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To day as americans we blindly trust everything we're exposed too, not because we're dumb but were inadvertantly trained to. We live in a world now where ticks chase people, broccoli literally makes you ๐Ÿ’ฉ yourself to death, and a phone cost $2k. The cost of living since 1982 excluding inflation has rose 247%, cars cost about 60k on average, food cost about $500 per person per month, and the average wage is about 61k per year. This has been driven by fractional banking (0% now), money stagnation through billion dollar companies, and the intentional inflation and planned degration of products. We have old cars running better then new one's and for a fraction of the price, ai controlling pricing at grocry store, and so much more. Some parting thought i'll leave you with, what do YOU think about all this? how much are YOU willing to allow? What will YOU do about it?

Thank you, for your time.

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[โ€“] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I vote.

I'm not a data prostitute. I have removed my data from big tech, closed all social media and cut all ties. They cannot monetize me to the highest bidder to buy out politicians.

I support small local business.

I don't listen to the propaganda that is mainstream media.

I donate to companies who work and fight FOR us, and try to preserve our humanity; like EFF, Calyx institute, archive.org, Wikipedia, other nonprofits and foundations doing things to better people.

I/we garden and have planted fruit trees to offset food expenses.

I have energy independence with electric having gone solar, have a battery backup, and generator.

I have stocked up on munitions, first aid, and/or personal protective equipment

Feel free to give me more ideas to break down the system.

Edit: to do list:

  1. Gain financial independence from banking institutions who keep you in revolving debt
  2. By land