A “funny” video on social media has sparked an intellectual discussion about the inherent authoritarianism of a technology-controlled world. When the powers-that-be have access to so many off switches, it’s the people who will be made to suffer.
Here’s the original video:
For-Rent bike abruptly locks because rider's deposit balance suddenly ran out pic.twitter.com/3cIiBoa9Zq
— CCTV IDIOTS (@cctvidiots) June 1, 2023
Conservative actor James Woods wonders if everyone understands the implications.
Wait until they turn off your electric car or your electric air-conditioning, or empty your electronic funds. Getting it yet?
Wait until they turn off your electric car or your electric air-conditioning, or empty your electronic funds.
Getting it yet? https://t.co/jBBf9UQf6j
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) June 2, 2023
He’s right. The bike video may be humorous to those who enjoy seeing their fellow humans suffer in embarrassing ways, but the rider could have easily been killed over pennies. That’s for a bike. What about automobiles that are tracked for mileage to make sure you aren’t making too big of a carbon footprint? Or refrigerators that have more meat in it than we’re allotted by government?
We’ve talked ad nauseam about the risks of Central Bank Digital Currencies. As Woods pointed out, what if wrongthink gives government an excuse to shut off your accounts?
The possibilities for disaster are too numerous to list in one short article, but they’re self-evident to those who have been paying attention. The problem is so few are actually doing so that the powers-that-be foresee a coming age in which they have complete control and the sheep are herded giddily to the slaughter of their rights.
You will own nothing and most of you won’t be happy unless we stop this madness now.
Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
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Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
