second round of lockdowns how many more jobs will go permanently down the tubes ?
What are all those people going to do for food ?
For rent ?
The government is going to give them money .
And we can ’ t even argue , really , because everyone knows someone who has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and who can ’ t find other work .
Valery Madelyn 30 inch ... Buy New $ 42.99 They might call it something else , but Universal Basic Income is coming .
And it ’ s coming soon .
Don ’ t be ridiculous .
We ’ ll never have to show our “ papers ” to travel freely in the United States .
Not until a COVID pandemic with all its subsidiary restrictions occurred .
Back in March , days after I warned about the first lockdown , I wrote : For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lockdown of America was a “ hysterical overstatement ” and that they could still do whatever they wanted because it wasn ’ t really being enforced , what are you thinking now that “ travel papers ” are being handed out ?
To me , this sounds like the lockdowns I wrote of yesterday were just the first incremental step toward a society that nobody hopes to see .
Yesterday , readers sent me photos of “ travel papers ” provided to them by employers so they could get to and from work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industries like healthcare , pharmacies , and foodservice , as well as those who work in the production , transport , and sales of essential supplies .
One reader wrote , “ We were told to show these if we got stopped on the way to or from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble , to not argue and just go back home.
” Papers that people sent were from Pennsylvania , New York , Arizona , Michigan , North Carolina , Kansas , New Jersey , West Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Louisiana , and Ohio .
Industries mentioned in the papers were trucking , grocery stores , medical clinics , hospitals , nursing homes , city transit workers , railroads , food production plants , pharmacies , gas stations , stores like Target and Walmart , and automotive repair facilities .
Most people were given their papers on Friday or Saturday and told they ’ d need them to get to and from work starting the week ahead .
( source ) You can see some of the papers that people sent me here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 23.99 “ Don ’ t be silly .
Nobody is actually tracking you with your phone .
You ’ re not Jason Bourne.
” Whoops .
2020 proved that was a lie when they rolled out contact tracing apps to make sure you didn ’ t breathe the same air as somebody who got a positive COVID test .
So…if you have a smartphone , rest assured , at some point you ’ re probably going to have an app like this forcibly installed during one of those relentless updates .
Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the app is just the framework and you have to enable it for it to work .
Oh , wait , they already said that .
After installing “ the framework.
” Somehow , the United States ran out of change .
There were no coins to be had…anywhere…for a while .
Bloomberg reported in August : Maggift 2 Pack Hanging ... Best Price : $ 24.16 Buy New $ 27.98 This had a lot of people concerned , especially since Venezuela used COVID to push citizens toward a cashless society .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change shortage ” was so extensive is caused many stores to give you your change on a store loyalty card or invite you to donate that change to some cause .
A true cashless society would allow significant control over our day to day lives .
See this article for some of the totalitarian ways it would affect us .
Darpa got involved early on , touting it as a way to “ save ” us all from COVID .
Robert Wheeler wrote : But governments aren ’ t having to market the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trace , and control their populations .
Instead , they are marketing the chip as a way to track and detect COVID and other coronaviruses .
Clearly , this is a much easier sell to a public literally terrorized by their governments and mainstream media outlets for the last six months .
Raul Diego details the creation and coming rollout of the new biochip in his article , “ A DARPA-Funded Implantable Microchip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets By 2021 , ” where he writes , The most significant scientific discovery since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it , financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) , the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) and HHS ’ BARDA .
The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident .
The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body , not to mention all biological lifeforms .
These molecules are called ‘ messenger ribonucleic acid ’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science , even if no one has really noticed yet .
As Rossi , himself , puts it : “ The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cells , then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells , and this was the big thing.
” ( Source ) The microchip talk died down but the fact it as even a discussion and topic of COVID research should be troubling .
Anyway , after the initial microchip hubbub , the push got redirected toward our next conspiracy theory .
Remember back when nobody thought that adults would ever be forced to take vaccines except for “ crazy conspiracy theorists ?
” Well , that day is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A much-heralded COVID vaccine could be rolled out in a matter of days .
Pfizer and BioNTech have both concluded Phase 3 of rushing their jabs to market .
There are still many , many questions .
The return to many of our old familiar ways will take time , and how much time remains unclear .
The answers await more research into the vaccines , how they can be distributed and how many people are willing to get them .
“ A vaccine won ’ t be available immediately for everybody , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California , Berkeley… … “ It probably will take four to six months , ” he says .
“ What that says to me is that people will have to keep wearing masks at least until spring .
We won ’ t be in a magically different situation by February or March .
I don ’ t see how that can possibly happen.
” Equally important are the unknowns about the vaccines themselves .
Scientists still don ’ t know how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example , or whether inoculations can block actual infection , or only prevent the onset of disease .
If the latter turns out to be the case , meaning the vaccines keep us from getting sick , but not infected , we still could be infectious to others .
Until we know , don ’ t toss those masks into the trash… …Andrew Badley , an immunovirologist who chairs Mayo Clinic ’ s covid-19 task force , says the return of any normal activities depends on numerous factors , including how many people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that life will return to normal by summer is if the majority of the population receives the vaccines by then and the early efficacy data is borne out in ongoing studies , ” he says .
He adds , however : “ I think it is unlikely we will be able to vaccinate the majority of the population by then.
” ( source ) And how will they make sure that “ the majority ” of the population gets the vaccines ?
It ’ ll start out easy – there are tons of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sleeves to get a vaccination that was rushed to market with no testing on the long-term effects .
And then , the rest of us will be coerced by being unable to go to work , to a concert , to school , or into a public building without proof we ’ ve been vaccinated .
YOU WALK TOWARD the arena , ready for a big game , tickets in hand .
But what you see is a long line wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a small piece of paper .
To be cleared to enter , you ’ ll also need that document—proof that you ’ ve received a COVID-19 vaccination .
This is the future as some experts see it : a world in which you ’ ll need to show you ’ ve been inoculated against the novel coronavirus to attend a sports game , get a manicure , go to work , or hop on a train .
“ We ’ re not going to get to the point where the vaccine police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” says Arthur Caplan , a bioethicist at New York University ’ s School of Medicine .
But he and several other health policy experts envision vaccine mandates could be instituted and enforced by local governments or employers—similar to the current vaccine requirements for school-age children , military personnel , and hospital workers… …The mandates can be directed toward customers , as well .
Just as business owners can bar shoeless and shirtless clients from entering their restaurants , salons , arenas , and stores , they can legally keep people out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as long as they ’ re not running afoul of any antidiscrimination laws , ” says Dorit Rubinstein Reiss , a professor of health and vaccine law at the University of California , Hastings College of the Law .
When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available , some experts think states will require targeted industries to enforce vaccine mandates for their employees , especially those we ’ ve come to know as “ essential workers.
” “ Grocery store workers get exposed to a lot of people , but also have the chance to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nature of their work and the fact that virtually everybody needs to buy food , ” says Carmel Shachar , executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy , Biotechnology , and Bioethics at Harvard Law School .
Hospitality industry workers—those who work in restaurants , bars , and coffee shops , for example—could also see similar mandates .
“ It ’ s in an employer ’ s interest to make sure that their workplace is protected and that you can ’ t infect your colleagues , ” Shachar says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gets a lot of employers out of having to control their clients ’ behavior.
” And with a vaccinated workforce , “ you don ’ t need to worry if the people you ’ re serving at the restaurant have COVID-19.
” Even the general public could be incentivized to get vaccinated .
“ Oddly enough , the best way to impose a mandate is to reward people with more freedom if they follow that mandate , ” Caplan says .
For example , with proof of inoculation , you would be able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a reward for doing the right thing , ” he says .
“ And I can imagine people saying , If you want to go to my restaurant , my bowling alley , or my tattoo parlor , then I want to see a vaccine certificate , too.
” Booster shots could also be required , depending on the efficacy of future vaccines .
( source ) Doesn ’ t it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside how all these experts are planning to force an unwilling populace to accept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all for our own good , you know .
Remember how we all used to joke about being put into FEMA camps ?
Well…..
Finally , for those of us who believed these conspiracy theories were conspiracy facts all along – oh – and for Trump voters – there ’ s the discussion about how to re-educate us so we can rejoin society .
In a Twitter thread run amok , we saw the dark side of some “ well-educated ” Democrats who were sincerely trying to figure out how to redeem those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden .
Of course , he doesn ’ t really mean re-education camps .
Of course not .
And Laura found she bit off a bit more than she intended to chew .
So of course she blamed non-Americans .
( Probably those darned Russians , right ? )
Welcome to my inbox for the past 8 years , Laura .
Every time I have posted a pro-gun , pro-self-defense article , I ’ ve been barraged with “ creative ” rape threats with a vast variety of implements and violent threats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ People have wished my children dead in a school shooting .
So cry me a river , Laura , if your “ thoughtful discussion ” of putting me and people like me into anti-cult deprogramming in a gulag put you in an unpleasant position .
Trust me , you get used to it .
Heck , you might even begin to understand why I ’ m a gun owner .
Reprinted with permission from The Organic Prepper .
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Remember back in the old days of, say, 2019, when anyone who talked about microchip implants, Americans being forced to show travel papers, and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist? And then 2020 rolled around and voila! It turns out those conspiracy theories weren’t so “crazy” after all.
And I’m not just talking about the government releasing info about UFOs.
We’re living in a time when someone will attempt to beat the crap out of you, burn your house down, or even kill you if you voted for the “wrong” presidential candidate. We’re being subjected to curfews, our movement is restricted, and our businesses have been forcibly shut down. One day, people will look back on this as the year that everything changed – or depending on how Americans respond to the mandates – the year we finally said enough.
Le Sens Amazing Home L... Buy New $28.86 (as of 06:17 UTC - Details) Here are seven things that were considered crazy conspiracy theories…until now, when they’re becoming far too real.
#1) Universal Basic Income
Did you ever really think we’d live in a country where the government would tell private business owners when and how they could operate? Where workers would be told, “You can no longer go to work for your own good?”
Well, welcome to 2020.
22 million jobs were lost and only 42% of those were recovered by last August, when the country began to reopen. Millions of lost jobs were permanent losses, as businesses across the country fold under the weight of the restrictions that either don’t allow them to operate or the money problems of their former customers.
“It’s clear that the pandemic is doing some fundamental damage to the job market,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics. “A lot of the jobs lost aren’t coming back any time soon. The idea that the economy is going to snap back to where it was before the pandemic is clearly not going to happen.” …More than 10 million Americans are currently categorized as temporarily out of work. But historically, nearly 30% of people who tell the Labor Department that they are temporarily unemployed never get their job back, said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. “Even though we don’t know if the historical record will hold in this case, it’s an extremely valid concern that not all of those people are going to get called back,” she said. People who are counting on businesses reopening their doors may be surprised to find that a temporary loss has become permanent one, said Zandi. (source)
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About 60% of businesses that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic will never reopen, and restaurants have suffered the most, according to new data from Yelp. (source)
So we have not only people who became unemployed, but we also have business owners who’ve lost everything. As we go into the second round of lockdowns across the United States, it’s not a stretch of the imagination to think that some of the small businesses that have thus far managed to stay afloat will succumb to the economic effects of these mandates…taking with them even more jobs and plunging even more people into poverty.
Poverty is a vicious cycle and one seemingly small thing can suck those who are struggling into a vortex of fees and penalties from which emerging seems impossible. I’ve written about my own experiences with poverty here. The concern is that even fewer people will recover financially after this round of government mandates, leaving even more Americans broke, hungry, and homeless.
But don’t worry – the government is here to help and I mean that in the President Reagan threatening kind of way. They provided a “stimulus” check to everyone in America, gave such huge unemployment money to people that they made more staying home than they did going to work, and went so much deeper into debt that the number is simply unfathomable.
In effect, they paid people not to work. And it isn’t the fault of those people in most cases – the government forced their places of employment to close unless it was considered “essential.”
And that sounds a whole lot like Universal Basic Income. Or as I like to call it, modern feudalism.
Quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them. They don’t think they’re giving up freedom. They’re convinced that they are embracing a smart, fair system that eliminates poverty. The greed, entitlement, and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly. Flatyz Handmade Twin W... Buy New $16.00 (as of 06:17 UTC - Details) They feel like they deserve a living just for drawing breath. As Gawker’s headline reads, “A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.” The idea of a universal basic income for all citizens has been catching on all over the world. Is it too crazy to believe in? We spoke to the author of a new book on the ins, outs, and utopian dreams of making basic income a reality. The basic income movement got a significant boost this week when the charity GiveDirectly announced that it will be pursuing a ten-year, $30 million pilot project giving a select group of Kenyan villagers a basic income and studying its effects. As an anti-poverty solution, universal basic income appeals to impoverished people in Africa, relatively well-off Scandinavians, and Americans automated out of their jobs alike. (source) Sure, money for nothing sounds great on the surface. But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income be? Feudalism. Serfdom. Enslavement. UBI would fast-track us back to the feudalism of the Middle Ages. Sure, we’d be living in slick, modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks. We’d have some kind of modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor. But, in the end, we wouldn’t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class. We’d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life. Our courses would be set for us and veering off of those courses would be harshly discouraged. People will be completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity: food, shelter, water, clothing. What better way to assert control than to make compliance necessary for survival? (source)
With this second round of lockdowns how many more jobs will go permanently down the tubes? What are all those people going to do for food? For rent? The government is going to give them money. And we can’t even argue, really, because everyone knows someone who has lost a job they had for decades and who can’t find other work. Valery Madelyn 30 inch... Buy New $42.99 (as of 06:17 UTC - Details)
They might call it something else, but Universal Basic Income is coming. And it’s coming soon.
#2) Travel Papers
Don’t be ridiculous. We’ll never have to show our “papers” to travel freely in the United States.
Doh.
Not until a COVID pandemic with all its subsidiary restrictions occurred. Back in March, days after I warned about the first lockdown, I wrote:
For everyone who thought the article about the Lockdown of America was a “hysterical overstatement” and that they could still do whatever they wanted because it wasn’t really being enforced, what are you thinking now that “travel papers” are being handed out? To me, this sounds like the lockdowns I wrote of yesterday were just the first incremental step toward a society that nobody hopes to see. Yesterday, readers sent me photos of “travel papers” provided to them by employers so they could get to and from work. These are employees who work in industries like healthcare, pharmacies, and foodservice, as well as those who work in the production, transport, and sales of essential supplies. One reader wrote, “We were told to show these if we got stopped on the way to or from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble, to not argue and just go back home.” Papers that people sent were from Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Kansas, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, Oregon, Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio. Industries mentioned in the papers were trucking, grocery stores, medical clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, city transit workers, railroads, food production plants, pharmacies, gas stations, stores like Target and Walmart, and automotive repair facilities. Most people were given their papers on Friday or Saturday and told they’d need them to get to and from work starting the week ahead. (source)
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#3) Mandatory GPS tracking of humans
“Don’t be silly. Nobody is actually tracking you with your phone. You’re not Jason Bourne.”
Whoops. 2020 proved that was a lie when they rolled out contact tracing apps to make sure you didn’t breathe the same air as somebody who got a positive COVID test.
Not only do sick or potentially sick people need to worry about being phoned or questioned by contact tracers, but there’s also a whole new world of dystopian technology being rapidly developed. Apple and Google formed a partnership to develop a phone app with the potential to monitor one-third of the world’s population. The Australian government has developed an app called COVIDSafe to “protect you, your family and friends and save the lives of other Australians. The more Australians connect to the COVIDSafe app, the quicker we can find the virus.” In fact, all sorts of potentially invasive new technology tools are springing up to “fight COVID.” Some use AI to detect signs of COVID and the Department of Defense is deploying thermal imaging to detect signs of COVID. These things won’t just go away when the pandemic is over. If they’re in use for a year or two years – however long this virus is with us – chances are, they’re here to stay. (source)
So…if you have a smartphone, rest assured, at some point you’re probably going to have an app like this forcibly installed during one of those relentless updates. Of course, they’ll say that the app is just the framework and you have to enable it for it to work. Oh, wait, they already said that. After installing “the framework.”
#4) Cashless societies
Somehow, the United States ran out of change.
There were no coins to be had…anywhere…for a while. Bloomberg reported in August: Maggift 2 Pack Hanging... Best Price: $24.16 Buy New $27.98 (as of 06:17 UTC - Details)
As if a deep recession and a never-ending pandemic wasn’t enough, the U.S. now faces another crisis: a coin shortage. Thanks to the lockdowns, fewer coins are in circulation, leaving businesses unable to make change when customers hand over paper money. (source)
This had a lot of people concerned, especially since Venezuela used COVID to push citizens toward a cashless society. Here in the United States, the “change shortage” was so extensive is caused many stores to give you your change on a store loyalty card or invite you to donate that change to some cause. A true cashless society would allow significant control over our day to day lives. See this article for some of the totalitarian ways it would affect us.
#5) Microchips
Darpa got involved early on, touting it as a way to “save” us all from COVID. Robert Wheeler wrote:
But governments aren’t having to market the chip as a method to track, trace, and control their populations. Instead, they are marketing the chip as a way to track and detect COVID and other coronaviruses. Clearly, this is a much easier sell to a public literally terrorized by their governments and mainstream media outlets for the last six months. Raul Diego details the creation and coming rollout of the new biochip in his article, “A DARPA-Funded Implantable Microchip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets By 2021,” where he writes, The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it, financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and HHS’ BARDA. The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident. The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he found a way to “reprogram” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body, not to mention all biological lifeforms. These molecules are called ‘messenger ribonucleic acid’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science, even if no one has really noticed yet. As Rossi, himself, puts it: “The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA, and if you got it into the cells, then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells, and this was the big thing.” (Source)
The microchip talk died down but the fact it as even a discussion and topic of COVID research should be troubling. Anyway, after the initial microchip hubbub, the push got redirected toward our next conspiracy theory.
#6) Mandatory vaccines
Remember back when nobody thought that adults would ever be forced to take vaccines except for “crazy conspiracy theorists?” Well, that day is coming sooner than many people expect.
A much-heralded COVID vaccine could be rolled out in a matter of days. Pfizer and BioNTech have both concluded Phase 3 of rushing their jabs to market. There are still many, many questions.
The return to many of our old familiar ways will take time, and how much time remains unclear. The answers await more research into the vaccines, how they can be distributed and how many people are willing to get them. “A vaccine won’t be available immediately for everybody,” says Arthur Reingold, a professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley… …“It probably will take four to six months,” he says. “What that says to me is that people will have to keep wearing masks at least until spring. We won’t be in a magically different situation by February or March. I don’t see how that can possibly happen.” Equally important are the unknowns about the vaccines themselves. Scientists still don’t know how long vaccine-induced protection will last, for example, or whether inoculations can block actual infection, or only prevent the onset of disease. If the latter turns out to be the case, meaning the vaccines keep us from getting sick, but not infected, we still could be infectious to others. Until we know, don’t toss those masks into the trash… …Andrew Badley, an immunovirologist who chairs Mayo Clinic’s covid-19 task force, says the return of any normal activities depends on numerous factors, including how many people get vaccinated. “The only possibility that life will return to normal by summer is if the majority of the population receives the vaccines by then and the early efficacy data is borne out in ongoing studies,” he says. He adds, however: “I think it is unlikely we will be able to vaccinate the majority of the population by then.” (source)
And how will they make sure that “the majority” of the population gets the vaccines? It’ll start out easy – there are tons of people who will gladly roll up their sleeves to get a vaccination that was rushed to market with no testing on the long-term effects. And then, the rest of us will be coerced by being unable to go to work, to a concert, to school, or into a public building without proof we’ve been vaccinated.
YOU WALK TOWARD the arena, ready for a big game, tickets in hand. But what you see is a long line wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance as people search their pockets and purses for a small piece of paper. To be cleared to enter, you’ll also need that document—proof that you’ve received a COVID-19 vaccination. This is the future as some experts see it: a world in which you’ll need to show you’ve been inoculated against the novel coronavirus to attend a sports game, get a manicure, go to work, or hop on a train. “We’re not going to get to the point where the vaccine police break down your door to vaccinate you,” says Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University’s School of Medicine. But he and several other health policy experts envision vaccine mandates could be instituted and enforced by local governments or employers—similar to the current vaccine requirements for school-age children, military personnel, and hospital workers… …The mandates can be directed toward customers, as well. Just as business owners can bar shoeless and shirtless clients from entering their restaurants, salons, arenas, and stores, they can legally keep people out for any number of reasons, “as long as they’re not running afoul of any antidiscrimination laws,” says Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, a professor of health and vaccine law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, some experts think states will require targeted industries to enforce vaccine mandates for their employees, especially those we’ve come to know as “essential workers.” “Grocery store workers get exposed to a lot of people, but also have the chance to infect a lot of people because of the nature of their work and the fact that virtually everybody needs to buy food,” says Carmel Shachar, executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Hospitality industry workers—those who work in restaurants, bars, and coffee shops, for example—could also see similar mandates. “It’s in an employer’s interest to make sure that their workplace is protected and that you can’t infect your colleagues,” Shachar says. “Having a widely accessible vaccine gets a lot of employers out of having to control their clients’ behavior.” And with a vaccinated workforce, “you don’t need to worry if the people you’re serving at the restaurant have COVID-19.” Even the general public could be incentivized to get vaccinated. “Oddly enough, the best way to impose a mandate is to reward people with more freedom if they follow that mandate,” Caplan says. For example, with proof of inoculation, you would be able to attend a sporting event “as a reward for doing the right thing,” he says. “And I can imagine people saying, If you want to go to my restaurant, my bowling alley, or my tattoo parlor, then I want to see a vaccine certificate, too.” Booster shots could also be required, depending on the efficacy of future vaccines. (source)
Doesn’t it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside how all these experts are planning to force an unwilling populace to accept an untested vaccine? It’s all for our own good, you know.
#7) Re-education camps
Remember how we all used to joke about being put into FEMA camps? Well…..
Finally, for those of us who believed these conspiracy theories were conspiracy facts all along – oh – and for Trump voters – there’s the discussion about how to re-educate us so we can rejoin society.
In a Twitter thread run amok, we saw the dark side of some “well-educated” Democrats who were sincerely trying to figure out how to redeem those of us who did not vote for Joe Biden.
No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people? Where do you start? Fox? Facebook? We have to start thinking in terms of post-WWII Germany or Japan. Or the failures of Reconstruction in the South. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 18, 2020
This is not your standard partisan policy disagreement. This is a conspiracy theory fueled belligerent death cult against reality & basic decency. The only actual policy debates of note are happening within the dem coalition between left and center left. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 18, 2020
No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people? Where do you start? Fox? Facebook? We have to start thinking in terms of post-WWII Germany or Japan. Or the failures of Reconstruction in the South. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 18, 2020
Of course, he doesn’t really mean re-education camps. Of course not.
i mean, for chrissakes, conservatives are literally giving themselves COVID just to own the libs. They’re dying in COVID wards insisting they don’t have COVID because it must be a liberal plot. People are gonna try to figure out how to defend themselves. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 19, 2020
And Laura found she bit off a bit more than she intended to chew. So of course she blamed non-Americans. (Probably those darned Russians, right?)
The trolls have discovered this thread. I recommend automatically blocking, as it is organized and they have an agenda. Odds they are actual Americans are slim to none. Don’t engage. — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 19, 2020
If anyone is interested in how these attacks work, see the below tweets. Suggesting public health measures or combatting propaganda brings trolls by the hundreds. It’s not organic, it’s organized. Information warfare. It has a chilling effect on speech, which is the point. https://t.co/1rEwPsz8zB — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 19, 2020
Welcome to my inbox for the past 8 years, Laura. Every time I have posted a pro-gun, pro-self-defense article, I’ve been barraged with “creative” rape threats with a vast variety of implements and violent threats by the “peaceful” left. People have wished my children dead in a school shooting. So cry me a river, Laura, if your “thoughtful discussion” of putting me and people like me into anti-cult deprogramming in a gulag put you in an unpleasant position.
Trust me, you get used to it. Heck, you might even begin to understand why I’m a gun owner.
Reprinted with permission from The Organic Prepper.
The Best of Daisy Luther


lewrockwell--2020-11-25--Global Vaccine Passport Will Be Required for Travel

Around the world , there ’ s considerable resistance against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination , but even if the vaccine ends up being “ voluntary , ” refusing to take it will have severe implications for people who enjoy their freedom .
For months , the writing has been on the wall : Forced vaccination is part and parcel of the plan to “ reset ” the global economic system , forever altering life as we know it along the way .
Now , global vaccine passports are in fact being introduced , and it ’ s only a matter of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prerequisite for travel .
Just how voluntary is it if you have to have the COVID-19 vaccine if you ever want to leave the country — or perhaps even state — in which you live , at any point during the rest of your life ?
Villini - Leather US P ... Buy New $ 14.99 CommonPass1 is a digital “ health passport ” framework initiated by The Commons Project , the World Economic Forum and The Rockefeller Foundation , which during the first week of July 2020 convened more than 350 leaders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 52 countries to design a common framework “ for safe border reopening ” around the world .
The proposed framework involves the following : • Every nation must publish their health screening criteria for entry into the country using a standard format on a common framework • Each country must register trusted facilities that conduct COVID-19 lab testing for foreign travel and administer vaccines listed in the CommonPass registry • Each country will accept health screening status from foreign visitors through apps and services built on the CommonPass framework • Patient identification is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sample collection and/or vaccination using an international standard • The CommonPass framework will be integrated into flight and hotel reservation and check-in processes Eventually , the CommonPass framework will be integrated with already existing personal health apps such as Apple Health and CommonHealth .
If you want to travel , your personal health record will be evaluated and compared to a country ’ s entry requirements , and if you don ’ t meet them , you ’ ll be directed to an approved testing and vaccination location .
A screen grab from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how this will all work .
When you get your test result or vaccine , that data is uploaded to an app on your cellphone .
The app generates a barcode that is then scanned at the airport , at hotel check-in and wherever else vaccine status verification is deemed necessary.+ That the Rockefeller Foundation is one of the three founders of CommonPass should surprise no one , considering they basically laid the groundwork for it in their April 21 , 2020 , white paper2 “ National COVID-19 Testing Action Plan — Strategic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Communities.
” That white paper laid out a strategic framework that is clearly intended to become part of a permanent surveillance and social control structure that severely limits personal liberty and freedom of choice .
It also warns that elimination of privacy will be required , stating that “ Some privacy concerns must be set aside for an infectious agent as virulent as COVID-19 … ” The tracking system proposed by The Rockefeller Foundation also demands access to other medical data , which tells us the system will have any number of other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ digital clearance system is currently being tested by United Airlines3 on flights between London and Newark , and Cathay Pacific on flights between Hong Kong and Singapore.4 As reported by Tott News , November 15 , 2020:5 CommonPass Is a Cog in The Great Reset Wheel As explained in “ What You Need to Know About ‘ the Great Reset ’ , ” the current pandemic is being used as a justification for why we need to reset the global economy and shift away from capitalism and free enterprise into a new system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” is never used by actual technocrats , mind you .
Instead , they talk about the Great Reset and the fourth industrial revolution , the nuts and bolts of which boil down to transhumanism .
In years past , this plan was referred to as a “ new world order ” or “ one world order.
” All of these terms , however , refer to an agenda that has the same ultimate goal .
Fossil Men ’ s Nee ... Buy New $ 44.00 It ’ s a plan that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the goal is to monitor and control the world through technological surveillance .
It ’ s a world government run by self-appointed elitists ; hence , it calls for the total dismantling of the political system , which includes the U.S. Constitution .
National borders are also destined to be erased .
Technocracy is a resource-based economic system , which is why the World Economic Forum talks about the creation of “ sustainable digital finance , ” 6 a carbon-based economy and carbon credit trading.7 As explained on its website:8 These rather innocuous-sounding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shock people to their core , were they to see the complete picture .
Professor Klaus Schwab , founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum , has stated that the fourth industrial revolution will “ lead to a fusion of our physical , digital and biological identity , ” complete with implantable microchips capable of reading your thoughts.9 This no longer sounds so far-fetched when you consider that technocracy requires social engineering to work .
It requires total surveillance .
It requires each person to be tied to the digital matrix @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such that they can not rebel .
To learn more about the history and intent behind technocracy , consider reading Patrick Wood ’ s books , “ Technocracy Rising : The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation ” 10 and “ Technocracy : The Hard Road to World Order.
” 11 When world leaders now talk about “ building back better ” and spin tales about a utopia in which humanity no longer has a negative impact on the environment , what they ’ re really talking about is the transition to a world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do any of the things we ’ ve previously engaged in and typically enjoyed .
CommonPass is a cog in this Great Reset plan .
It ’ s the beginning stage of mass tracking and tracing , under the guise of keeping everyone safe from infectious disease .
Rest assured , it will not be limited to COVID-19 .
The pandemic is just the justification for ushering in this radical new way of life .
The global lockdowns are part and parcel of this plan too .
You may have seen articles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up while everyone kept indoors for weeks on end .
Who knows , in the future , we may well have rolling lockdowns to look forward to — periodic house arrests for the sake of the environment , if not to prevent the latest outbreak .
Meanwhile , social distancing and mask wearing separates us from our fellow man , demoralizes and dehumanizes us and makes us alone , fearful and anxious , which in turn prevents us from thinking logically and from coordinating resistance efforts with others .
Add to that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where the Big Tech overlords decide what opinions and even facts are allowable and which are not .
When you multiply it all together , it starts looking like the biggest psyop in the history of mankind , which in turn begs the question : If the direction they want us to go will actually lead to utopia , would this kind of social engineering effort really be necessary ?
November 10 , 2016 , the World Economic Forum published an article12 in Forbes titled , “ Welcome to 2030 : I Own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Has Never Been Better.
” Let ’ s read beyond the creepy headline and see what this is all about , shall we ?
RFID Carbon Fiber Wall ... Buy New $ 29.95 As noted in The Last American Vagabond ’ s article13 “ Techno-Tyranny : How the U.S. National Security State Is Using Coronavirus to Fulfill an Orwellian Vision , ” the U.S. is rapidly adopting an artificial intelligence-driven mass surveillance system rivaling that of China , and legal and structural obstacles are being swept away “ under the guise of combating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requires social engineering to work , the effectiveness of which in turn requires mass surveillance and automation .
In the first half of the 20th century , George Orwell wrote a dystopian novel , “ Nineteen Eighty-Four , ” in which the government controlled every aspect of a person ’ s life , including their very thoughts .
Today , scientists seem intent on turning Orwell ’ s nightmarish vision into reality , using the COVID-19 pandemic , national security and public health as their justification for doing so .
Don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Instead , be prepared for variations of the Forbes article above .
It ’ s basically a world in which everyone has been stripped of purpose .
Artificial intelligence algorithms make decisions for you , and if you disobey or start thinking fancy thoughts all on your own , you can expect to be financially and socially disenfranchised .
Effectively eliminating an individual from society will be as easy as pressing a button and putting a freeze on your digital wallet and identification .
Already , many truth-tellers that were purged from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost their PayPal and other digital payment accounts .
No advance warning , and no justification given .
Imagine if all your finances were tied together in a digital finance system and everything was shut down all at once .
That , I ’ m sure , would discourage most everyone from expressing any contradictory views .
If you think this kind of technology is still in its cradle , check out Spiro Skouras video below , in which he discusses the rollout of the United Nations ’ biometric digital wallet .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ step closer to becoming the world ’ s de facto leadership hub .
Artificial Intelligence Is Further Along Than Most Can Imagine Indeed , artificial intelligence is a key component of effective surveillance and social engineering .
Data is useless unless you can interpret it and make decisions based on it .
As noted by The Last American Vagabond:14 The document17 the article refers to was produced by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence ( NSCAI ) , a government organization created by the National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA ) of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consider the methods and means necessary to advance the development of artificial intelligence , machine learning and associated technologies to comprehensively address the national security and defense needs of the United States , ” and ensure the U.S. maintains a technological advantage .
To that end , the NSCAI is pushing for an overhaul of the American way of life and economy in order to usher in a more comprehensive AI-driven surveillance apparatus .
In other words , a Great Reset .
How to Resist the Great Reset Ironically , while the real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ globalist-run dystopia free of democratic controls , technocrats speak of this plan as a way to bring us back into harmony with Nature .
As I discuss in “ The Global Takeover Is Underway , ” the medical tyranny and censorship of anti-groupthink that has emerged during this pandemic are an unavoidable element of the Great Reset , and if you think it ’ s bad now , just wait until the whole system is brought fully online .
The mere idea of dissent will become a thought of the past , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and work opportunities , your finances and your very identity — will be so meshed with the automated technological infrastructure that any attempt to break free will result in you being locked out or erased from the system , leaving you with no ability to learn , work , travel or purchase anything .
It sounds far-fetched , I know , but when you follow the technocratic plan to its inevitable end , that ’ s basically what you end up with .
The warning signs are all around us , if we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what they actually are .
The only question now is whether enough people are willing to resist it to make a difference .
Along those lines , let us carefully reflect on one of the United States ’ founding fathers , Benjamin Franklin , in his warning and caution with respect to losing our liberty .
I frequently reflect on them when I consider potential options in this new contrived crisis challenges we are confronted with : If you are open for some practical strategies on how you can respond in light of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ imposed on us you can watch James Corbett ’ s interview with Howard Lichtman below .
The Best of Joseph Mercola

Around the world, there’s considerable resistance against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, but even if the vaccine ends up being “voluntary,” refusing to take it will have severe implications for people who enjoy their freedom.
For months, the writing has been on the wall: Forced vaccination is part and parcel of the plan to “reset” the global economic system, forever altering life as we know it along the way. Now, global vaccine passports are in fact being introduced, and it’s only a matter of time before vaccination status will be a prerequisite for travel.
Just how voluntary is it if you have to have the COVID-19 vaccine if you ever want to leave the country — or perhaps even state — in which you live, at any point during the rest of your life?
CommonPass
Villini - Leather US P... Buy New $14.99 (as of 06:18 UTC - Details) CommonPass1 is a digital “health passport” framework initiated by The Commons Project, the World Economic Forum and The Rockefeller Foundation, which during the first week of July 2020 convened more than 350 leaders from the public and private sectors in 52 countries to design a common framework “for safe border reopening” around the world. The proposed framework involves the following:
Every nation must publish their health screening criteria for entry into the country using a standard format on a common framework Each country must register trusted facilities that conduct COVID-19 lab testing for foreign travel and administer vaccines listed in the CommonPass registry Each country will accept health screening status from foreign visitors through apps and services built on the CommonPass framework Patient identification is to be collected at the time of sample collection and/or vaccination using an international standard The CommonPass framework will be integrated into flight and hotel reservation and check-in processes
Eventually, the CommonPass framework will be integrated with already existing personal health apps such as Apple Health and CommonHealth. If you want to travel, your personal health record will be evaluated and compared to a country’s entry requirements, and if you don’t meet them, you’ll be directed to an approved testing and vaccination location.
A screen grab from the video illustrates the general idea of how this will all work. When you get your test result or vaccine, that data is uploaded to an app on your cellphone. The app generates a barcode that is then scanned at the airport, at hotel check-in and wherever else vaccine status verification is deemed necessary.+
That the Rockefeller Foundation is one of the three founders of CommonPass should surprise no one, considering they basically laid the groundwork for it in their April 21, 2020, white paper2 “National COVID-19 Testing Action Plan — Strategic Steps to Reopen Our Workplaces and Our Communities.”
That white paper laid out a strategic framework that is clearly intended to become part of a permanent surveillance and social control structure that severely limits personal liberty and freedom of choice.
It also warns that elimination of privacy will be required, stating that “Some privacy concerns must be set aside for an infectious agent as virulent as COVID-19 …” The tracking system proposed by The Rockefeller Foundation also demands access to other medical data, which tells us the system will have any number of other uses besides tracking COVID-19 cases.
Worldwide Tracking Begins
This digital clearance system is currently being tested by United Airlines3 on flights between London and Newark, and Cathay Pacific on flights between Hong Kong and Singapore.4 As reported by Tott News, November 15, 2020:5
“Volunteer travelers landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on United Airlines Flight 15 from London Heathrow used the CommonPass health pass on their mobile phone to document their COVID-19 status and share it with airline staff upon disembarking.
Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) observed the CommonPass demonstration in Newark … The transatlantic trial followed a successful trial of CommonPass on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Singapore on October 6.
Paul Meyer, CEO of The Commons Project, says it is anticipated that following initial trials, CommonPass will be rolled out on other routes, including international travel to and from Australia …
We are now seeing the beginning phases of a worldwide tracking system that will be linked to the health status of each and every individual … This has always been the agenda. Track and trace; identify the undesirables through deception.”
CommonPass Is a Cog in The Great Reset Wheel
As explained in “What You Need to Know About ‘the Great Reset’,” the current pandemic is being used as a justification for why we need to reset the global economy and shift away from capitalism and free enterprise into a new system of technocracy.
The word “technocracy” is never used by actual technocrats, mind you. Instead, they talk about the Great Reset and the fourth industrial revolution, the nuts and bolts of which boil down to transhumanism. In years past, this plan was referred to as a “new world order” or “one world order.” All of these terms, however, refer to an agenda that has the same ultimate goal. Fossil Men’s Nee... Buy New $44.00 (as of 06:18 UTC - Details)
CommonPass is a cog in this Great Reset plan. It’s the beginning stage of mass tracking and tracing, under the guise of keeping everyone safe from infectious disease. Rest assured, it will not be limited to COVID-19. The pandemic is just the justification for ushering in this radical new way of life.
It’s a plan that is decades in the making. Ultimately, the goal is to monitor and control the world through technological surveillance. It’s a world government run by self-appointed elitists; hence, it calls for the total dismantling of the political system, which includes the U.S. Constitution. National borders are also destined to be erased.
Sustainable Digital Finance
Technocracy is a resource-based economic system, which is why the World Economic Forum talks about the creation of “sustainable digital finance,”6 a carbon-based economy and carbon credit trading.7 As explained on its website:8
“Digital finance refers to the integration of big data, artificial intelligence (AI), mobile platforms, blockchain and the Internet of things (IoT) in the provision of financial services. Sustainable finance refers to financial services integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into the business or investment decisions.
When combined, sustainable digital finance can take advantage of emerging technologies to analyze data, power investment decisions and grow jobs in sectors supporting a transition to a low-carbon economy.”
These rather innocuous-sounding definitions hide a true intent that would shock people to their core, were they to see the complete picture. Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, has stated that the fourth industrial revolution will “lead to a fusion of our physical, digital and biological identity,” complete with implantable microchips capable of reading your thoughts.9
This no longer sounds so far-fetched when you consider that technocracy requires social engineering to work. It requires total surveillance. It requires each person to be tied to the digital matrix — physically, mentally and financially — such that they cannot rebel.
To learn more about the history and intent behind technocracy, consider reading Patrick Wood’s books, “Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation”10 and “Technocracy: The Hard Road to World Order.”11
The Plan to Dehumanize Humanity
When world leaders now talk about “building back better” and spin tales about a utopia in which humanity no longer has a negative impact on the environment, what they’re really talking about is the transition to a world in which mankind is no longer free to do any of the things we’ve previously engaged in and typically enjoyed.
CommonPass is a cog in this Great Reset plan. It’s the beginning stage of mass tracking and tracing, under the guise of keeping everyone safe from infectious disease. Rest assured, it will not be limited to COVID-19. The pandemic is just the justification for ushering in this radical new way of life.
The global lockdowns are part and parcel of this plan too. You may have seen articles musing about how waterways and air cleared up while everyone kept indoors for weeks on end. Who knows, in the future, we may well have rolling lockdowns to look forward to — periodic house arrests for the sake of the environment, if not to prevent the latest outbreak.
Meanwhile, social distancing and mask wearing separates us from our fellow man, demoralizes and dehumanizes us and makes us alone, fearful and anxious, which in turn prevents us from thinking logically and from coordinating resistance efforts with others. Add to that a grossly biased media and draconian censorship, where the Big Tech overlords decide what opinions and even facts are allowable and which are not.
When you multiply it all together, it starts looking like the biggest psyop in the history of mankind, which in turn begs the question: If the direction they want us to go will actually lead to utopia, would this kind of social engineering effort really be necessary?
Welcome to 2030
November 10, 2016, the World Economic Forum published an article12 in Forbes titled, “Welcome to 2030: I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy and Life Has Never Been Better.” Let’s read beyond the creepy headline and see what this is all about, shall we? RFID Carbon Fiber Wall... Buy New $29.95 (as of 06:18 UTC - Details)
“Welcome to the year 2030. Welcome to my city — or should I say, ‘our city.’ I don’t own anything. I don’t own a car. I don’t own a house. I don’t own any appliances or any clothes.
It might seem odd to you, but it makes perfect sense for us in this city. Everything you considered a product, has now become a service. We have access to transportation, accommodation, food and all the things we need in our daily lives. One by one all these things became free, so it ended up not making sense for us to own much …
In our city we don’t pay any rent, because someone else is using our free space whenever we do not need it. My living room is used for business meetings when I am not there. Once in a while, I will choose to cook for myself. It is easy — the necessary kitchen equipment is delivered at my door within minutes …
Shopping? I can’t really remember what that is. For most of us, it has been turned into choosing things to use. Sometimes I find this fun, and sometimes I just want the algorithm to do it for me. It knows my taste better than I do by now.
When AI and robots took over so much of our work, we suddenly had time to eat well, sleep well and spend time with other people … The work that we do can be done at any time. I don’t really know if I would call it work anymore. It is more like thinking-time, creation-time and development-time …
Once in a while I get annoyed about the fact that I have no real privacy. Nowhere I can go and not be registered. I know that, somewhere, everything I do, think and dream of is recorded. I just hope that nobody will use it against me. All in all, it is a good life.”
Techno-Tyranny Steps Into Broad Daylight
As noted in The Last American Vagabond’s article13 “Techno-Tyranny: How the U.S. National Security State Is Using Coronavirus to Fulfill an Orwellian Vision,” the U.S. is rapidly adopting an artificial intelligence-driven mass surveillance system rivaling that of China, and legal and structural obstacles are being swept away “under the guise of combating the coronavirus crisis.”
Again, technocracy requires social engineering to work, the effectiveness of which in turn requires mass surveillance and automation. In the first half of the 20th century, George Orwell wrote a dystopian novel, “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” in which the government controlled every aspect of a person’s life, including their very thoughts.
Today, scientists seem intent on turning Orwell’s nightmarish vision into reality, using the COVID-19 pandemic, national security and public health as their justification for doing so. Don’t expect them to admit this, however. Instead, be prepared for variations of the Forbes article above. It’s basically a world in which everyone has been stripped of purpose.
Artificial intelligence algorithms make decisions for you, and if you disobey or start thinking fancy thoughts all on your own, you can expect to be financially and socially disenfranchised. Effectively eliminating an individual from society will be as easy as pressing a button and putting a freeze on your digital wallet and identification.
Already, many truth-tellers that were purged from YouTube and other social media platforms simultaneously lost their PayPal and other digital payment accounts. No advance warning, and no justification given. Imagine if all your finances were tied together in a digital finance system and everything was shut down all at once. That, I’m sure, would discourage most everyone from expressing any contradictory views.
If you think this kind of technology is still in its cradle, check out Spiro Skouras video below, in which he discusses the rollout of the United Nations’ biometric digital wallet. This, undoubtedly, brings the UN one step closer to becoming the world’s de facto leadership hub.
Artificial Intelligence Is Further Along Than Most Can Imagine
Indeed, artificial intelligence is a key component of effective surveillance and social engineering. Data is useless unless you can interpret it and make decisions based on it. As noted by The Last American Vagabond:14
“[In 2019], a U.S. government body dedicated to examining how artificial intelligence can ‘address the national security and defense needs of the United States’ discussed in detail the ‘structural’ changes that the American economy and society must undergo in order to ensure a technological advantage over China, according to a recent document15 acquired through a FOIA request.
This document suggests that the U.S. follow China’s lead and even surpass them in many aspects related to AI-driven technologies, particularly their use of mass surveillance.
This perspective clearly clashes with the public rhetoric of prominent U.S. government officials and politicians on China, who have labeled the Chinese government’s technology investments and export of its surveillance systems and other technologies as a major ‘threat’ to Americans’ ‘way of life.’16”
The document17 the article refers to was produced by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), a government organization created by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2018.
Its purpose is “to consider the methods and means necessary to advance the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning and associated technologies to comprehensively address the national security and defense needs of the United States,” and ensure the U.S. maintains a technological advantage.
To that end, the NSCAI is pushing for an overhaul of the American way of life and economy in order to usher in a more comprehensive AI-driven surveillance apparatus. In other words, a Great Reset.
How to Resist the Great Reset
Ironically, while the real plan is to usher in a tech-driven globalist-run dystopia free of democratic controls, technocrats speak of this plan as a way to bring us back into harmony with Nature.
As I discuss in “The Global Takeover Is Underway,” the medical tyranny and censorship of anti-groupthink that has emerged during this pandemic are an unavoidable element of the Great Reset, and if you think it’s bad now, just wait until the whole system is brought fully online.
The mere idea of dissent will become a thought of the past, because your life — your health, educational and work opportunities, your finances and your very identity — will be so meshed with the automated technological infrastructure that any attempt to break free will result in you being locked out or erased from the system, leaving you with no ability to learn, work, travel or purchase anything.
It sounds far-fetched, I know, but when you follow the technocratic plan to its inevitable end, that’s basically what you end up with. The warning signs are all around us, if we’re willing to see them for what they actually are. The only question now is whether enough people are willing to resist it to make a difference.
Along those lines, let us carefully reflect on one of the United States’ founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, in his warning and caution with respect to losing our liberty. I frequently reflect on them when I consider potential options in this new contrived crisis challenges we are confronted with:
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ~ Benjamin Franklin
If you are open for some practical strategies on how you can respond in light of all the tyrannical interventions that have been imposed on us you can watch James Corbett’s interview with Howard Lichtman below.
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President Trump, Release the JFK Files

With President Trump ’ s critics decrying his lack of respect for America ’ s democratic system by his refusal to concede to Joe Biden , now would be a good time to remind such critics of one dark-side aspect of America ’ s much-vaunted democratic system—the national-security ’ s state ’ s violent regime-change operation in Dallas on November 22 , 1963 .
Oh , yes , I know the standard response of the Pentagon , the CIA , and the NSA and its ardent supporters in the Washington , D.C. , establishment and the mainstream press .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whenever anyone points to that particular regime-change operation .
Mind you , they don ’ t cry “ Conspiracy theory !
” when one brings up other anti-democratic regime-change operations on both sides of the Kennedy one — Iran 1953 , Guatemala 1954 , Congo 1961 , and Chile 1973 .
It ’ s only with the Kennedy regime-change operation that they cry “ Conspiracy theory !
” Orolay Women ’ s T ... Buy New $ 149.99 From the beginning , the official story has been that a lone-nut communist ex-U.S. Marine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president .
Nothing to see here , folks , time to move on — U.S , officials said .
Just a plain old ordinary murder case .
Really ?
Then why was the entire episode shrouded in national-security secrecy from the very moment that Kennedy was declared dead at Parkland Hospital ?
If it was just a matter of a random lone-nut , communist ex-U.S.Marine killing a president , what the heck does “ national security ” have to do with it ?
Why all the secrecy ?
Indeed , why the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force its way out of Parkland Hospital with the president ’ s body to prevent an autopsy from being conducted by Dallas County medical examiner ?
That Secret Service team , which said it was operating under orders , knew that Texas law required the autopsy to be conducted by the medical examiner .
Why deliver the president ’ s body into the hands of the military for the autopsy ?
The mainstream press has always held that that was normal .
Really ?
I thought this was a democratic government , not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enlisted men who came forward in the late 1970s telling how they had sneaked the president ’ s body into the Bethesda morgue at 6:35 p.m. , almost an hour and a half before the official entry time of 8 p.m. ?
Why had they all been sworn to secrecy just after the conclusion of the autopsy ?
What about Marine Sergeant Roger Boyajian , who was discovered by the Assassination Records Review Board in the 1990s ?
Why did the military keep him secret for 30 years ?
He told the ARRB @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team that carried in the president ’ s body at 6:35 p.m. in a cheap , military-style shipping casket rather than the expensive , ornate casket into which it had been placed in Dallas .
He even handed the ARRB a copy of his official report to the military that he wrote at the time of the event .
That military had never disclosed that report to the Warren Commission , the House Select Committee on Assassinations , the ARRB , or anyone else .
They kept it secret the whole time .
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She told the ARRB in the 1990s that she had developed the autopsy photographs of President Kennedy ’ s body .
She also had been sworn to secrecy .
Given that she was participating in a top-secret , classified operation , she had kept her secret for some 30 years .
She told the ARRB in the 1990s that the official photographs of the Kennedy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which suggested two separate sets of autopsy photographs , one genuine and one deceptive .
What about Col. Pierre Finck ’ s testimony in the Clay Shaw trial in New Orleans in the late 1970s ?
He was one of the three autopsy physicians .
He said that Admiral James Humes , who was another of the autopsy physicians , telephoned him at 8 p.m. on the night of the assassination to seek his help with the autopsy .
He said that Humes told him that they already had x-rays of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ p.m. was also the official introduction of the president ’ s body into the Bethesda morgue .
How could they already have x-rays of the president ’ s head , unless what those enlisted men said about the early secret introduction of the body into the morgue at 6:35 p.m. was , in fact , true ?
Finck also testified that the reason he didn ’ t “ dissect ” the president ’ s neck wound was that someone in authority ordered him not to .
Who was that person ?
Finck said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
To this day , we don ’ t know who that person was , but clearly there was a powerful , darker , deep-state force in charge of autopsy operations at the Bethesda morgue that evening .
The time has come for America to accept its national-security state regime-change legacy , including anti-democratic regime changes , not only in overseas countries like Iran , Guatemala , Congo , Cuba , Chile , Iraq , and Afghanistan , but also right here in the United States .
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The national-security rationale for continued secrecy is ludicrous and baseless .
The only reason for continued secrecy is that the national-security establishment knows that the records will fill in more pieces to its November 22 , 1963 , regime-change operation .
In the 1990s , the JFK Records Collection Act gave federal agencies another 25 years to release their assassination-related records , based on the ridiculous claim of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time expired early in Trump ’ s administration .
After promising to release the files , Trump surrendered to the CIA ’ s demands for more secrecy , extending the time for secrecy until October 2021 .
But we all know what ’ s going to happen in 2021 .
The CIA is going to tell President Biden that national security requires more years of secrecy and Biden is going to defer to the CIA .
Time ’ s up .
Amidst all the hoopla over whether Trump is behaving disrespectfully of America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordering the release of the estimated 15,000 records of the CIA and the federal agencies that are still being kept secret from the American people ?
After all , it ’ s pretty hard to reconcile regime-change and cover up with America ’ s much-vaunted democratic system , isn ’ t it ?
President Trump — Do the right thing .
Order the National Archives to release those long-secret assassination records to the American people now .
Who cares if the CIA , the Pentagon , and other federal agencies get upset ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Freedom Foundation .
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With President Trump’s critics decrying his lack of respect for America’s democratic system by his refusal to concede to Joe Biden, now would be a good time to remind such critics of one dark-side aspect of America’s much-vaunted democratic system—the national-security’s state’s violent regime-change operation in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
Oh, yes, I know the standard response of the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA and its ardent supporters in the Washington, D.C., establishment and the mainstream press. They immediately cry “Conspiracy theory!” whenever anyone points to that particular regime-change operation.
Mind you, they don’t cry “Conspiracy theory!” when one brings up other anti-democratic regime-change operations on both sides of the Kennedy one — Iran 1953, Guatemala 1954, Congo 1961, and Chile 1973. It’s only with the Kennedy regime-change operation that they cry “Conspiracy theory!” Orolay Women’s T... Buy New $149.99 (as of 06:00 UTC - Details)
From the beginning, the official story has been that a lone-nut communist ex-U.S. Marine, with no apparent motive, assassinated the president. Nothing to see here, folks, time to move on — U.S, officials said. Just a plain old ordinary murder case.
Really? Then why was the entire episode shrouded in national-security secrecy from the very moment that Kennedy was declared dead at Parkland Hospital? If it was just a matter of a random lone-nut, communist ex-U.S.Marine killing a president, what the heck does “national security” have to do with it? Why all the secrecy?
Indeed, why the need for a Secret Service team to force its way out of Parkland Hospital with the president’s body to prevent an autopsy from being conducted by Dallas County medical examiner? That Secret Service team, which said it was operating under orders, knew that Texas law required the autopsy to be conducted by the medical examiner.
Why deliver the president’s body into the hands of the military for the autopsy? The mainstream press has always held that that was normal. Really? I thought this was a democratic government, not a military one.
What about those enlisted men who came forward in the late 1970s telling how they had sneaked the president’s body into the Bethesda morgue at 6:35 p.m., almost an hour and a half before the official entry time of 8 p.m.? Why had they all been sworn to secrecy just after the conclusion of the autopsy?
What about Marine Sergeant Roger Boyajian, who was discovered by the Assassination Records Review Board in the 1990s? Why did the military keep him secret for 30 years? He told the ARRB that he was in charge of the team that carried in the president’s body at 6:35 p.m. in a cheap, military-style shipping casket rather than the expensive, ornate casket into which it had been placed in Dallas. He even handed the ARRB a copy of his official report to the military that he wrote at the time of the event. That military had never disclosed that report to the Warren Commission, the House Select Committee on Assassinations, the ARRB, or anyone else. They kept it secret the whole time. Why? FADSHOW Women’s ... Buy New $89.99 (as of 06:00 UTC - Details)
What about Saundra Spencer, the Navy petty officer in charge of the White House lab at the Naval Photographic Center in Washington. She told the ARRB in the 1990s that she had developed the autopsy photographs of President Kennedy’s body. She also had been sworn to secrecy. Given that she was participating in a top-secret, classified operation, she had kept her secret for some 30 years. She told the ARRB in the 1990s that the official photographs of the Kennedy autopsy are not the ones she developed, which suggested two separate sets of autopsy photographs, one genuine and one deceptive.
What about Col. Pierre Finck’s testimony in the Clay Shaw trial in New Orleans in the late 1970s? He was one of the three autopsy physicians. He said that Admiral James Humes, who was another of the autopsy physicians, telephoned him at 8 p.m. on the night of the assassination to seek his help with the autopsy. He said that Humes told him that they already had x-rays of the president’s head. But 8 p.m. was also the official introduction of the president’s body into the Bethesda morgue. How could they already have x-rays of the president’s head, unless what those enlisted men said about the early secret introduction of the body into the morgue at 6:35 p.m. was, in fact, true?
Finck also testified that the reason he didn’t “dissect” the president’s neck wound was that someone in authority ordered him not to. Who was that person? Finck said he couldn’t remember his identity. To this day, we don’t know who that person was, but clearly there was a powerful, darker, deep-state force in charge of autopsy operations at the Bethesda morgue that evening.
The time has come for America to accept its national-security state regime-change legacy, including anti-democratic regime changes, not only in overseas countries like Iran, Guatemala, Congo, Cuba, Chile, Iraq, and Afghanistan, but also right here in the United States.
Orolay Women’s D... Buy New $149.99 (as of 06:00 UTC - Details) It’s time to release all of the official assassination records of the CIA, the FBI, the Pentagon, and all other federal agencies. The national-security rationale for continued secrecy is ludicrous and baseless. The only reason for continued secrecy is that the national-security establishment knows that the records will fill in more pieces to its November 22, 1963, regime-change operation.
In the 1990s, the JFK Records Collection Act gave federal agencies another 25 years to release their assassination-related records, based on the ridiculous claim of “national security.” That period of time expired early in Trump’s administration. After promising to release the files, Trump surrendered to the CIA’s demands for more secrecy, extending the time for secrecy until October 2021.
But we all know what’s going to happen in 2021. The CIA is going to tell President Biden that national security requires more years of secrecy and Biden is going to defer to the CIA.
Time’s up. Amidst all the hoopla over whether Trump is behaving disrespectfully of America’s democratic system, how about ordering the release of the estimated 15,000 records of the CIA and the federal agencies that are still being kept secret from the American people? After all, it’s pretty hard to reconcile regime-change and cover up with America’s much-vaunted democratic system, isn’t it?
President Trump — Do the right thing. Order the National Archives to release those long-secret assassination records to the American people now. Who cares if the CIA, the Pentagon, and other federal agencies get upset?
Reprinted with permission from The Future of Freedom Foundation.
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Thanksgiving 2020

“ Government requires make-believe .
Make believe that the king is divine , make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God .
Make believe that the people have a voice or make believe that the representatives of the people are the people .
Make believe that governors are the servants of the people .
Make believe that all men are equal or make believe that they are not.
” — Edmund S. Morgan ( 1916-2013 ) What if the government ’ s true goal is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the real levers of governmental power are pulled by agents and diplomats and by bureaucrats and central bankers behind the scenes ?
What if they stay in power no matter who is elected president or which political party controls either house of Congress ?
VGIA 3 Small Christmas ... Best Price : $ 15.04 Buy New $ 38.99 What if the frequent public displays of adversity between Republicans and Democrats are just a facade ?
What if both major political parties agree on the transcendental issues of our day ?
What if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our rights are not natural to our humanity but instead are gifts from the government ?
What if those leaders believe the government that gives gifts to the people can take those gifts away ?
What if the leadership of both parties gives only lip service to Thomas Jefferson ’ s assertions in the Declaration of Independence that all persons “ are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights , that among these are Life , Liberty , and the Pursuit of Happiness ” and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to redistribute wealth or provide goods or services such as health care , but to protect these rights ?
What if the leadership of both parties quietly dismisses those ideas as Jefferson ’ s outdated musings ?
What if Jefferson ’ s words have been enacted into federal law that all in government have sworn to uphold ?
What if the leadership of both political parties believes that the constitutional requirement of due process somehow permits mothers to hire doctors to kill babies in their wombs , out of fear or convenience ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ parties believes that the president may lawfully kill any foreigner out of fear , because due process is an inconvenience ?
What if recent presidents from both parties have used high-tech drones to kill innocent people in foreign lands with which America was not at war and claimed that they did so legally , relying not on a declaration of war from Congress but on the erroneous arguments of a former attorney general who falsely opined that American presidents can kill with impunity ?
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What if due process means a fair jury trial , not a secret killing ?
What if most members of Congress from both political parties believe in perpetual war and perpetual debt ?
What if the political class believes that war is the health of the state ?
What if the leadership of that class wants war so as to induce the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pocketbooks of the taxpayers and gain the compliance of the voters ?
What if the political class uses war to enrich its benefactors ?
What if the government has been paying for war by increasing its debt ?
What if the $ 27 trillion federal government debt has been caused by borrowing to pay for wars and false prosperity ?
What if the federal government collects about $ 3.4 trillion annually but spends about $ 7.6 trillion ?
What if the feds borrow money to pay $ 350 billion in interest annually ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ money to pay interest on borrowed money ?
What if American taxpayers are still paying interest on debts incurred by Woodrow Wilson , FDR and every post-World War II president ?
What if the banks have borrowed the money that they lend ?
What if they can ’ t pay it back ?
What if the stock market is soaring on money borrowed at artificially low interest rates ?
What if the government demands transparency from us but declines to be transparent to us ?
What if government leaders assert the make-believe that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we work for the government ?
What if the federal government has access to all of our communications , bank accounts , health and legal records , and utility and credit card bills ?
What if the government knows more about us than we know about it ?
Small Rustic Red Wood ... Buy New $ 28.99 What if the federal government stays in power by bribing the states with cash , the rich with bailouts , the middle class with tax cuts and the poor with welfare ?
What if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t apply in bad times ?
What if it thinks it can cure disease by quarantining the healthy ?
What if it mocks the Bill of Rights ?
What if the government the Founding Fathers gave us needed our permission to do nearly everything ?
What if today we need the government ’ s permission to do nearly anything ?
What if , on Thanksgiving Day , our gratitude is not to the government that assaults our freedoms and steals our wealth but to God , who gave us our freedoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What if , on Thanksgiving Day , our gratitude is for life , liberty , the pursuit of happiness and the exercise of free will and human reason ?
What if these are integral to our humanity despite the government ’ s assault on them ?
What if , on Thanksgiving Day , we are most grateful that we are free creatures made in God ’ s image and likeness ?
What if we can use our freedoms to reject the government , make-believe or not ?
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“Government requires make-believe. Make believe that the king is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God. Make believe that the people have a voice or make believe that the representatives of the people are the people. Make believe that governors are the servants of the people. Make believe that all men are equal or make believe that they are not.”
— Edmund S. Morgan (1916-2013)
What if the government’s true goal is to perpetuate its own power? What if the real levers of governmental power are pulled by agents and diplomats and by bureaucrats and central bankers behind the scenes? What if they stay in power no matter who is elected president or which political party controls either house of Congress?
VGIA 3 Small Christmas... Best Price: $15.04 Buy New $38.99 (as of 06:01 UTC - Details) What if the frequent public displays of adversity between Republicans and Democrats are just a facade? What if both major political parties agree on the transcendental issues of our day?
What if the leadership of both political parties believes that our rights are not natural to our humanity but instead are gifts from the government? What if those leaders believe the government that gives gifts to the people can take those gifts away?
What if the leadership of both parties gives only lip service to Thomas Jefferson’s assertions in the Declaration of Independence that all persons “are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” and that the sole purpose of government is not to redistribute wealth or provide goods or services such as health care, but to protect these rights?
What if the leadership of both parties quietly dismisses those ideas as Jefferson’s outdated musings? What if Jefferson’s words have been enacted into federal law that all in government have sworn to uphold?
What if the leadership of both political parties believes that the constitutional requirement of due process somehow permits mothers to hire doctors to kill babies in their wombs, out of fear or convenience? What if the leadership of both political parties believes that the president may lawfully kill any foreigner out of fear, because due process is an inconvenience?
What if recent presidents from both parties have used high-tech drones to kill innocent people in foreign lands with which America was not at war and claimed that they did so legally, relying not on a declaration of war from Congress but on the erroneous arguments of a former attorney general who falsely opined that American presidents can kill with impunity? National Tree Frosted ... Buy New $27.59 (as of 06:01 UTC - Details)
What if the Constitution requires a congressional declaration of war or due process whenever the government wants anyone’s life, liberty or property, whether convenient or not and whether the person is American or not? What if due process means a fair jury trial, not a secret killing?
What if most members of Congress from both political parties believe in perpetual war and perpetual debt? What if the political class believes that war is the health of the state? What if the leadership of that class wants war so as to induce the loyalty of its base, open the pocketbooks of the taxpayers and gain the compliance of the voters? What if the political class uses war to enrich its benefactors? What if the government has been paying for war by increasing its debt?
What if the $27 trillion federal government debt has been caused by borrowing to pay for wars and false prosperity? What if the federal government collects about $3.4 trillion annually but spends about $7.6 trillion? What if the feds borrow money to pay $350 billion in interest annually?
What if it is insane to borrow money to pay interest on borrowed money? What if American taxpayers are still paying interest on debts incurred by Woodrow Wilson, FDR and every post-World War II president?
What if the banks have borrowed the money that they lend? What if they can’t pay it back? What if the stock market is soaring on money borrowed at artificially low interest rates?
What if the government demands transparency from us but declines to be transparent to us? What if government leaders assert the make-believe that they work for us but recognize silently that we work for the government? What if the federal government has access to all of our communications, bank accounts, health and legal records, and utility and credit card bills? What if the government knows more about us than we know about it?
Small Rustic Red Wood ... Buy New $28.99 (as of 06:01 UTC - Details) What if the federal government stays in power by bribing the states with cash, the rich with bailouts, the middle class with tax cuts and the poor with welfare?
What if the government thinks the Constitution is make-believe and doesn’t apply in bad times? What if it thinks it can cure disease by quarantining the healthy? What if it mocks the Bill of Rights?
What if the government the Founding Fathers gave us needed our permission to do nearly everything? What if today we need the government’s permission to do nearly anything?
What if, on Thanksgiving Day, our gratitude is not to the government that assaults our freedoms and steals our wealth but to God, who gave us our freedoms and our ability to earn wealth?
What if, on Thanksgiving Day, our gratitude is for life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the exercise of free will and human reason? What if these are integral to our humanity despite the government’s assault on them?
What if, on Thanksgiving Day, we are most grateful that we are free creatures made in God’s image and likeness? What if we can use our freedoms to reject the government, make-believe or not?
Happy Thanksgiving.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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