Restrictions to free speech have long been a Hallmark of the Eurozone. This is not new but more blatant. Suppression of free speech is directly connected to suppression of creativity, innovation and a society's productivity. One can see this in the stock market indices of Emerging Markets which have such poor performance that it makes one amazed that Wall Street can recommend. China's indices are lower today than when Xi took office. The Eurozone indices underperform the the SP500 by a factor of 4x. One can measure the degree of protections to free speech and protections to property rights in any area by looking at their stock market history over time. Socialist governments suppress the growth normally present and autocratic governments destroy growth eventually leading to the collapse of the central bank and currency. The nominal US$ has been in an uptrend since Putin and Xi took power and increased global chaos. Capital flows to where it is treated best even if today's environment is less favorable in the US than 20yrs ago.
It may prove out that that the control the elites have tried to impose has only served to awaken the sense of freedom inherent in the human spirit. Every day, some one new and prominently known comes to the realization that free speech is the most valuable individual right anyone has.
Most of us believe the 'system' is too big for an individual to influence. Not so. Just being a thoughtful independent thinker and not supporting those trying to manipulate how we spend our earnings is the most important thing we can do. But, we must be alert and consistently make the choice for free speech every day and withhold spending where we can identify a threat.
Lily - a great summary. It is extremely worrying - this, alongside the rapid militarisation of police forces, could well be the final two nails in humanity’s coffin. We’re going to have to start getting all John le Carré and leave notes in books, stop writing and get into speaking (the same applies, harder to analyse at the moment) and pass flipping usb keys around.
Not that it will help in Ireland, where they have the power also now to enter properties and seize phones, hard drives etc.....
Very alarming. Not surprising given the clear intentions of the overlords to control our every action, word and eventually thought but, still, very concerning they got to pass this DSA. Free speech is everything.
I see the danger but don't think anything can be done about it. The "system" is primed for collapse and these rules and laws are being put in place to try and slow the impending implosion down. It will work for a while, but we may be closer to the end game than most can possibly believe.
I suspect there is a wider war coming and that it has already started, perhaps with the covid virus, and the authorities will use the coming war to enact all measures of things. As they say, never let a crisis go to waste! I think the main driver will be the impending collapse of the "social security" state combined with the loss of government fund raising (i.e. bond issues) capabilities. Our Western Governments will do what they have always done and "print" currency which is already almost entirely electronic but will be bolstered by CB digital currencies.
The majority of the public don't care as long as they have food, booze, money to pay the rent/mortgage and can be entertained by shows on the media channels. Only in the USA are there enough weapons to frighten the authorities. The Brits will do as they are told and line up in an orderly fashion for their vitals under the watchful eye of a million cameras. We are heading into a world more akin to 1984 and Brave New World than I would ever have believed just 10 years ago.
Prepare yourselves well...... but just understand the majority will still, ultimately...... bend over!
I am eurocentric? I believe the liberal order needs protection? from desantis and his overprotections against dei. that right to lifers arguments are based on misinformation and a very strong desire to put religion above reason. yes. I do.
restrictions on misinformation. misinformation on the trump election here, and the lie after lie after lie, has created another kind of hell -- and misinformation about science and vaccines, has created another kind of hell, which hell is it going to be then? do we let our planet perish based on misinformation...
Restrictions to free speech have long been a Hallmark of the Eurozone. This is not new but more blatant. Suppression of free speech is directly connected to suppression of creativity, innovation and a society's productivity. One can see this in the stock market indices of Emerging Markets which have such poor performance that it makes one amazed that Wall Street can recommend. China's indices are lower today than when Xi took office. The Eurozone indices underperform the the SP500 by a factor of 4x. One can measure the degree of protections to free speech and protections to property rights in any area by looking at their stock market history over time. Socialist governments suppress the growth normally present and autocratic governments destroy growth eventually leading to the collapse of the central bank and currency. The nominal US$ has been in an uptrend since Putin and Xi took power and increased global chaos. Capital flows to where it is treated best even if today's environment is less favorable in the US than 20yrs ago.
It may prove out that that the control the elites have tried to impose has only served to awaken the sense of freedom inherent in the human spirit. Every day, some one new and prominently known comes to the realization that free speech is the most valuable individual right anyone has.
Most of us believe the 'system' is too big for an individual to influence. Not so. Just being a thoughtful independent thinker and not supporting those trying to manipulate how we spend our earnings is the most important thing we can do. But, we must be alert and consistently make the choice for free speech every day and withhold spending where we can identify a threat.
Lily - a great summary. It is extremely worrying - this, alongside the rapid militarisation of police forces, could well be the final two nails in humanity’s coffin. We’re going to have to start getting all John le Carré and leave notes in books, stop writing and get into speaking (the same applies, harder to analyse at the moment) and pass flipping usb keys around.
Not that it will help in Ireland, where they have the power also now to enter properties and seize phones, hard drives etc.....
but still, resist we must.
As the great Slim Smith puts it....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rTxFJsc1gms
that already exist. militarization fo the police, here in usa. where in the name of freedom we lock up more people than anybody.
Very alarming. Not surprising given the clear intentions of the overlords to control our every action, word and eventually thought but, still, very concerning they got to pass this DSA. Free speech is everything.
2023=1984
I see the danger but don't think anything can be done about it. The "system" is primed for collapse and these rules and laws are being put in place to try and slow the impending implosion down. It will work for a while, but we may be closer to the end game than most can possibly believe.
I suspect there is a wider war coming and that it has already started, perhaps with the covid virus, and the authorities will use the coming war to enact all measures of things. As they say, never let a crisis go to waste! I think the main driver will be the impending collapse of the "social security" state combined with the loss of government fund raising (i.e. bond issues) capabilities. Our Western Governments will do what they have always done and "print" currency which is already almost entirely electronic but will be bolstered by CB digital currencies.
The majority of the public don't care as long as they have food, booze, money to pay the rent/mortgage and can be entertained by shows on the media channels. Only in the USA are there enough weapons to frighten the authorities. The Brits will do as they are told and line up in an orderly fashion for their vitals under the watchful eye of a million cameras. We are heading into a world more akin to 1984 and Brave New World than I would ever have believed just 10 years ago.
Prepare yourselves well...... but just understand the majority will still, ultimately...... bend over!
I am eurocentric? I believe the liberal order needs protection? from desantis and his overprotections against dei. that right to lifers arguments are based on misinformation and a very strong desire to put religion above reason. yes. I do.
restrictions on misinformation. misinformation on the trump election here, and the lie after lie after lie, has created another kind of hell -- and misinformation about science and vaccines, has created another kind of hell, which hell is it going to be then? do we let our planet perish based on misinformation...
Sasha Stone writes that many have entered the counter-cultyre revolution on her substack Free Thinking: https://sashastone.substack.com/p/the-counterculture-revolution-is#details
It is a perspective my limited survey of trends suggests is worth a listen.