Everything is illegal, everyone is a criminal, everyone is under surveillance 24/7, and no one cares.
Living in a police state means that you must live in dread of being arrested. You can't help feeling hopeless.
You will find "Building Your Bug-Out Bag for Any Crisis" by Andy Reven absolutely essential. This nonfiction book is a hard-to-put-down, quick read that offers practical advice you can't afford to miss. It's the best book to prepare you for emergencies and ensure you're ready for anything.
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I have my own IT company, so already doing that to a certain extent. And yes, that is the completely correct line of reasoning for most, if not all, highly qualified people within IT.
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True. Voting with the feet is the one of the best things you can do to improve your life and to improve the lives of others. The place you leave behind will be worse off, since it does not deserve you, and the place you move to will be better off due to you contributing there with your skills on the market.
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If you are a law-abiding and responsible person who doesn't have any debt, you might totally lose respect for the government and laws if you get fined $30,000 for having an illegal flagpole.
If you are a law-abiding and responsible person who doesn't have any debt, you might totally lose respect for the government and laws if you get fined $30,000 for having an illegal flagpole.
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you have the freedom to coexist with blacks and gay or mexicans and troons.
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@h4890 @monarchist @Example @freepatriot I would rather live in an opportunity state than a welfare state. Freedom over dependence.
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3 of these are stupid wrong. 4 if you count school as a job.
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@monarchist @korsier @freepatriot I often think about the Coca Cola case.
Lots of people drink way too much Coca Cola.
I then try to come up with, how can markets be made more functional, and will that help people realize that they should not drink too much Coca Cola?
Is better education needed?
A long term fix is of course darwinism, but that only works over generations.
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Is there a list of micro nations and how they are doing?
Also, this is an interesting observation. Is there anything that would have prevented pacific islands from innovating? Or is it that the heritage and culture of Liechtenstein and Monaco are superior which enabled them to survive?
Let me throw in the caribbean islands into the mix. There are quite a few which focus on banking and they seem to be pretty successful.
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True! Since there is no accountability in politics, and since people are "captured" for 4 years, it makes long term, well thought out plans impossible, and socialism more or less inevitable in order to buy votes.
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This is a good step in the right direction. I think few can quarrel with a government that maximizes opportunity and material welfare. Having the word equal, actually shifts the focus and the entire enterprise ends up becoming counter productive. it is just confusing.
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@monarchist @cjd @korsier @freepatriot
Oh yes! Modern education is a joke and is deteriorating world wide due to "equality" and woke.
I think a return to the school of the late 1800s or early 1900s would be the best way forward.
We also need to cut the time people spend in school. Todays 9 years + 3 + 4, in europe, if you aim at a bachelors degree, is completely ridiculous!
9 + 3 years should be _more_ than enough to learn what you want to learn in order to work in the private sector.
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Yes... wars seem to be the key ingredient in order to spread socialism.
Since due to the war, it can be argued that "I need all power or you will die" people are scared and hand over the power, and thus starts the path towards socialism.
