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Great essay. #DoNotComply

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Good read! So well written. I have benefited greatly from this pyramid scheme as I’m sure many readers have. Those days seem to be drawing to a close. As the pain increases and we look for answers eventually we get a peak under the veil. Then we find outlets like this and veil is torn away and the size and ugliness of the monster is revealed. There is an uneasiness in the air. I’m afraid the coming years will be tough and we will never again experience the abundance we have now. Those still capable of thinking must resist and not plug into the digital Matrix no matter the cost. We will prevail eventually but it will be an uphill battle with low ammunition and untrained soldiers. Even so, as more financial casualties pile up from the throws of the middle class our strength will grow. Our advisories are weak frail creatures who underestimate the working and managerial level people. When push comes to shove will topple over. First we need to educate friends and family - anyone still open minded. Small groups become larger groups. Large groups become conventions and in turn an army. Let’s do this!

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Much to digest. Some is right but some wrong. Larry Fink is a sociopath. He markets what makes him more money and he promotes, promotes, promotes whatever is fearful to manipulate people into buying what he is selling. So is much of Wall Street, healthcare administrators, politicians, especially educational and union administrators and so on down the line to get more power and money. This has always been with us but this time they have acted in concert to grab the whole pie rather than nibble at the edges. They have become so bold that it is suddenly in our faces and it is hard to miss.

But, then comes along Oliver Anthony or the many substack writers from various points of society and the pushback using truth takes center stage and the rest of us are on alert.

There are far more of us than them and we are alert. It is the average person vs the sociopath who represents 5% of society but is very loud. Most of us just walk away from these people. We do not give them support, we do not use their companies, vote for them or buy their goods.

The inflation issue is simple. Politicians paid themselves buy supporting kickback schemes using taxpayer money. These people need to be voted out and the money taken back. Each person is required to pay attention, educate themselves and be personally responsible. It is not overly complex as they make it seem. Vote them out of office and vote in carefully vetted individuals and the problem can be solved. I remain optimistic because of the numbers of individuals who have become alert to these people.

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A lot of food for thought. And no bugz in the food :)

All the measures of the last years seem to give a token amount of money to the people, on which the government and media focuses our attention, but the bulk of funds is sent to the allied industries and elites. We've seen a few trillion-plus relief packages and other plans that provide "only" 100 or 200 billion for the population, the rest going to feed the elites.

Just last week, on the same day that the Biden administration announced another 25 billions for the Ukraine proxy war, they announced a ridiculously low 700$ cheque for victims of the Maui fires.

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Wow! A lot to digest here! The bio-techno-capitalism you refer to is suddenly all too apparent. We need to resist these God complex autocrats with every being of our fiber if we’re ever to retain our freedoms.

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