What happens when violent statists irrevocably realize they have ZERO control over the productive people because of voluntary, freedom technologies?
Discussion
Empire relies on:
control in information flow
control of currency
monopoly on violence.
if two legs are weakened, empire puts all its weight on its last leg.
Too bad for Empire the citizens own 350 million guns, so not really a monopoly on violence without the consent of the governed.
It’s actually more like 450 million, when accounting for inheritance firearms made before the 2nd amendment was violated.
But that is not what monopoly on violence refers to. Monopoly on violence is the national perception of who is justified using violence to defend property or person. i.e. self defense. empire always tries to reduce this right for individuals and expand its own law enforcement agent’s authority creating dependency.
As for an armed population being a significant deterrent to government take over, it really isn’t.That is more of a deterrent for local law enforcement. For the 2nd amendment to mean what it originally meant, the population would need to be as well armed as any standing army. i.e “a well regulated militia being necessary for the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. it means “because we are going to need an army, make sure the people are armed too, so they can’t just be taken over by that army”.
we aren’t as well armed. so the battle which should be waged is in the parallel construction of information sharing, and currency/trade. Throw in Gene Sharp’s seminal work on subverting dictatorships through peaceful means, and you’re now a significant threat. The president of Lithuania once stated he would rather have Gene Sharps books than a nuclear weapon to fight the Russians.
Sounds like powerful stuff.
We win 💜🫂⚡
They lash out symbolically. Or lash out violently at symbols (burning flags, effagies, churches)
Lash out, but the freedom technology exposes it too quickly. Can’t see how we won’t prevail
Seizure
Who is Juan Galt
21st Century Renaissance
The state will try to convince the people that the market is taking from them by taking from the state.
They already do this by demonizing successful people in the private market as being greedy, they will continue to shame success.
This worked well for the communist state that successfully demonized the bourgeoisie against the proletariat and gained control of the people.
In a way democratic governments leverage “the will of the people” as their right to exist and abuse the population, I feel they will double down on this tactic and demonize success as “unconstitutional”.
But to what extent it will work I have no idea.
I’ll see you in the gulag, brother. 🤙
they double down on the tyranny
Enfoŕcement comes. And it's violent
Desperate measures, WW3, lockdowns for whatever reasons...
Technically they will have to acquire the best services by paying for them in #Bitcoin where as in the past if we wanted the violent monopoly to protect us we would pay taxes. The best and brightest are not working for the violent monopoly and the technical tools, including the weapons, are out of reach to those with funny money.
I think it's going to get a little scary for a moment in time. I hope enough people have the sense to opt out and choose a new way of life and discover true freedom. 🤞