HOW ABOUT SOME FINANCIAL MARKET PRESSURE TO PRESS OUR CAUSE NOW! WE CAN DO SOMETHING NOW! JANUARY IS TOO LATE!
While I appreciate and support everyone's effort to exhaust every 'normal' legal avenue to undo the undoing of our precious Democracy, I think what rails are left lead to a dead end. I believe there is something more we can DO to…
HOW ABOUT SOME FINANCIAL MARKET PRESSURE TO PRESS OUR CAUSE NOW! WE CAN DO SOMETHING NOW! JANUARY IS TOO LATE!
While I appreciate and support everyone's effort to exhaust every 'normal' legal avenue to undo the undoing of our precious Democracy, I think what rails are left lead to a dead end. I believe there is something more we can DO to be heard. Only dialects of EXCESS, GREED and MONEY are spoken now! WHICH IS THEIR POWER over us! I have an enhancement to the approach...
How about for the first time, THE CITIZENS collectively send very loud message to the current congress in a language they understand to DO THEIR JOBS for the PEOPLE to start drafting some CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS and enacting them to protect our country the way it was always intended--NOW! We now hold that metaphorical gun to the head. They know what we want: 1) No one is above the law! Again! We are not a dictatorship or oligarchy. 2) Lethal or abusive military force against the citizens is unlawful; military must not follow unlawful orders. 3) SCOTUS needs to be held to ethical standards and prevented from morphing who we fundamentally are. None of these requests are even 'changes.' You know the rest...
What is our weapon? Our MONEY! They divided us, but in far too coarse of groups! We have half of labor, half of consumption, half of retirement/other assets, etc. As far as I know, we still have the FREEDOM to do with those as we wish within the confines of current law. MAGA supporters all have fond memories of the first Trump administration. They liked the Covid pandemic where over a MILLION PEOPLE DIED because of the abysmal response and misinformation campaigns contributing to the bottom line. Above all, they 'remember' how much 'better' the economy and employment conditions were with all the stimulus checks flowing and debt piling up--so much so they delivered us a convicted criminal Charlatan with unchecked power to rule over us. Our representatives have sampled the global landscape and decided it is much easier (and more to their benefit) when the people have no real choice--a mindless, divided, anger-fueled economic powerhouse for them to play with. The only real difference between us and our major adversaries now is that we gladly PAY for everything that surveils, tracks and controls us. We are three months away from unofficially becoming China or Russia.
This is a sample list of activities and behaviors for how to resist and fight back with our collective consumption, labor and boycott power--our free choices and MONEY:
* Truth social--it's an oxymoron--turn it off, never look again. Make it the failing lie it always was.
* WAPO subscription--should have canceled that weeks ago.
* Any other corporate media that won't speak truth to power or are pure lies and propaganda? Cancel them. Cancel the whole package. Unplug as many cords/services as you can. This trash is how we got here.
* X--Even the name is stupid. Delete your account. Never look again. Deprogram.
* Tesla--Don't buy one. If you have one: disconnect it, deface it :).
* Amazon--cancel it if you can get by. Limit purchases to minimum. Got some things you've been meaning to return? Now's a good time. Itching to watch Prime Video? Don't rent. Don't buy. You don't 'own' any of it--it owns you. Shop Ali, TEMU and eBay until we have a permanent alternative--they have all the same Chinese stuff.
* Netflix/other? No. Cancel. We can re-enroll when the subscription prices drop or wait for the other services to ditch ads we pay for.
* Limit gas/energy usage to what is essential. Get supplies that you can from local 'stores.' Remember those? Avoid the known 'monopolies,' try a local business out?
* Avoid the largest corporate powerhouses. Make them notice. Drinking Coke or other sodas? Stop. Fancy canned water? They own that too. Stop. Drink tap water--filter it if you must. Beer/liquor? Avoid the big names or stop drinking.
* Got some extra MONEY in your bank accounts? Go withdraw substantial amounts of cash you can/are comfortable bringing home, passing it around your family marveling at its relative uselessness. Donate some money to 'resistance' legal causes to press our case. Flash your tiny wads all over YouTube so that our representatives can see their crack in other people's hands.
* Spend comfortably with friendlies. Only minor trickle to the enemies.
* Any subscription-based software you're not using now? Cancel.
* No unnecessary air/train/bus travel/fuel usage. Remember how our transportation systems have held us hostage in the past? Their turn.
* Considering buying a new car? Don't. We can bail them out in a few months after the price drops on the inventory sitting on lots.
* New house? Just wait.
* Day trader? Make cash withdrawals, freeze accounts. Slow the cancerous lifeblood flow. Pick some penny enemy stocks and short them--just small amounts for entertainment.
* Retirement/other accounts? Take a distribution or close smaller ones out. Marvel at trickle--down. Screw penalties. Deposit them in your bank account, pull out small cash wads. Flash them on YouTube. We need to hold the gambling dice for a while--let the enemy bet on insect races.
* Better yet, take direct control over your retirement/investments. We decide winners and losers, friends and enemies. We flow the power from our enemies to our friends.
* Are you close to retirement? Don't like your job climate? Just retire. You're safe--go first. Only retire for 2 to 4 years, if that's what you want.
* Credit cards? Switch to some cash for a while. Starve them of the fees.
* Let's celebrate the holidays different this year, especially Christmas. Were you gonna buy a bunch of material junk for your family to show them you love them? BUY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Tell your family you love them--all that stuff sitting on warehouse shelves will be extra-discounted in a few months. Do Thanksgiving without Turkeys and ham. Try some new food--sushi this year.
More drastic measures:
* Can afford it and don't really like your non-essential job? Just don't go for a few months. Better yet, figure out how to get let go. Collect unemployment and be the welfare queen you are accused of being.
* Musk employee? We know Elon can take pay and credit for 200,000+ highly educated/skilled people, but do any of you brilliant folks want to split off and do you're own genius? VCs will be abundant in a few months if we do this right.
* Amazon worker? Just go when you feel like it. Take turns with excuses like long covid, actual covid, mysterious vaccine reaction--this is what MAGA did after attending super spreader events. Your turn.
* Pissed at bacon/egg prices? Don't buy or eat any for several months. Let MAGA eat the cheap poison.
* What else is being gouged? Don't buy that shit. Eat a banana or whatever is cheaper. Eat more expensive if you can--throw the money at locals/friendlies.
* Pissed that McDonald's doesn't have 49-cent cheeseburgers? Don't eat that crap. Don't like working there? Don't quit. Just don't go unless you must. MAGA can pick up your slack.
* Trump property employee? Don't go. Get another job across the street. They will need you back after feces piles up in a few weeks! They can't open doors or pick up their own golf balls or clubs. We've seen it for years now. They need you more than you need them. Make them pay you double to come back.
* Wal-Mart? They won't even miss you--don't even call in. We're not shopping there right now. Get laid off.
* Are you an IT guy that shows all the people around you how to work a computer? Let them 'Google' it for a while.
* You get the idea... We know the enemies. Do more research--identify more for the list. Think in terms of concentrated MONEY. Divide it. Relocate it.
* 3 or 4 month long overdue vacations from Thanksgiving through Easter or more if that's what it takes.
* Medical professionals that endured/weathered Covid while our government made it even worse? Write some doctors' notes for our workforce that is clearly seeing the 19th wave or very latent vaccine side-effects.
Phase 1: Threat--we're not experts on the consequences of pulling all these levers, but we are going to do it anyway if we don't see evidence of action. Make it reach our representatives. Unlikely, but perhaps they will come to their senses before we act. We don't need to wait on everything; we can take smaller obvious measures right now. We should do it any way.
Phase 2: We act more, increase pressure. Our goal is to 'STREAM THE CAPITOL.' We want to see them working, negotiating and working on the solutions. SCOTUS can sit in a timeout corner and take a refresher in English and what 'words' mean. If not, we push more buttons and pull harder on the levers.
Phase 3: Based on what we observe, either we release some pressure or apply more as needed. We will either succeed or fail. Compromise is OK, but we want our critical guardrails back in place.
Phase 4: Monitor. We remain vigilant and remember where the levers and buttons are. When we see the guardrails coming off, we act again. If we observe elements of Project 2025 emerging, we will break the levers and throw wrenches and sand in every gear we can identify!
Trump has prophesied a recession (or crash) for years. Help the saboteur. Let's give him what he craves, but only against major oppressors. If nothing else, the crises will distract from his reckless agenda.
Upvote so the talking heads will take notice. Report and MAKE the news. Stop whining. Do something. We need them to help us organize and get our message out. With a central nervous system, we can focus the attacks!
HOW ABOUT SOME FINANCIAL MARKET PRESSURE TO PRESS OUR CAUSE NOW! WE CAN DO SOMETHING NOW! JANUARY IS TOO LATE!
While I appreciate and support everyone's effort to exhaust every 'normal' legal avenue to undo the undoing of our precious Democracy, I think what rails are left lead to a dead end. I believe there is something more we can DO to be heard. Only dialects of EXCESS, GREED and MONEY are spoken now! WHICH IS THEIR POWER over us! I have an enhancement to the approach...
How about for the first time, THE CITIZENS collectively send very loud message to the current congress in a language they understand to DO THEIR JOBS for the PEOPLE to start drafting some CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS and enacting them to protect our country the way it was always intended--NOW! We now hold that metaphorical gun to the head. They know what we want: 1) No one is above the law! Again! We are not a dictatorship or oligarchy. 2) Lethal or abusive military force against the citizens is unlawful; military must not follow unlawful orders. 3) SCOTUS needs to be held to ethical standards and prevented from morphing who we fundamentally are. None of these requests are even 'changes.' You know the rest...
What is our weapon? Our MONEY! They divided us, but in far too coarse of groups! We have half of labor, half of consumption, half of retirement/other assets, etc. As far as I know, we still have the FREEDOM to do with those as we wish within the confines of current law. MAGA supporters all have fond memories of the first Trump administration. They liked the Covid pandemic where over a MILLION PEOPLE DIED because of the abysmal response and misinformation campaigns contributing to the bottom line. Above all, they 'remember' how much 'better' the economy and employment conditions were with all the stimulus checks flowing and debt piling up--so much so they delivered us a convicted criminal Charlatan with unchecked power to rule over us. Our representatives have sampled the global landscape and decided it is much easier (and more to their benefit) when the people have no real choice--a mindless, divided, anger-fueled economic powerhouse for them to play with. The only real difference between us and our major adversaries now is that we gladly PAY for everything that surveils, tracks and controls us. We are three months away from unofficially becoming China or Russia.
This is a sample list of activities and behaviors for how to resist and fight back with our collective consumption, labor and boycott power--our free choices and MONEY:
* Truth social--it's an oxymoron--turn it off, never look again. Make it the failing lie it always was.
* WAPO subscription--should have canceled that weeks ago.
* Any other corporate media that won't speak truth to power or are pure lies and propaganda? Cancel them. Cancel the whole package. Unplug as many cords/services as you can. This trash is how we got here.
* X--Even the name is stupid. Delete your account. Never look again. Deprogram.
* Tesla--Don't buy one. If you have one: disconnect it, deface it :).
* Amazon--cancel it if you can get by. Limit purchases to minimum. Got some things you've been meaning to return? Now's a good time. Itching to watch Prime Video? Don't rent. Don't buy. You don't 'own' any of it--it owns you. Shop Ali, TEMU and eBay until we have a permanent alternative--they have all the same Chinese stuff.
* Netflix/other? No. Cancel. We can re-enroll when the subscription prices drop or wait for the other services to ditch ads we pay for.
* Limit gas/energy usage to what is essential. Get supplies that you can from local 'stores.' Remember those? Avoid the known 'monopolies,' try a local business out?
* Avoid the largest corporate powerhouses. Make them notice. Drinking Coke or other sodas? Stop. Fancy canned water? They own that too. Stop. Drink tap water--filter it if you must. Beer/liquor? Avoid the big names or stop drinking.
* Got some extra MONEY in your bank accounts? Go withdraw substantial amounts of cash you can/are comfortable bringing home, passing it around your family marveling at its relative uselessness. Donate some money to 'resistance' legal causes to press our case. Flash your tiny wads all over YouTube so that our representatives can see their crack in other people's hands.
* Spend comfortably with friendlies. Only minor trickle to the enemies.
* Any subscription-based software you're not using now? Cancel.
* No unnecessary air/train/bus travel/fuel usage. Remember how our transportation systems have held us hostage in the past? Their turn.
* Considering buying a new car? Don't. We can bail them out in a few months after the price drops on the inventory sitting on lots.
* New house? Just wait.
* Day trader? Make cash withdrawals, freeze accounts. Slow the cancerous lifeblood flow. Pick some penny enemy stocks and short them--just small amounts for entertainment.
* Retirement/other accounts? Take a distribution or close smaller ones out. Marvel at trickle--down. Screw penalties. Deposit them in your bank account, pull out small cash wads. Flash them on YouTube. We need to hold the gambling dice for a while--let the enemy bet on insect races.
* Better yet, take direct control over your retirement/investments. We decide winners and losers, friends and enemies. We flow the power from our enemies to our friends.
* Are you close to retirement? Don't like your job climate? Just retire. You're safe--go first. Only retire for 2 to 4 years, if that's what you want.
* Credit cards? Switch to some cash for a while. Starve them of the fees.
* Let's celebrate the holidays different this year, especially Christmas. Were you gonna buy a bunch of material junk for your family to show them you love them? BUY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Tell your family you love them--all that stuff sitting on warehouse shelves will be extra-discounted in a few months. Do Thanksgiving without Turkeys and ham. Try some new food--sushi this year.
More drastic measures:
* Can afford it and don't really like your non-essential job? Just don't go for a few months. Better yet, figure out how to get let go. Collect unemployment and be the welfare queen you are accused of being.
* Musk employee? We know Elon can take pay and credit for 200,000+ highly educated/skilled people, but do any of you brilliant folks want to split off and do you're own genius? VCs will be abundant in a few months if we do this right.
* Amazon worker? Just go when you feel like it. Take turns with excuses like long covid, actual covid, mysterious vaccine reaction--this is what MAGA did after attending super spreader events. Your turn.
* Pissed at bacon/egg prices? Don't buy or eat any for several months. Let MAGA eat the cheap poison.
* What else is being gouged? Don't buy that shit. Eat a banana or whatever is cheaper. Eat more expensive if you can--throw the money at locals/friendlies.
* Pissed that McDonald's doesn't have 49-cent cheeseburgers? Don't eat that crap. Don't like working there? Don't quit. Just don't go unless you must. MAGA can pick up your slack.
* Trump property employee? Don't go. Get another job across the street. They will need you back after feces piles up in a few weeks! They can't open doors or pick up their own golf balls or clubs. We've seen it for years now. They need you more than you need them. Make them pay you double to come back.
* Wal-Mart? They won't even miss you--don't even call in. We're not shopping there right now. Get laid off.
* Are you an IT guy that shows all the people around you how to work a computer? Let them 'Google' it for a while.
* You get the idea... We know the enemies. Do more research--identify more for the list. Think in terms of concentrated MONEY. Divide it. Relocate it.
* 3 or 4 month long overdue vacations from Thanksgiving through Easter or more if that's what it takes.
* Medical professionals that endured/weathered Covid while our government made it even worse? Write some doctors' notes for our workforce that is clearly seeing the 19th wave or very latent vaccine side-effects.
Phase 1: Threat--we're not experts on the consequences of pulling all these levers, but we are going to do it anyway if we don't see evidence of action. Make it reach our representatives. Unlikely, but perhaps they will come to their senses before we act. We don't need to wait on everything; we can take smaller obvious measures right now. We should do it any way.
Phase 2: We act more, increase pressure. Our goal is to 'STREAM THE CAPITOL.' We want to see them working, negotiating and working on the solutions. SCOTUS can sit in a timeout corner and take a refresher in English and what 'words' mean. If not, we push more buttons and pull harder on the levers.
Phase 3: Based on what we observe, either we release some pressure or apply more as needed. We will either succeed or fail. Compromise is OK, but we want our critical guardrails back in place.
Phase 4: Monitor. We remain vigilant and remember where the levers and buttons are. When we see the guardrails coming off, we act again. If we observe elements of Project 2025 emerging, we will break the levers and throw wrenches and sand in every gear we can identify!
Trump has prophesied a recession (or crash) for years. Help the saboteur. Let's give him what he craves, but only against major oppressors. If nothing else, the crises will distract from his reckless agenda.
Upvote so the talking heads will take notice. Report and MAKE the news. Stop whining. Do something. We need them to help us organize and get our message out. With a central nervous system, we can focus the attacks!
#PROJECT2024 #RESISTANCE