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Monsanto outsources this collection to some government stooge. If you shoot him (and your crappy gun does not blow up in your hand), they will bring in the tanks if need be.
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yes, ultimately tank beats pistol. I could argue that low-tech guerrilla warfare beats expensive high-tech occupation but it’s a tangent.
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Few are likely to take to the hills to fight a crappy-but-liveable government. The great thing about counter-economics is anyone can do it to any degree.
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it’s a way to gently push back against gov overreach without going full outlaw, that very few folk from anywhere on the political spectrum could find objectionable.
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We need to Evolve from "civil disobedience" up to "civil abandonment".
Replace everything they rely upon with systems which defy centralization.
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Patience. Those of the masses I know have not even softened to the idea of resisting at all. Without the masses on your side, you have little chance of success.
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The hardest truth of all.
BCH < USD ? ok
Just a fun hobby
but turning that tide
is like solving an absurdly difficult crossword puzzle.
My current task is especially exciting.
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Of course there is nothing wrong with having alternatives ready for people to join when they realize that what they are supposed to accept is oppression. And sowing seeds early is good
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This approach seems more in accordance with Wu Wei, and with what Gandhi (which seems to have been successful in nonviolent resistance) did. Hard to be sure, but it could work
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Gandhi's salt march is the poster child for effective counter economic resistance.
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