Freedom is just another word...
03/2008
Real ID Act: Security and Prosperity Partnership of
North America: Gold @$1000+, Silver@$21: Dollar Plunging: Economic
Recession, Housing & Job Shortages, Energy "Crisis" Looming: Food Prices
Rising
These are manipulated events - either intentionally (probable) or through
incompetence (possible) and you must be prepared for the consequences!
Ladies and gentlemen, in light of current events, it now appears that your self
reliant and survival preparations are about to separate you from the masses.
Congratulations on your foresight and wisdom.
For those of you getting a
late start, you've come to the right place. Here you will find all of
the information, skills and items you may need to wrest control of your
destiny from the whims of fate or the will of others.
The human world is in turmoil, the effects of millennial mismanagement by
the power elite spreading and contaminating the natural order of life.
Today, we face most predominantly an economic upheaval. Tomorrow, perhaps,
an ecological one. There are natural disasters and extraterrestrial threats
- no, I don 't mean aliens (though I don't discount the possibility), but
asteroids and comets are a fact of life. Always there looms the spectre of social injustice and
political tyranny.
There may yet be time to avert a major economic disaster. There may be a
political solution to the turmoil our government has created amongst (and in
the name of) its people . It's never to late to turn back the tide
of evil. Nor is it ever too late to return to the people those rights and
responsibilities usurped by their leadership.
The problem with "freedom" is that so few people
actually want it - or believe they can have it.
We have all heard the phrase "freedom is not free,"
but so often we are lead to misinterpret the nature of the cost. Freedom
isn't paid for with Dollars or
Euros or Pesos or
Rubles. It isn't found in
the price of a gallon of gas or the lives paid to secure that supply. Nor is
it paid for by blind obedience, ideological fervor, or grudging acceptance
of a dominant will - be it social or political.
Freedom demands one thing, and one thing only: Personal Responsibility. All
the evils of the world, all of the human vices and all of the miserable
systems of government people have suffered under throughout time stem from
the failure of the individual to accept personal responsibility for their
life and their actions. By delegating or shunting - or forcing - our
personal responsibility upon others, we give up our natural rights and
freedoms. We trade them for what we perceive to be an easier way of life.
In a sane world, failure to accept personal responsibility would be an
offense against nature, punishable by death. Not a penalty imposed by
courts, sentenced by judges, or carried out by executioners - but the
natural cause and effect result of one's own actions or inactions. In the
natural world, this is indeed the way things work.
Is there anything "as free as a bird?" Yet, if a
bird fails to feed itself - it dies of starvation. If a bird neglects to
keep a sharp eye out for predators, it gets eaten. If it fails to go out and
find a mate, overcome alternate suitors and procreate, its' line becomes
extinct. No bird government steps in to help the feeble, fickle or lazy bird
find a mate. No bird police force protects them from predators. No bird
charities bring them food or builds nests for them.
This is how the birds remain strong - and free. The feeble, fickle or lazy
birds die out. Their line is not continued, their genetic disposition is not
passed on. So it is with all non-domesticated animals.
What happens when a wild animal becomes domesticated? When it is fed and
protected by men? It loses its freedom and it loses those qualities - those
instincts - it needed to survive in the wild. Usually it is caged or leashed
or restricted in its movement. It is allowed to breed only by the design of its
master, or it is spayed or neutered to prevent it from breeding. It cannot
feed itself, but must rely upon the good will, economic ability, and memory
of its master to provide sustenance for it. Having once been domesticated,
if this poor creature is then set free into the wild, almost certainly it
must die.
Our goal, here at SSRsi, is to stave off the domestication of Man. The only
way to do so is to promote the acceptance of Self
Responsibility, encourage the practice of
Self Reliance, and support the Rights
and Freedom of all mankind.
Carpe Diem - "Seize the
Day!"
We often feel helpless or ineffectual when considering the state of our
world or the nature of our government. The malaise of "I'm just one person,"
or "My vote doesn't count" is difficult to shake. Few individuals have any
concept of just how capable and powerful they really are - and thus, they
cease to be capable or powerful. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Witness the "Pyramid of Human Civilization":
Human
Civilization
NationNation
Nation Nation
StateStateState
StateStateStateSt
StateStateStateStat
CountyCountyCounty
CountyCountyCountyC
CountyCountyCountyCo
CountyCountyCountyCou
CityCityCityCityCityCityCityC
CityCityCityCityCityCityCityCity
CityCityCityCityCityCityCityCityC
CityCityCityCityCityCityCityCityCity
CityCityCityCityCityCityCityCityCityCi
IndividualIndividualIndividualIndividu
IndividualIndividualIndividualIndividual
IndividualIndividualIndividualIndividualIn
IndividualIndividualIndividualIndividualInd
IndividualIndividualIndividualIndividualIndiv
IndividualIndividualIndividualIndividualIndivid
Each layer, from the pinnacle to the base is comprised of the layers below
it. No higher layer can exist without those below it. The individual is the
base which supports the entire structure. The individual is the foundation
upon which all civilizations rests and depends.
Of course, this is not what we are led to believe. We are told that all
things arise from the singular seed of civilization. That the pyramid is not
a pyramid at all - it is a tree, sprouting from a seed, and the individual
is merely a leaf on a twig, supported by the branches of government and
sustained by the trunk of civilization - you have to flip the pyramid on
it's head, balance it on it's point, to get the real picture.
Very well. Have it your way. . . but I have to ask - "What
happens to the tree when it loses it's leaves?"
As an individual - be it a leaf or a foundation stone - you are more
powerful and important than you ever imagined. This is the secret that all
governments and all proponents of civilization and society have tried to
keep from your discovering. Without YOU, it all fails, it all falls, it all
dies.
The tree analogy is, perhaps, useful for describing how society works, but
it is a false analogy. A tree is a thing of nature - society and
civilization are manmade. It is a construct of Man, designed to keep nature
at bay. In every man-made societal construct - be it business or government
- power is siphoned away from the majority of individuals and concentrated
upward to ever fewer individuals until one man or a few men hold ultimate
power over the fate of many. Or so they would have you believe. Who gives
them this power? Who gives them this opportunity? Who gives them this right?
In nature, all of the leaves collect light from the sun and convert it to
energy. The sole purpose of the trunk and branches of the tree are to
support and distribute the leaves so that they might perform this miracle of
energy conversion most efficiently. In nature. a leaf that does not collect
and convert sunlight withers, dies and is discarded. It falls to the ground
to decompose and thereby nourish the soil from which it came. If this were
true of the societal tree, all would be well.
In the "civilized" societal tree however, the majority of leaves
(individuals) are parasites. They serve no purpose other than decoration,
survive by feeding off of the energy others produce, and often grow so full
of themselves that they block the sunlight from reaching the productive
leaves. Given the chance to contribute, they wouldn't know how and couldn't
perform if they had to. They have lost that function, that capability. But
the societal tree sustains them - elevates them even to a higher, more
powerful social strata. All of the energy of the productive leaves is
expended to increase the number of these parasite leaves, to make them
larger, more demanding and more politically valuable than the producers.
There must always be more parasites than producers in a society in order for
the leaders of that society to maintain their political power. The parasites
support the powerful in order to keep the benefits they gain without having
to produce anything. Make no mistake - the parasites are not always the
lowly, shifty, ill dressed and surly lot they are made out to be. The
largest parasites are often the prettiest flowers on the tree.
The branches of the societal tree (government institutions) grow longer and
more convoluted, the trunk of civilization appears to grow thicker and
taller - all in an effort to push the productive leaves farther from the
core and provide more room for the parasite leaves. Ever greater demands are
made for energy, yet fewer and fewer productive leaves exist. This tree
cannot support itself indefinitely. Though the trunk grows larger, it's core
is rotten and hollow. It gives the impression of great strength, one day it
will topple and the "great experiment" must end.
This is the way of society and civilization - any student of history must
agree. The average lifespan of a nation is less than 400 years (before it
succumbs to revolutionary change). The United States is 221 years old
(Constitutionally) on September 17, 2008. This places us quite clearly on
the downside of the national lifespan. If we are to survive as a Nation,
efforts must be taken shortly to prune our societal tree. If we do not soon
weed out the dead weight and prop up the productive members of society , the
future of our democratic republic is bleak, indeed.
Lest I be taken the wrong way, I must point out that I am in no way
suggesting that we "eliminate the riff-raff" in the conventional sense of
the phrase. What we must do, however, is cut off the siphoning of energy
from the producers to the non-producers, eliminate the offices and
bureaucracies that support this diabolical habit, take back control of our
government (if we ever really had control) from the power-blind users, and
sit all the slackers down and have a very serious discussion about their
future.
One cannot force another human being to be productive and retain any moral
justification. What we can do, however, is remain supportive - yet firm - in
helping these poor domesticated sods to accept responsibility for themselves
and their actions. If they choose death through dependency (when no one is
willing to provide for them), then they must be allowed to enjoy the results
of their decisions. On the other hand, if they choose to become self
reliant, self responsible Citizens of an Independent Nation, then every
effort should be taken to make the transition as smooth and comfortable as
possible.
It'll Never Happen
Of course this will never happen. Not until the entire structure comes
tumbling down upon our heads. Then natural selection will weed out the
incompetent, the unwary and the unlucky. People will kill each other over a
handful of grain - which will probably be wasted in the melee. They will
brutalize each other for food, shelter, clothing, water, sex and shiny
baubles. Other countries will pounce upon our era of weakness and attempt to
steal all that we have left. And it will all happen because "it's too mean"
to do the right thing now. "It's too cruel" to force responsibility upon
people for their own actions - so we'll just keep heaping that
responsibility on other, more capable folks until they can bear it no
longer. Until even the best efforts of the capable are unable to meet the
demands of the needy parasites.
Funny how those capable of supporting themselves are degraded while being
simultaneously petitioned (forced) to pay for the survival of those who will
not lift a finger to aid themselves. Funny how no one decries the cruelty
inflicted upon the producers. It's okay - they can handle it. They're
stronger than the others. They will find a way to get by.
Personally, I'm sick of it. I'm ready to say "no." I'm ready to withhold my
support from the non-producers - which includes every member of the
government (who produce NOTHING but ever greater demands and more torturous
requirements for meeting their demands). I'm ready to tell them all to do it
themselves or go straight to hell, because they are not getting another
ounce of effort out of me in their support.
What I want to know is - am I alone? Or are there hundreds, thousands, or
millions of others out there who feel the same way that I do?
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