The calm before the storm.

I think people, especially those in the United States, are quite optimistic now about the way things are progressing. The United States left the WHO and people now have platforms like X to "speak freely" (We all know here that's bullshit).

But working inside the government, I see things differently. I see laws passing still, and other laws which were passed by prior administrations not being repealed.

Times like this, when everything appears to be silent and quiet and progressing the "right direction", are the times used by governments to implement and put in place legislation that will be used in the future to shackle us and further remove our ability to be free.

We've all heard about those individuals in the United Kingdom who are being arrested simply for posting on social media. Well, few people know that the laws used to arrest these people are laws that were initially passed in the late 1990s!

For covid, The laws that were used and the emergency powers that were given were first introduced by legislation that were all passed in the early 2000s... 20 years ago.

In the early 2000s, nobody could predict that the world would be locked down and all the rights taken away because of a pandemic. Yet, 20 years ago, is when they passed the legislation that enabled all of this.

same for the United Kingdom example. The late 90s, we barely had an internet! Yet laws were passed at the time which are now used to arrest people for posting on social media.

There is such a thing as the quiet before the storm. When major political upheavals and events are on no one's radar is when governments around the world pass legislation unanimously, which will be used in the future during "emergencies".

Think about what laws are being passed now, especially in the US with this big beautiful bill. Laws that centralize the regulation of artificial intelligence. The laws that are passed now during times of peace and quiet should be our first red flags to what is coming.

We are living, my friends. In a time when things may appear quiet and hopeful. Yet this is when we must be the most vigilant, as our guards are down. We are no longer on high alert. And that's when we are the most vulnerable.