Fuck-em, I'm staying right here. This is my country, not theirs, and I will live and die here as a free man. I'm going to keep working on my informal local network of likeminded people, and my shtf-proof skills that I can market below the table. And if - at the end of the day - they are coming for me, I'm going to take as many of those motherfuckers with me as I can. I don't care about life if I can't live it.
Jul 21, 2022·edited Jul 22, 2022Liked by Good Citizen
Excellent piece GS!
For me, local, sustainable, organic and (relatively) affordable food is paramount. And we have it in spades in S.E. PA. We're supporting several Amish farmers, one of whom drops food off at our house for our like-minded herd-flatteners. It's all gonna come down to the Governors' race this fall. If we end up with Shapiro, Hungary here we come!
Former sister-in-law and her (now ex) husband were planning on living in the 30ft sailboat they bought in California, mid 1980’s. They did for a few years, north of San Diego. Made various shake-down short cruises to Mexico, Catalina, etc to get their sea legs. Then big plans and outfitting for a year and set sail for Fiji; ran into a Pacific blow, which they survived but the boat didn’t. There’s a lot of water out there, and lots of weather. Romantic, yes, but it ain’t all Margaritaville. Pirates, container vessels, corrupt customs officials were some of the stories I also heard. But, hey, better than 3 armed fools wanting 5 seconds to just “see your guns ‘n make sure they haven’t been tooken.” ATF? WTF!
Perhaps your next article could be about ways that the people who cannot leave due to economic and other reasons can fight to stop what's in the pipeline. The majority of people DO NOT want this but don't know how to fight, or even who to fight.
Case in point: many people are unhappy in California and New York, yet say they are not able to move to an adjacent state. If people can't move a few hundred miles, they most certainly won't be able to move 1,000 or more.
A brilliant roundup of what troubles awake people. Can we clone the Hungarian leader? We sure could do with some new genes in Australia too. Is it mandatory to have a parrot before heading out to sea?
Wow. Thank you. Opened my eyes to a lot of hard truths, and brought a lot of coherence to some of my inchoate thoughts. If I was 20 years younger, I'd be relocating now..or buying a live aboard boat.
At my age, the best I can hope for is to die in my sleep. And I miss having a dog. I think eventually they will make us eat them.
The US and all Western Democracies are over as we knew them.
Much, if not all of what you write is fundamental truth. Way back in the 70's I contemplated life on a sail boat, but then a young man's hormones interceded, and it did not happen. Now, at 75, I find myself in a pretty good situation in Texas, and don't see myself going anywhere else.
Putin made some observations in a speech the other day, talking about the big changes coming, It is interesting how the only anti Russian countries are part of the empire of lies. Most of what some call the global south ( making up the majority of the worlds population are having nothing to do with the sanctions currently killing the EU economy. He talked about true national sovereignty, and economic cooperation in the coming multi-polar world. If we are lucky, the west will collapse before some idiot Neocon pushes the button, and a much improved, peaceful world will emerge -- a world no longer bullied by those controlling the rules based liberal democracies of the west.
The next few years will be a struggle for us all, but I don't believe the globalist WEF crowd will succeed.
I hope to live long enough to see a new world emerge.
Thanks for this , really thought provoking piece. I wish I could bite the bullet and make my move , but will probably keep on picking up nickels in front of the steamroller until it is too late. With three kids -2 preteen and one teen it is so difficult to pull up stakes. Is it possible that they fail in their overweening plans or is that just denial on my part?
Good essay, Great Citizen. Unfortunately, fleeing will only buy us a little bit of time, I fear. There was nowhere to run to when the Bolsheviks grabbed control 100 years ago, and it'll be a lot easier to suffocate pockets of resistance in the modern world than it was in backwards Russia back in the day.
Our lives are not going to play out the way we thought they would when we rang in the New Year in 2020. This next decade promises to be among the most dramatic in human history. We have to approach this crisis with the mindset that we have nothing to lose, because we truly will have nothing if this plays out the way it's been game planned. We are living in the "interesting times" of the Chinese curse.
You paint a bleak picture my friend. Unfortunately in this day and age you can run but you can not hide. I have been familiar with the prepper movement for many years as you can probably see by some of the sites that I follow and list.
James Wesley Rawles and the the American Redoubt as a place to go to is familiar to many preppers, but if it's familiar to preppers then don't you imagine it is being kept tabs on as well by the powers that be?
I Like your country analysis and I think as well that Hungary with Viktor Orbán in charge is certainly a temporary, viable option. But then again, they know this as well.
No, I think we are now at the point where we stay where we are at and defend what has always been are rights and piss on them just as Roger Daltrey does on Who's Next.
Wherever you go there YOU are. The package of rights one has an a citizen of the United States though frayed is distinctly superior to anyplace you can fly. Vaccines can be imposed on you globally but in the USA no, there are laws, and if your job says vaccinate you can quit. Arguably the best choice is that place called home. The frail liberty in the USA is absent in other nations. Here you can team up and find workarounds. Paradise it is not, but exile is not a mass solution. For perhaps a few thousand the ex-pat life can work. For a few million, never.
Fuck-em, I'm staying right here. This is my country, not theirs, and I will live and die here as a free man. I'm going to keep working on my informal local network of likeminded people, and my shtf-proof skills that I can market below the table. And if - at the end of the day - they are coming for me, I'm going to take as many of those motherfuckers with me as I can. I don't care about life if I can't live it.
Nice article. Good research. The US as we have known it, is over. Plan accordingly.
Excellent piece GS!
For me, local, sustainable, organic and (relatively) affordable food is paramount. And we have it in spades in S.E. PA. We're supporting several Amish farmers, one of whom drops food off at our house for our like-minded herd-flatteners. It's all gonna come down to the Governors' race this fall. If we end up with Shapiro, Hungary here we come!
Former sister-in-law and her (now ex) husband were planning on living in the 30ft sailboat they bought in California, mid 1980’s. They did for a few years, north of San Diego. Made various shake-down short cruises to Mexico, Catalina, etc to get their sea legs. Then big plans and outfitting for a year and set sail for Fiji; ran into a Pacific blow, which they survived but the boat didn’t. There’s a lot of water out there, and lots of weather. Romantic, yes, but it ain’t all Margaritaville. Pirates, container vessels, corrupt customs officials were some of the stories I also heard. But, hey, better than 3 armed fools wanting 5 seconds to just “see your guns ‘n make sure they haven’t been tooken.” ATF? WTF!
Perhaps your next article could be about ways that the people who cannot leave due to economic and other reasons can fight to stop what's in the pipeline. The majority of people DO NOT want this but don't know how to fight, or even who to fight.
Case in point: many people are unhappy in California and New York, yet say they are not able to move to an adjacent state. If people can't move a few hundred miles, they most certainly won't be able to move 1,000 or more.
A brilliant roundup of what troubles awake people. Can we clone the Hungarian leader? We sure could do with some new genes in Australia too. Is it mandatory to have a parrot before heading out to sea?
Wow. Thank you. Opened my eyes to a lot of hard truths, and brought a lot of coherence to some of my inchoate thoughts. If I was 20 years younger, I'd be relocating now..or buying a live aboard boat.
At my age, the best I can hope for is to die in my sleep. And I miss having a dog. I think eventually they will make us eat them.
The US and all Western Democracies are over as we knew them.
Thank YOU for sharing.
Much, if not all of what you write is fundamental truth. Way back in the 70's I contemplated life on a sail boat, but then a young man's hormones interceded, and it did not happen. Now, at 75, I find myself in a pretty good situation in Texas, and don't see myself going anywhere else.
Putin made some observations in a speech the other day, talking about the big changes coming, It is interesting how the only anti Russian countries are part of the empire of lies. Most of what some call the global south ( making up the majority of the worlds population are having nothing to do with the sanctions currently killing the EU economy. He talked about true national sovereignty, and economic cooperation in the coming multi-polar world. If we are lucky, the west will collapse before some idiot Neocon pushes the button, and a much improved, peaceful world will emerge -- a world no longer bullied by those controlling the rules based liberal democracies of the west.
The next few years will be a struggle for us all, but I don't believe the globalist WEF crowd will succeed.
I hope to live long enough to see a new world emerge.
So much truth and so much to take in..... had to share ....... https://gettr.com/post/p1j8hlx20cc
Thanks for this , really thought provoking piece. I wish I could bite the bullet and make my move , but will probably keep on picking up nickels in front of the steamroller until it is too late. With three kids -2 preteen and one teen it is so difficult to pull up stakes. Is it possible that they fail in their overweening plans or is that just denial on my part?
Good essay, Great Citizen. Unfortunately, fleeing will only buy us a little bit of time, I fear. There was nowhere to run to when the Bolsheviks grabbed control 100 years ago, and it'll be a lot easier to suffocate pockets of resistance in the modern world than it was in backwards Russia back in the day.
Our lives are not going to play out the way we thought they would when we rang in the New Year in 2020. This next decade promises to be among the most dramatic in human history. We have to approach this crisis with the mindset that we have nothing to lose, because we truly will have nothing if this plays out the way it's been game planned. We are living in the "interesting times" of the Chinese curse.
Thanks Who’s Next 1971
Now if I could find my true Love
Move to Croatia or Mexico
As below so above
Great great info
Thank you. So, Hungary. What about Mexico?
Good article and will be linking tomorrow @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
You paint a bleak picture my friend. Unfortunately in this day and age you can run but you can not hide. I have been familiar with the prepper movement for many years as you can probably see by some of the sites that I follow and list.
James Wesley Rawles and the the American Redoubt as a place to go to is familiar to many preppers, but if it's familiar to preppers then don't you imagine it is being kept tabs on as well by the powers that be?
I Like your country analysis and I think as well that Hungary with Viktor Orbán in charge is certainly a temporary, viable option. But then again, they know this as well.
No, I think we are now at the point where we stay where we are at and defend what has always been are rights and piss on them just as Roger Daltrey does on Who's Next.
So come on, bring it on. Who's Next??????
Wherever you go there YOU are. The package of rights one has an a citizen of the United States though frayed is distinctly superior to anyplace you can fly. Vaccines can be imposed on you globally but in the USA no, there are laws, and if your job says vaccinate you can quit. Arguably the best choice is that place called home. The frail liberty in the USA is absent in other nations. Here you can team up and find workarounds. Paradise it is not, but exile is not a mass solution. For perhaps a few thousand the ex-pat life can work. For a few million, never.
This is Brilliantly Written.
You're A Poet...
During Troubled Times,
A Bridge Above Waters,
Stirred...
(I just reached a certain-point,
Therein...
& Thought about THEM.
Then I Thought...
ABOUT YOU !)
So...Thank You, Citizen Man.
https://youtu.be/vf7To6vdg7A