I was sent the article below by a friend with the following instructions: “Read this slowly, and then read it again”. I agree that the information is important but I had an additional nudge concerning this after I read it. The nudge was response to a conversation with a woman who took umbrage with me for using the term: American hegemony. She chastised me for not recognizing the freedom that we enjoy in this country. A second woman agreed with her concerning our “freedom” here compared to her native country of Russia.
I thought about the quote by von Goethe:
Most people in this country think we are the land of the free but the United States is actually 15th in the world for freedom in 2021 based on the following criteria:
The 12 Categories of the Human Freedom Index:
- Rule of Law
- Security and Safety
- Movement
- Religion
- Association, Assembly, and Civil Society
- Expression and Information
- Identity and Relationships
- Size of Government
- Legal System and Property Rights
- Access to Sound Money
- Freedom to Trade Internationally
- Regulation
I believe that our 15th place standing in 2023 will continue to drop much more if we consider the destruction of the rule of law under the illegal Biden regime. We are declining in every one of the 12 categories in the list. The following article should be read in its entirety and then read again as instructed. Consider its content and then consider your options.
David DeGerolamo
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The Biggest Obstacle To Real Freedom Is The Belief That We Already Have It
EDITOR’S NOTE: As everyone waves a flag representing the ruling class that they are forced to serve daily by paying taxes and obeying its arbitrary commands or be punished, they will also claim they are celebrating “freedom.” Keep in mind, if you are living under a government you are not free. Government cannot be anything other than slavery. The sooner we realize this, the sooner we can work together toward actual freedom and not the illusion the masters have sold us.
This article was originally published by Caitlin Johnston at Caitlin Johnstone.
If you live in one of the so-called free democracies of the Western world, the worst mistake you can make is to buy into the hype. To believe you are a free individual in a nation that respects and protects your freedom and individuality.
Whenever I broach this subject I always get a deluge of objections along the lines of, “Well I’d much rather live where I live than under an authoritarian regime like in Iran or China! You would never be allowed to criticize your rulers the way you do if you lived in one of those places!”
And I always want to ask them, what do you think drove you to make that objection? Why are you falling all over yourself to defend your country and the people who rule over you, while condemning foreign countries that your own government happens to dislike? Could it be because that’s how you’ve been trained to behave from a young and impressionable age and that your objection is arising from the same place as a cult member’s objections to criticisms of their cult?
Because that’s ultimately what holds power structures together in the US-aligned nations of the global north: indoctrination. The same thing used to program religious extremists and cult members. The only difference is that rather than scripture and religious leaders, the means of indoctrination is school, mainstream media, and Silicon Valley algorithm manipulation.
h/t Dalton
Name one thing a person can do that is not regulated, taxed or outlawed by either local, state or federal government.
Praise the Lord.
That we can do in Spirit and in Truth, but if one does it out loud in a public school or other setting controlled by government…
Are you really a pastor? Whom do you serve?
I have pastored Shiloh Baptist Church in Madison County GA for forty years. Although I often fall short, I serve the Lord Jesus.
Good to hear. Praise the Lord, fight evil and only fear God. I never stand down from stating the truth or fearing the consequences of evil.
You can walk down the street without any reason whatsoever. However, you may be accosted, threated, jailed or killed by government enforcers for no reason whatsoever.
And you will probably be electronically surveilled.
The saying has been there for a long time however it is still just as true.
Your either in a gang or on a gangs menu.
Start forming your gang while you can .
And not some risky dink affair either .
Our ruling gubermint doesn’t care if we think, or want to be free. Keep paying your contribution every payhcheck every six months, or once a year to projects, or wars no one in their right mind wants. We’re not free, because we’re allowing too many countries, too many people to ride on the backs of US taxpayers. Time for this to stop.
Fabulous post. Real truth here!!
I think V for Vendetta said it best:
“I Know Why You Did It…”
“There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.
How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the government. They promised you order, they promised you peace, and all they demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.”
-- “V For Vendetta”
So, what are you going to DO now? Don’t say it here on an open channel but with trusted friends and No electronics around.
Or we can wait until the electronic jail is active OR a false flag nuke to “Rally the PEEEEOPLE around the FLAG” aka 911 false flag to “Support the USA, USA, USA against the Traitors that support the enemy (whomever the Media tells you it is).
Face FACTS, a LOT of people WILL “SEE something, SAY something” they ARE that programmed to think of dissidents as Dangerous Traitor.
What’s the final line in the declaration of Independence?
Leave the bragging online for Feds looking for patsies.