Comments by "" (@paulrevere2379) on "The Road To Totalitarianism | The Covid Narrative, The New Normal and The Great Reset" video.

Don't look too hard for any coherent logic from ideology based on destruction...you won't find much. The elimination of individual human dignity and natural diversity, the elimination of private property which is an extension of individual liberty, the elimination of most all other freedoms (speech, an independent press, assembly, mobility, firearm ownership and possession...) - these are the goals being pursued by the radical leftists and their cult of woke. It's all about destroying anything and everything good and virtuous.
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Someone in ancient China, idk who, said, If a man loses his wealth, he loses much. If a man loses his friend, he loses more. If a man loses his courage, he loses all.
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"The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. " - Hannah Arendt author of The Origins of Totalitarianism
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@jenkemp if enough of us refuse, then we won't see that level of totalitarianism take over the west. Is it bad and getting worse? No denial from me. We just need to love freedom enough...enough to value freedom more than comforts and luxury, enough to do the unpopular right thing on a daily basis, enough to call out and expose the guilty.
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My freedom is never negotiable.
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@JackyHeijmans some good ideas for those with a bit of real estate and a roof overhead. I've done over 700 days out of a recent two year stretch with none of that. One might say it's all about making do with what you got, but it does take a determined will to live, learn, put forth the effort. It also helps to be humble...and the ironic thing is the blessing of learning gratitude in the process.
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@davidcarson2696 So right. Reading your words is like seeing my own thoughts in text. "But people will do bad things with their personal wealth" the socialists cry. This is often true, freedom is no guarantee of utopia, but it allows the best in people to show forth. When freedom is outlawed, individual misbehavior might decrease a few degrees, but huge governmental atrocities become magnified exponentially. Such is the greatest source of misery, brutality and death the world has ever seen - when freedom is replaced by centralized controls.
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@heathert.6017 While technically you are correct imo, a person needs to strive with considerable intent in order to develop a substantial amount of self reliance such that they can also be a key asset in a group endeavor. The danger, especially in modern culture, is to think that a tiny contribution to the group in a crisis situation is enough. Such people (vast majority right now) are really a drain because they have not endeavored to develop self-reliance. We all have our weaknesses, that's reality, but overall strength, where dependency is the exception should be what a person strives toward for completeness. To be mostly dependent on others, or almost entirely as most today are, with only the tiniest bit of individual self-reliance - that's not the way to be. And it takes extra effort to break away from that because it is the dominant culture.
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@kiltedsasquatch3693 valid point regarding introverts and extroverts, but very much overstated imo. Ego is not exclusive to extroverts btw. Among PCT hikers, for example, some of the biggest egos I encountered were demonstrated by introverts. Part of that, I suspect or admit (take it how you like) is that most of the hikers I encountered (hundreds) did lean toward being introverts and they were the ones most likely to achieve their hiking goals...thus reinforcing your point. My own personality is hard to nail down, maybe that's why the trail name Semper Gumby fit me. By trail standards, I tended to be on the extrovert side, but I spent many weeks with no other hikers with significant contentment. I reckon I'm somewhat of an omnivert. Whatever a person's personality is does not limit them from becoming self-reliant in their way of living as well. Maybe some parts will be tougher for some than others, but that's life. There's something to be said about working to build up where one is naturally weak and there's also value in making the most of one's strength. At one time, my youth was a strength, but I was weak in knowledge. Now I no longer have the strength of youth, but age has made me strong in other ways. - Semper Gumby
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@JackyHeijmans Coalcracker Bushcraft is one of my favorites. It isn't always obvious, but he doesn't hide the fact that Bushcraft is mainly a hobby (a cool one for sure), and is not meant as a survivalist lifestyle which would actually involve a lot more salvaging and scrounging in a real SHTF situation. Currently some useful skills are stealth camping, how to be they gray man, and simply how to stretch one's food dollar. My own tale is very long, but I actually feel most at home outdoors day and night. Lots of obvious drawbacks, but ironically I find far more people who envy me rather than the other way around. Freedom sometimes has that effect.
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@southerngal7899 Trusting in Devine providence is in fact the American way as put forth by our founding fathers, who, btw except for Franklin were not old men, but they were a very industrious breed. Genuine self-reliance does pose the risk of pridefulness if all goes amazingly well, but it rarely does. Humility and gratitude are the biproducts that I have been reaping. It's the complete opposite of the common entitlement mentality.
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@anabelaramos8399 Obrigado
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@anabelaramos8399 except for the socks I put on my feet, when I see s-o-c... I stop there and disregard the propaganda. IngSoc needs to stay in the world of fiction, dystopian fiction at that. One person can't do it all, but all it takes is resistance. Read The Gulag Archipelago. Not many decades back, a few brave Russians showed that a person does not have to submit. When the FEW became ENOUGH people (still relatively few) then things began to change and another totalitarian system fell. People just need to realize that there is a choice. The harder choice now is still much easier than any choices later if everyone gives in. Obviously some of us aren't giving in, but we need more.
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One code I live by is this: My freedom is Never negotiable. But freedom requires near constant struggle. Yes there is a couple generations of freedom in North America earned by a few and enjoyed by most, And that freedom has been getting thrown away like garbage by those who never paid for it, but the most important thing is to actively live free. Do that and you will not have to look for trouble. You will be attacked, even by people who don't identify as enemies. Live free and some will be inspired. A greater number will become offended.
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@lat1419 super great points. There will always be a need for people with some really key skills. Ammo reloading could be one and I'm thinking especially powder and primer manufacturing. (black market economic independence maybe??). But tbh I think that game would largely become depleted before ammo gets seriously scarce. Fuel is another one. Electricity is pretty much an essential, let's be honest, but the dependence on the big producers is mostly artificial. Big solar and wind projects are just stupid imo, but they can be great on a residential/small farm level as well. In some places there is still much potential in water power - that includes roof run off in some cases. These are not rocket science projects. They are much closer to off-the-shelf technology which high school kids used to do for fun 60 years ago before smart devices were invented and people became dumb.
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Knowing how to get along without high tech doesn't mean a person is necessarily ignorant about it. That's the fallacy of the non self-reliant: the delusion that the ability to tap on a device screen makes them advanced, but it's really the baby stuff like ordering pizza delivery compared to hunting down and preparing your own food in the forest.
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@catherineshaw1122 Now that's pretty much what I was gonna state. It isn't so easy to get access to hospitable land, but there are still some places where cars cannot go...that's one of the keys to keeping out the rif raff. If you can drive a car there, then true wildness becomes quickly eroded. The idea of some perfect get-away that's also convenient - not a thing, never has been except in people's dreams.
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That's me. Jack Reacher is a fictional character. The real deal isn't quite so colorful or conspicuous. Here's one of the things they most fear: Truth - you can have everything short of your life taken away, but you still don't have to become a government dependent (or even beholden to anyone). A determined will to stay free and the ability to learn self-reliance will keep most people not only alive, but will provide a taste of life that is sometimes sweeter than any money can buy. In Albert Einstein's day he said (about the totalitarians then) "What they most fear is the influence of men of intellectual independence." Today's totalitarians fear the rejuvenating and re-awakening effect of self-reliant freedom should it ever become contagious again.
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@catherineshaw1122 based on my own development of self-reliance, critical thinking, and broad education, I've had to become my own primary care physician for many years now. Twice I got sick enough to go to an ER in the last decade and they got things wrong 2/2. Something seemingly simple as prescribing antibiotics is a big issue with no lab tests to confirm viral or bacterial issue. I had to self diagnose to avoid the major set back of taking antibiotics for a virus. I've stitched my own wounds leaving no scars because I do it carefully, patiently with small close stitches. A healthy dose of confidence and above average intellect helps, but it's mostly just a manifestation of self-reliance in practice. People call it arrogance "what you think you know more than doctors?" Well, when it's about my body then damn right I know more than a doctor. I don't know more than an independent medical team without an agenda or bad habits could if they took the time and did proper tests, but I haven't seen that as the general rule for quite some time, and I even worked in a hospital not long back.
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Precisely. The ingredients list reads like a toxic cocktail. Say no to the prick. Or to use a metaphor, do not drink that kool-aid.
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Michelle and husband have you hiked any of the western National Scenic Trails? The newest one is the Pacific Northwest Trail very close to the Canadian border. Not many hikers tackle that one so far. The time that you can spend out there is mostly limited by the food you can carry. If you can fend off the land, then go for it (just make sure you have a bail out plan and logistics). As hikers say, Day 1 or "one day" you decide.
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@ChantLightAngel good thing to strive for. There's a YouTube video I would highly recommend. 'Things not to buy' or something like that 'if you choose to live in a vehicle's. Sorry I don't recall the exact title, but #1 was Do Not invest a lot of money into a vehicle for that purpose. If you can't do it on a small scale, then the big dream is simply unlikely to work. But I'm sure you know that others are out there doing it. Lots of folks. My tip would be this. Be honest with yourself. If you have any expensive habits (tobacco, coffee shop, alcohol, etc.), then that enslavement (honestly what they are) will keep you from your freedom unless you have a revenue stream. Otherwise, if it's what you want, then don't wait. Give it a test run ASAP. The hardest part is jumping in. There's only a few things that it really helps to know right off and the rest you can learn as you go. If you are vehicle bound, then no more than two nights in one spot unless you are really remote. Mobility is a safety feature in an unsafe world. Also, knowing how to interact with law enforcement is important. In many places it's the fearful tyrant citizen who is the problem, not the police who they call on, but some places are just bad. Lastly, while vehicles are great for mobility and storage, the security they seem to provide is very tenuous - everything can be taken away if you get too reliant on a vehicle.
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When I was young none of us wanted to be labelled as a shitbird, but somehow they multiplied and bacame the cult of woke, and what miserable creatures they are.
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Hurley Flyer It's not unreasonable to hope for the exception in history. Rare is not the same as never. But if indeed only the evil perpetrators and some of their minions survive, I would still choose the way of opposition. Give me liberty or give me death.
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MrPh30 The Big Lie? Which should not be forgotten even if we forget the slogan Stop the Steal? Big Lies Matter
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Self-reliance is not a check in the box; it's not a line on bucket list or a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Genuine self-reliance is a way of life, but it doesn't have to be absolute. Complete self-reliance is itself an ego myth, but to make it a way of life is to have self-reliance as the default, not the credit cards, smart device or even cash. Using those things as problem solvers (as all but a few do) is Not self-reliance. Can you go for 100 hours without those things? How about a week? and upon return make it a reluctant thing to rely on those conveniences.
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Not familiar with the Holmodor. I think today's equivalent of a Kulak would be anyone who has the title to their own private motor vehicle, no matter how old. (capitalist private property owner) and anyone who owns their own firearm excepting left wing radical anarchists.
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@catherineshaw1122 but I was born 270 years ago. They're gonna have to spy pretty deep to get somethin' on me, but I think it's poverty that mainly keeps me off their radar. That and the principle of punishing one to keep a thousand others in fear. Only I don't scare that easy.
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@anabelaramos8399 Where do you live? I'm in US, Pacific Time Zone. A sense of humor, which they would like to outlaw, is a powerful weapon against evil. IngSoc of course refers to English Socialism in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. S-o-c are the first three letters in socialism which is evil in all it's forms, but it's also the first three letters in socks, which are neutral - my socks are never dedicated lefties or righties, they switch sides all the time, but they get along just fine.
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Keep dreaming, but don't make dreams your master Keep thinking, but don't make thoughts your aim Where do you live now? I'm in the western US with lots of woods around, but I have almost no money. Things were beginning to look hopeful until the Orwellian shut downs and fear-mongering. Life is hard and my freedom is threatened at every turn, but I would not trade it away for anything in the world.
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@anabelaramos8399 I have a geographic mind not typical in America today. I am now far too poor to travel far, so I hike the mountains and get to meet nice folks from all over the world (before 2020 shut downs anyway). Living mostly outside goes a long way toward pointing out how stupid and wrong it is for politics to interfere with life. More outdoor life and less power given to politicians would make a much better world.
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Since when do they have licence to access your private health issues and compel you to engage in self-destructive harm?
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