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jukk0u's avatar

Not being a quick intellect, I had to mull this, your last post, a bit.

Definitely, the shackles are tightening at an alarming rate and a choice between action now or facing an inability to act later is here.

That said, I find some of your premise, if not bombastic, a tad ignorant (that's different from stupid; in this case I mean to suggest a conscious omission) of nuance as applied to what impels decent folks to craft and adhere to laws, e.g. stating that stopping at red lights is a tacit demonstration of servitude.

Free people will devise self-imposed alterations (I resisted using the word 'restrictions') on their behavior in order to accommodate their fellows. This is not always to be construed strictly as enslavement, but it IS entirely that inclination of freedom loving people to act civilly which is being exploited to impose actual enslavement and authoritarian control.

It's a fine point to hew, but I felt it important as a more emotional appeal often drives folks to hasty or extreme acts when a more measured response is sufficient and, probably, beneficial.

Keep up the good work Sheep-dog Lion.

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Courageous Lion's avatar

Stopping at red lights when there is absolutely no traffic that you would interfere with if you ran it, is an example of tacit servitude. You should be able use one like a stop sign if you think about it without penalty. BTW... that list is about 10 years old. I like this quote: I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. ~ Robert A. Heinlein

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jukk0u's avatar

That's one of my favorite quotes from Heinlein, and comes to mind frequently with every iteration of insanity the political caste tries to foist on the public.

As I said, there a fine points to consider. Another of my favorite concepts (which I shall attempt not to butcher) is that the measure of a person's veracity of ethic and morality is how he or she acts when no one is looking.

We're definitely on the same side. I appreciate your willingness to bandy ideas.

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David Wolosik's avatar

Licenses were for conducting business. A DRIVER'S LICENSE was for a professional driver hauling goods or people! What "business" are your dog or cat conducting?

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David Wolosik's avatar

So true! THEN we got down on our knees to obey the Covid plandemic MANDATES, arbitrary rules with no scientific basis to further enslave us! Good health, good fortune and stay strong in the New Year!

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The Word Herder's avatar

Straight up, Lion. And you've only brushed the surface of our slavery...

It's always PISSED ME ARF that we are taxed up the wazoo, and it's mostly unConstitutional.

License to fish, license for dogs (also vaxxed wrongly-- btw, read a book--bit of a slog, esp. at the beginning, but WORTH IT-- called "Bechamp vs. Pasteur" by Ethel Hume, written in 1924, about how THERE ARE NO AIRBORNE MICROBES and vaccination is a foul, horrible crime against humanity and any other species we attack with needles!), license to drive, license to marry, license to shit on Sunday...

On and on, and everything you fuckin do costs more and too much...

Look at our FARMLANDS!!! All owned by corporations now, pretty much.

Agenda 21-- NO MORE PROPERTY FOR US, just for the Filthy Rich Muffo Psychopaths trying to kill us down to a manageable number!

I'm ready.

TAKE DOWN THE TOWERS.

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Amaterasu Solar's avatar

I am free of most of that... I cross when I see it is safe, and I do not pay tickets. In fact, They leave Me alone now...

I Do Not Consent! (article): https://amaterasusolar.substack.com/p/i-do-not-consent

Under Duress Only (article): https://amaterasusolar.substack.com/p/under-duress-only

Walking the Walk (article): https://amaterasusolar.substack.com/p/walking-the-walk

Walking the Walk Some More (article): https://amaterasusolar.substack.com/p/walking-the-walk-some-more

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Donna LaBruno's avatar

I become more Libertarian as the days pass....

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Amaterasu Solar's avatar

I'm full anarchist, aiming for a society of Ethical sovereigns.

We Ethical Sovereigns – The Society Of Ethical Sovereigns (SOES) (article): https://amaterasusolar.substack.com/p/we-ethical-sovereigns-the-society

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The Word Herder's avatar

Kudos! And... watch your back.

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Amaterasu Solar's avatar

Toutjour. They already have Me targeted... LOL!

Targeted Individual (article): https://amaterasusolar.substack.com/p/targeted-individual

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The Word Herder's avatar

I'm sure most Stackers are... At least kept tabs on.

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Amaterasu Solar's avatar

I am very actively targeted. Lucky to have friends to let Me crash at Their places.

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The Word Herder's avatar

I expect then that your status is a sort of badge of PRIDE.

Go, team!

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