I totally agree. Starve the dystopian beast. Enthusiastically support the independent sovereign marketplace, especially local options. Pay with cash. Cancel your TV license - defund the BBC! Turn off their corruptocracy crapaganda! Boldly walk in the opposite direction of this fascist globalist tyranny. Build anew. Whilst "they" are rotting we are sprouting green shoots. Joyful inspired horizons ahead! Yippee! What larks, eh!
Thank you for outlining these pragmatic actions, Tess! In addition to taking steps toward economic liberation, I also recommend embarking on a journey of emancipation from mental slavery as you beautifully described in this article along with my complementary 12-step recovery program from menticide:
Great post and reflects the things that work. Decentralizing by interacting with local resources. Find local growers and ranchers - other suppliers. Become more self reliant. Most important - disconnect your mind and consciousness from the dystopian mind of the machine. Be fully human.
The media is now gaslighting the public whilst ignoring science, studies, findings, fundings or anything else that actually presents a rational and real way forward.
Stop eating meat and driving.
Stay in your neighborhood.
Use paper straws.
Buy our third world batteries, shipped and freighted, packaged and couriered to your door.
Pay a fee. Then buy more. Break it. Throw it away and buy another one.
But don't dare question the science.
We recycle 1% of them.
The other 99% goes back to the earth and oceans whence it came and kills a bunch of marine animals in vain. But oh well. Such is the economy.
It's sunny how the don't use a straw and save the world cry died down? And what about all those toxic masks on the ground, in the ocean, in the mountains?
I agree with your point , which strongly hints at ESG. I have some knowledge of this; some people who have direct control over their holdings can make this choice - imho the vast majority cannot directly do so.
Assets that are "held" for people, in a fiduciary sense, are not directly capable of being a target of such positive action. Pension and other Trusts funds may invest passively in ETFs that track an index. It might shock people when they see their funds invested in, say , a global indexed ETF with, eg, petrochemical companies - for "ethical" reasons. They would be horrified, possibly, to see such ETFs holding some of the most heavily fined and litigated commercial enterprises on this planet - Big Pharma; do they look, are they motivated to look, do they know how and where? Perhaps not enough; I have had "inside access" and I know where to look - but it is extremely difficult to see how this can change unless "lay" people combine and start making a noise to re-establish ESG as a force for good rather than the Trojan Horse ridden by people like Carney?
I always use cash whenever possible and have no investments in any large companies Blackrock for instance, I did have a pension with Aviva until I realised there main investment was Blackrock so withdrew it and now invest in precious metals instead, that way I have total control.
What are the Big Banks we should be removing our money from? What about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), now a division of First Citizens Bank which touts itself as a "family owned business"? Are these Big Banks? What seem to be local banks are Credit Unions but these are for the chosen few with the credentials to join. It would help to have one example of one local bank from the viewpoint of one person who uses it.
I’m in the process of switching to a credit union. My only requirement was what county I lived in. There are others who are more demanding, who require perfect credit scores. So, I leave them by the wayside. I have a great score, but it’s not perfect. It seems they frown on paying off bills these days, lol 😂.
As for the rest of the list, I’m already following it. No cell phone, no TV, cash only and I buy from my local farmers and ranches. I avoid the grocery like the plague, nothing good there. Although I do miss the bags for my cat boxes. Yet, I’ve alerted friends and family who still use them to save their bags for me.
It’s really not hard to do once you set your mind to it.
As for clothes, I wear mine until they are threads, nothing beats comfy clothes. My shoes are Birkenstock’s , I’ll probably be wearing them until I’m dead, lol 😂.
My only downfall is Amazon. Which I’ve seriously cut back on. But sometimes the things I need are no where to be found locally. What I have started doing is finding what I’m looking for, then going directly to the manufacturers site and buying from them.
I use eBay and Etsy also which cuts Amazon out.
Plus I now step back and think before making a purchase and weigh the pros and cons. This stops impulse buys in its tracks.
There is so much more we can do today, it’s just getting started is the hard part.
All that you are doing is an inspiration. I just looked over my Amazon list and I really only need Amazon for one in six items. Cutting off Amazon does turn shopping on its head. Can I buy it locally? Can I get it from the manufacturer? Can I do without it? Shopping on Amazon can become a bad habit.
For the credit union here you have to be an employee of a civil service agency or a family member of one of their employees.
There is also a lot of motivation to use cash . . . which is easy when doing business with local people.
Hey! With each one of us doing what we can with a will to see a lovely future...nothing will stand in our way for too long. There may be more discomfort to cope with, but we need just carry on truckin' and we shall overcome.
I’ve belonged to a credit union for nearly 20 years. It’s a big difference from a large bank! If I use an ATM, all the fees go back to me. And, it’s much more personal and friendly. If something happens, it’ll be my mattress next, or a mayonnaise jar in the backyard! Lol!
I do not want to know how KFC makes their gravy! I can only imagine it's not good. Other than that, great suggestions. I am in vacation...cash for everything!
Jennifer, there are a lot of farms and ranches that ship to your door. That is how I get my meats and eggs. For organic veggies and farm fresh dairy I belong to an Amish co-op. I order online and pick my goods up at a local members home. Do some research and I’m sure you’ll find some great options.
Dear Tess...This is marvellous for starters, then one can also grow bits of food , practice what you're good at growing. Get together with a few friends, rent an allotment if you don't have gardens of your own and plan a kitchen garden; with 3 or 4 people doing this is so easy. Grow without pesticides, companion plant for happy plants and plant three times what you think you'll need, because pests may attack. Start your own compost heap there or buy a plastic worm farm. Those worms make a wonderful liquid feed that runs out the bottom (through a tap ;) ). If you have your own garden get some chickens and maybe a couple of ducks (dig a little pond). Protect them at night from foxes...Don't yet know how to protect them from idiot/unethical 'health measures'??
Don't be afraid of talking about what is going on with the WHO, they are busy trying to seize control of just about everything; that is after all only politics (we're still 'allowed' to talk about that). An important fact is that the WHO is an unelected body making suggestions that if passed will give this unelected body immense powers...we have every right to demand our government ceases funding this entity with taxpayers money! If we can persuade them to stop funding these control freaks we won't be at the mercy of whatever jabs or lockdowns they might wish to dictate...So make a noise about it where you can.
"It is likely that we will soon look back on this time and at Amazon and similar corporate giants as the anti-human, anti-life entities that they are, and the very idea of a private corporation with this kind of power will be considered outrageous."
Wow, you are far more optimistic than I am. I would never say the above is "likely". It's "possible". As I've gotten older I've realized the truth of the phrase "history is written by the winners". The recorded history we have is the best we have, and must be studied, much can be learned. But at the same time, we must remember it was written by people who often had agendas or tunnel vision, just as the authorities and academics of today have demonstrated. History of these days is being written by liars and fools for the most part, so far. Will it be corrected? Who knows?
I've already checked most of the items on this todo list. Local grocery is an option I hadn't thought about. Safeway is pushing toward self-check. I changed my storetrip schedule to stay in their limited real checkout time, but I have a feeling they're going to take it all the way soon.
A selection of thoughtful alternatives to the increasingly unacceptable status quo. Kudos.
"WE are the people we've been waiting for."
I totally agree. Starve the dystopian beast. Enthusiastically support the independent sovereign marketplace, especially local options. Pay with cash. Cancel your TV license - defund the BBC! Turn off their corruptocracy crapaganda! Boldly walk in the opposite direction of this fascist globalist tyranny. Build anew. Whilst "they" are rotting we are sprouting green shoots. Joyful inspired horizons ahead! Yippee! What larks, eh!
Thank you for outlining these pragmatic actions, Tess! In addition to taking steps toward economic liberation, I also recommend embarking on a journey of emancipation from mental slavery as you beautifully described in this article along with my complementary 12-step recovery program from menticide:
• “Let’s Emancipate Ourselves From Mental Slavery In 2023” (https://drtesslawrie.substack.com/p/lets-emancipate-ourselves-from-mental)
• “Letter to the Menticided: A 12-Step Recovery Program” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-the-menticided-a-12-step)
Alternatives are like habits...we all need to find the best ones and instill them as golden.
Great post and reflects the things that work. Decentralizing by interacting with local resources. Find local growers and ranchers - other suppliers. Become more self reliant. Most important - disconnect your mind and consciousness from the dystopian mind of the machine. Be fully human.
This is gaslighting.
There is no other way to explain it.
The media is now gaslighting the public whilst ignoring science, studies, findings, fundings or anything else that actually presents a rational and real way forward.
Stop eating meat and driving.
Stay in your neighborhood.
Use paper straws.
Buy our third world batteries, shipped and freighted, packaged and couriered to your door.
Pay a fee. Then buy more. Break it. Throw it away and buy another one.
But don't dare question the science.
We recycle 1% of them.
The other 99% goes back to the earth and oceans whence it came and kills a bunch of marine animals in vain. But oh well. Such is the economy.
Eat the bugs. Support our monopoly.
And be green.
Whatever that actually means.
It's sunny how the don't use a straw and save the world cry died down? And what about all those toxic masks on the ground, in the ocean, in the mountains?
They need us more than we need them...
Thanks Tess, all great suggestions. We need to decentralize ourselves, and abandon the centralist monopolies.
"Disinvest from corporate giants"
I agree with your point , which strongly hints at ESG. I have some knowledge of this; some people who have direct control over their holdings can make this choice - imho the vast majority cannot directly do so.
Assets that are "held" for people, in a fiduciary sense, are not directly capable of being a target of such positive action. Pension and other Trusts funds may invest passively in ETFs that track an index. It might shock people when they see their funds invested in, say , a global indexed ETF with, eg, petrochemical companies - for "ethical" reasons. They would be horrified, possibly, to see such ETFs holding some of the most heavily fined and litigated commercial enterprises on this planet - Big Pharma; do they look, are they motivated to look, do they know how and where? Perhaps not enough; I have had "inside access" and I know where to look - but it is extremely difficult to see how this can change unless "lay" people combine and start making a noise to re-establish ESG as a force for good rather than the Trojan Horse ridden by people like Carney?
I always use cash whenever possible and have no investments in any large companies Blackrock for instance, I did have a pension with Aviva until I realised there main investment was Blackrock so withdrew it and now invest in precious metals instead, that way I have total control.
I use cash for everything as well. You sure do realize how much money you spend. I love using cash!
I remember a time when everyone did. Let’s stop being lazy out of convenience!
Problem is Black Rock tentacles are everywhere. But sounds like you are researching and doing your best to get out of their tentacles.
Every little counts and there are so many of us 'littles'.....
What are the Big Banks we should be removing our money from? What about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), now a division of First Citizens Bank which touts itself as a "family owned business"? Are these Big Banks? What seem to be local banks are Credit Unions but these are for the chosen few with the credentials to join. It would help to have one example of one local bank from the viewpoint of one person who uses it.
I’m in the process of switching to a credit union. My only requirement was what county I lived in. There are others who are more demanding, who require perfect credit scores. So, I leave them by the wayside. I have a great score, but it’s not perfect. It seems they frown on paying off bills these days, lol 😂.
As for the rest of the list, I’m already following it. No cell phone, no TV, cash only and I buy from my local farmers and ranches. I avoid the grocery like the plague, nothing good there. Although I do miss the bags for my cat boxes. Yet, I’ve alerted friends and family who still use them to save their bags for me.
It’s really not hard to do once you set your mind to it.
As for clothes, I wear mine until they are threads, nothing beats comfy clothes. My shoes are Birkenstock’s , I’ll probably be wearing them until I’m dead, lol 😂.
My only downfall is Amazon. Which I’ve seriously cut back on. But sometimes the things I need are no where to be found locally. What I have started doing is finding what I’m looking for, then going directly to the manufacturers site and buying from them.
I use eBay and Etsy also which cuts Amazon out.
Plus I now step back and think before making a purchase and weigh the pros and cons. This stops impulse buys in its tracks.
There is so much more we can do today, it’s just getting started is the hard part.
Yet, every little change adds up in the end.
Thank you for the great post!
All that you are doing is an inspiration. I just looked over my Amazon list and I really only need Amazon for one in six items. Cutting off Amazon does turn shopping on its head. Can I buy it locally? Can I get it from the manufacturer? Can I do without it? Shopping on Amazon can become a bad habit.
For the credit union here you have to be an employee of a civil service agency or a family member of one of their employees.
There is also a lot of motivation to use cash . . . which is easy when doing business with local people.
Hey! With each one of us doing what we can with a will to see a lovely future...nothing will stand in our way for too long. There may be more discomfort to cope with, but we need just carry on truckin' and we shall overcome.
ebay/etsy are also large wokesters. but it does feel more direct-to-supplier.
craigslist and fb marketplace are also good.
cash is great.
flea market, farmers market...
here's one of several not-amz options: https://mammothnation.com/#Suspicious0bservers
I’ve belonged to a credit union for nearly 20 years. It’s a big difference from a large bank! If I use an ATM, all the fees go back to me. And, it’s much more personal and friendly. If something happens, it’ll be my mattress next, or a mayonnaise jar in the backyard! Lol!
Yep! You are lucky with the credit union. Someone who I can't mention has gold buried in their back yard.
https://organicconsumers.org/regenerative-farm-map/ USA farms map enter your town or zip, town works better.
Thank you Jacquelyn! This is a fantastic reference and site. My farms are listed! Yay!
I do not want to know how KFC makes their gravy! I can only imagine it's not good. Other than that, great suggestions. I am in vacation...cash for everything!
Very good advice, Thank you.
I will do this as much as possible.
There is no alternative grocer in our area, so I can’t stop using the supermarket.
Jennifer, there are a lot of farms and ranches that ship to your door. That is how I get my meats and eggs. For organic veggies and farm fresh dairy I belong to an Amish co-op. I order online and pick my goods up at a local members home. Do some research and I’m sure you’ll find some great options.
Dear Tess...This is marvellous for starters, then one can also grow bits of food , practice what you're good at growing. Get together with a few friends, rent an allotment if you don't have gardens of your own and plan a kitchen garden; with 3 or 4 people doing this is so easy. Grow without pesticides, companion plant for happy plants and plant three times what you think you'll need, because pests may attack. Start your own compost heap there or buy a plastic worm farm. Those worms make a wonderful liquid feed that runs out the bottom (through a tap ;) ). If you have your own garden get some chickens and maybe a couple of ducks (dig a little pond). Protect them at night from foxes...Don't yet know how to protect them from idiot/unethical 'health measures'??
Don't be afraid of talking about what is going on with the WHO, they are busy trying to seize control of just about everything; that is after all only politics (we're still 'allowed' to talk about that). An important fact is that the WHO is an unelected body making suggestions that if passed will give this unelected body immense powers...we have every right to demand our government ceases funding this entity with taxpayers money! If we can persuade them to stop funding these control freaks we won't be at the mercy of whatever jabs or lockdowns they might wish to dictate...So make a noise about it where you can.
Another take on how the WHO operates these days:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/kEn3iVabHtao/
"It is likely that we will soon look back on this time and at Amazon and similar corporate giants as the anti-human, anti-life entities that they are, and the very idea of a private corporation with this kind of power will be considered outrageous."
Wow, you are far more optimistic than I am. I would never say the above is "likely". It's "possible". As I've gotten older I've realized the truth of the phrase "history is written by the winners". The recorded history we have is the best we have, and must be studied, much can be learned. But at the same time, we must remember it was written by people who often had agendas or tunnel vision, just as the authorities and academics of today have demonstrated. History of these days is being written by liars and fools for the most part, so far. Will it be corrected? Who knows?
I've already checked most of the items on this todo list. Local grocery is an option I hadn't thought about. Safeway is pushing toward self-check. I changed my storetrip schedule to stay in their limited real checkout time, but I have a feeling they're going to take it all the way soon.