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As I have said many times, we are living in the midst of an empire’s collapse. We have no real way to know how long the collapse and the “danger of a dying beat” will go on. It could be 5-10 years, more likely it will be decades, and it could even be a century. While the last one is unlikely, it is, based on history, possible.

What we do know is the current system is broken and can’t be redeemed. The structure of the system itself will prevent its redemption, something else we know due to history. History also says that what replaces our current situation could be worse or better than where we are now, eventually. There is no way to know.

What we do know is, while our situation (level of technology) is different, it is also the same because, in the end, humans are humans. We know that humans who seek power and obtain it become addicted to the privilege that comes with it and will hold onto it as though their lives depend on it, and sometimes their lives do depend on it.

So, if you choose liberty when others are running for the “safety of tyranny,” what do you have to do in our modern day to most preserve your rights and, above all, your ability to thrive in the face of economic, social, and political decline? That will be our subject for today.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

• What makes a person less free in our world today when so much is freely available
  1. Money – and the primary expenses of life
  2. Dependence – having a third party control something you need or want access to
  3. Education – being taught from an early age to comply and not to question authority
  4. Regulation – being told you cannot do things or must do things, often with “soft regulation”
  5. False Faith – belief in a system that is not worthy of your faith in justice, equality, etc.
• The areas of life you must take control of now to have personal liberty tomorrow
  • Health – the most expensive need that always becomes more expensive in time
    • Diet is the most important and most ignored aspect of this
    • Exercise is necessary as much for mental health as phyical
    • Get outside often
  • Money – the primary means of control
    • The two most expensive things in life for the average person are housing and transportation
    • Jobs are a means of control, they are not bad but you better understand the dynamic
    • It isn’t what you know it is who you know is half truth, half lie
    • It doesn’t matter how much you earn it is what you keep and what you keep that they can’t take
  • Education – education should be enabling learning it has instead become “good citizen training”
    • Accept our K-12 and university systems for what they are, both good and bad
    • You should only pay for an education if you….
      • Truly need it to get where you are going or are at least helped a great deal by it
      • Understand exactly what you are getting into, long term
        • 27% of College grads use their degree directly
        • 34% of Collage grads have jobs that do not require degrees
    • Learn to do as many things as possible and to market your personal brand
    • The one real hang up with no degree is most people that do the hiring have one
  • Regulation – the rules both hard and soft that shape our decisions about our lives and futures
    • First any rule is only as strong as its teeth – many are not rules at all
    • Next even hard rules are often easy to break, circumvent, etc.
    • Understand that many of the soft rules only have power due to education and false faith
    • We do still have a pseudo republic, sometimes even intra state, moving works
  • False Faith – when you believe there is no problem or that someone else will fix it, you don’t take action
    • Most of the things we are promised never happen
    • There is no such thing as “equal justice”, there never will be
    • Equity is a myth, I can’t play basketball, many could never be a good podcaster
    • When you accept everything is your responsibility you are compelled to act
  • There are other issues, access to energy, etc. but if you address the above your will sort those out
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