I know I'm not the purest anarchist in the bunker.
My preference for obsolescence and deconstruction leaves me a passive follow-behind amidst the #collapsitarian and #btfsttg friends I have.
But there is one point on which I will inevitably be considered radical:
The governmental monopoly on violence.
Like all government-enabled trusts and monopolies, the few permitted to "provide for the common defense", often called the military-industrial complex but also including the intelligence community complexes, lock out competition.
In doing so, the individual's right to self defense is destroyed.
And make no mistake. You have the right to defend yourself. A right to bear arms is a right to assert oneself in equal force against tyrannical government using violence against you.
This is not limited to muskets or semiautomatic weapons. If they come with tactical nukes you too should have tactical nukes. If they come with drones you too should have drones.
And it is that latter that I think people need to consider as their best current option:
I spoke of this last night, briefly, but something as inexpensive as a raspberry pi zero and hobby propellers can get a UAV airborne. Scrapped car parts, coiled copper for magnetic acceleration, and even paintball gun parts can make it effectively offensive.
A Kinect from the old XBox can give it eyes and 3D analysis capability. Free code from GitHub can grant it stunning responsiveness to it's environment.
You can have a defensive swarm for $125 each, controlled abstractly from your phone or laptop.
All monopolies and trusts fail on their inability to rapidly adapt to innovation. This is why they fix prices and block out competition: it extends their lifespan.
So innovate. Seek out the bleeding edge and find creative ways to ensure for your individual defense.
Tactical nukes are terrifying but far from flawless. UAVs are young and designed by inflexible trusts who take years to accomplish what two people in a garage can accomplish in weeks.
Find vulnerability. Exploit it. Force them to play on your field, not the other way around.
If you have that, obsolescence and collapse are both much closer in hand.
With no other choice, they will either escalate, which would cause conflagration (#btfsttg), or it would open the floor to negotiation, causing eventual obsolescence through compromise and awareness.
In conclusion...
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Let's take a moment to discuss a story the Federal Government would rather be forgotten. A story of a family that only wanted to worship their God, raise their children, and be left alone.
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