Survival & Freedom #1: The Internet

[Bob]

So, this is going to be the first in a series of my response to recent events. Survival and Preparedness go hand in hand, and Preparedness can help you avoid Survival situations.

It is time now to start preparing for the future. As Dave said very well - if Trump does not win it is the end of Democracy. Well, he didn't, and I concur based on what I have seen - democracy has died right before my eyes. I thought I'd be 80 before this started happening. Based on recent events, I am moving on. In fact, if anything, I am behind, since I have said this is coming for a long time.

So...as I watch the MSM black out information, silence voices, spin narratives, cancel accounts and ban people...time to up my electronic communication game.

First thing first: I am coming to you from the Brave Browser now. I am getting off of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. Tech Giant Browsers are subject to tech Giant data mining and silencing.

I will be getting Tor shortly. I'm sure some of you believe that is the drugs, sex, and assassination browser for the dark web. Another way to describe is "It's not explorer, Safari, Chrome, Firefox that is controlled by Big Tech and what I lovingly refer to as "The Party."

And finally, before the weekend is out I will be getting a VPN. For those not familiar, it is a Virtual Private Network. Going on there is the same as "going Dark" on the web.

My thought is in the very near future, if you haven't learned how to negotiate web based security and stay clear of the gatekeeping and watchful eye of .Gov....well, banning you from Facebook for posting Memes may not be the only thing that happens to you. As the President of the US, found out, it can happen to even him! Are you him? Nope. Me either.

As much as having food and water is important, having the ability to get out there, communicate, and find information is also. Using all of the standard means and sources may not be viable much longer. So, before the long cold electronic winter sets in, I'm gearing up.

I'll still be on the usual things like iCloud and Safari. But the nature of how I use them is going to drastically change.

[Bmyers]

As the wife and I found out from the visit by the DEA because of the items she ordered from Amazon (all legal items (pill making items to make her own moringa pills)) the Government spying Bob talks about is very real. Nothing like walking out of your house to multiple officers wanting to know why you are buying items on Amazon and this was in the Trump era.

I suspect that the filtering and silencing is only going to get worse.

[Mac66]

Who is John Galt?

[Bob]

Who is John Galt?

Is that a rhetorical? Or are you seeing who read Ayn Rand?



The tools they can bring to bear on you for control and suppression can slo be used to hold on to and maintain your freedom. IF you learn to use them.

[aerynsun]

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3 ... ivals.html

https://brave.com/download/

Interesting

[Mac66]

Who is John Galt?

Is that a rhetorical? Or are you seeing who read Ayn Rand?



The tools they can bring to bear on you for control and suppression can slo be used to hold on to and maintain your freedom. IF you learn to use them.

I'm merely suggesting that there are parallels between what's going on today and Atlas Shrugged. Perhaps it's time to pull a John Galt and disappear for those of us who can.

[aerynsun]

Who is John Galt?

Is that a rhetorical? Or are you seeing who read Ayn Rand?



The tools they can bring to bear on you for control and suppression can slo be used to hold on to and maintain your freedom. IF you learn to use them.

I'm merely suggesting that there are parallels between what's going on today and Atlas Shrugged. Perhaps it's time to pull a John Galt and disappear for those of us who can.

Have you read The Foundainhead?

[Bob]

Who is John Galt?

Is that a rhetorical? Or are you seeing who read Ayn Rand?



The tools they can bring to bear on you for control and suppression can slo be used to hold on to and maintain your freedom. IF you learn to use them.

I'm merely suggesting that there are parallels between what's going on today and Atlas Shrugged. Perhaps it's time to pull a John Galt and disappear for those of us who can.

Atlas Shrugged, Brave New World, and 1984 are no longer works of Historical Fiction.

[Mac66]

Is that a rhetorical? Or are you seeing who read Ayn Rand?



The tools they can bring to bear on you for control and suppression can slo be used to hold on to and maintain your freedom. IF you learn to use them.

I'm merely suggesting that there are parallels between what's going on today and Atlas Shrugged. Perhaps it's time to pull a John Galt and disappear for those of us who can.

Atlas Shrugged, Brave New World, and 1984 are no works of Historical Fiction.

Who is John Galt?

Rural America is a different country.

[Bob]

And now my VPN is up and running.

I went with Express VPN because I couldn't find a reason not to.