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Onvacation says

What some uber rich and communists don't realize is that wealth is created by liberated labor. Slave labor won't work.

No. Slave labor has produced wealth from the time of the Pharaohs, then during the time of the serfs, then under Communist regimes. Not anywhere near the wealth that would be produced by free people, but all the wealth that is produced above subsistence level goes to the masters. Think of an old South plantation. Lots of cotton produced.

HeadSet says

No. Slave labor has produced wealth from the time of the Pharaohs, then during the time of the serfs, then under Communist regimes.

You can do more, have more leisure time, and have more luxuries than anybody before you that lived prior to 1800.

Being a Pharaoh would suck. What? Do you really want to be carried around at 3 miles an hour to move to one side of your garden to another?

You confusing wealth with status.

Somewhat encouraging read for remote workers here:

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/what-to-expect-from-osha-on-covid-19-vaccine-and-testing-rules.aspx

"
Brightwell thinks it unlikely that the ETS will apply to remote workers under the "grave danger" requirement. If employees are not exposed to anyone in the workplace, the risk of contracting COVID-19 is not work-related.
"

Some of the leftoid traitorous cultural-marxists lamestream media immediately started gaslighting that remote workers were "likely" included. Although there is no logical reason. I remain positive on this as osha regulation is strictly workplace related.

richwicks says

You confusing wealth with status.

You are genius, very few can distinguish that difference.

richwicks says

You confusing wealth with status.

Not at all. A pharaoh had the top wealth of what was available in his day. A large palace full of servants, the best food in the kingdom, drawn baths, his choice of the best maidens, top scribes, jewelers, goldsmiths, and other professional at his beck and call, and more such as command performance plays and music performances. A pharaoh was not in dire poverty because he did not have a transistor radio.

HeadSet says

Not anywhere near the wealth that would be produced by free people

That's my point.

Being a slave master drags you down closer to the slaves.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

You confusing wealth with status.

Not at all. A pharaoh had the top wealth of what was available in his day. A large palace full of servants, the best food in the kingdom, drawn baths, his choice of the best maidens, top scribes, jewelers, goldsmiths, and other professional at his beck and call, and more such as command performance plays and music performances. A pharaoh was not in dire poverty because he did not have a transistor radio.

People were used to this though, nobody is used to a monarchy these days with such vas wealth difference - sure the oligarchs are trying to do everything to make it palatable but this won't fly - if living conditions deteriorate they will be ousted, the economy has always been the driving factor in political shifts/changes.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

You confusing wealth with status.

Not at all. A pharaoh had the top wealth of what was available in his day. A large palace full of servants, the best food in the kingdom, drawn baths, his choice of the best maidens, top scribes, jewelers, goldsmiths, and other professional at his beck and call, and more such as command performance plays and music performances.

I basically have all that and more.

HeadSet says

A pharaoh was not in dire poverty because he did not have a transistor radio.

No, but he was terribly ignorant about the world and extremely uneducated.

I'm pointing out that a pharaoh was only wealthy in comparison to the rest of society. Compared to me today, he was impoverished.

I can fly to France tomorrow if I want to, or Egypt for that matter. Well, except for that Visa matter.

richwicks says

I basically have all that and more.

You have your choice of the finest maidens? Nice!

HeadSet says

richwicks says

I basically have all that and more.

You have your choice of the finest maidens? Nice!

I'm pointing out if I wanted to rent hookers, it's pretty trivial to do.

Katie
@katiekochman

And today is the 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Executions

https://nitter.pussthecat.org/katiekochman/status/1449551069697257474#m

https://thaddeuskozinski.substack.com/p/random-acts-of-disobedience-and-senseless?source=patrick.net

Tonight, an hour ago, Christmas Eve, I did two acts of civil disobedience as requested by RFK, Jr. (well he actually requested everyone to do three each day). I wanted to buy a couple of absurd gifts for my wife (I always get her a few real gifts and a few absurd gifts-she loves it) at Goodwill San Rafael and was screamed at as I entered to put a mask on. When I finished my shopping I was accosted by the manager and of course got into the regular discussion of how they’re breaking the law and they could be liable to a lawsuit. Then two or three more employees started harassing me and the same discussion ensued. Eventually though I looked at them in the eyes and told them, “Unless you stop complying, all this will never end and you all know it a fraud and by no means get the poison injection, and if you have already, do not get the boosters!!” They were all silent at this point and the hostility dropped and I kept talking in an authoritative but gentle way and it was like a hush came over the store. And then I said to them, “God bless you and merry Christmas!” Silence. A gentle silence. And then a few of them wished me Merry Christmas.

Just about the exact same scenario happened 15 minutes later at Andronicos. The same demonic energy and then it all ceased when I started to tell them what they had to do to stop all this and to not get the injections. As soon as I started talking that way, they all grew quiet as if they all knew in their heart it was true and were waiting for someone to just say it. I did not expect this at all. I was able to buy my groceries at Andronicos and get my gifts without a mask and without having to do a cash drop. I was ready with my cash just in case.

An encouragement for you to practice random acts of disobedience and senseless acts of noncompliance.

https://www.ntd.com/new-york-protesters-rally-against-vaccine-bills-in-albany-we-need-civil-disobedience-in-this-country_724010.html?utm_source=patrick.net&utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_campaign=patrick.net

New York Protesters Rally Against Vaccine Bills in Albany: ‘We Need Civil Disobedience in This Country’

The above is true. But so is the below. And this is why mass non-compliance rarely materializes and even then it often fails.



The war between the states is a prime example. The Southern states wanted to maintain their right of self determination and did not want Northern Federalists telling them what to do, so they left and formed their own confederacy. The Northern Federalists would not tolerate the south taking their wealth from the Northern regime so they burnt Atlanta to the ground. ultimately those who resisted died or were brought to compliance and the tyranny of the Northern Federalists continued. It continues to this day. Toppling statues of both Northern and Southern war heroes in the name of social justice, which is just a tool for the federalists to consolidate their control.

The point remains though: the government has no power without mass compliance by the sheep.

Patrick says

The point remains though: the government has no power without mass compliance by the sheep.

Yes, but it is human nature to be sheep. The only way to overthrow a tyrant is for a more benevolent shepherd to take charge.

Patrick says

The point remains though: the government has no power without mass compliance by the sheep.

The vast majority of the population (80%) want to be governed, no matter how tyrannical. Women like to be taken care of, welfare recipients (inc. Medicare, Veterans benefits, college grants) want more welfare; that's easily over half the electorate and they welcome bigger government and more stuff.

Only 20% of the electorate wants true freedom, because they are business owners or just want to be left alone, and they seek less control, less government because they are net givers, not takers.

This is why the Overton Window has been shifting left since FDR instituted welfare and LBJ expanded it, people that want more stuff, want more progressivism.

System is gone, just get out of it's way and let it collapse under it own weight. It's just like all the great empires that become decadent and weak. The good thing is as the empire falls, the 20% freedom lovers usually move on and find the next great thing, and the cycle repeats a la Colonial America, Venetian Empire.

HeadSet says

The only way to overthrow a tyrant is for a more benevolent shepherd to take charge.

The risk of course is that we'll get something or someone even worse because the most psychopathic groups and people tend to rise to the top in times of turbulence, like the CCP or Stalin.

I know a guy from Iran who used to protest the Shah, but then had to leave when the Shah was removed, because the Ayatollahs were worse.

https://transcriberb.dreamwidth.org/95180.html

Heather Berman delivers powerful speech at medical freedom rally in NYC 8/25/21
911 jedi, Posted August 26, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNtaV4xxeQM

TRANSCRIPT

HEATHER BERMAN: I'm Heather Berman. I—

[cheers]

— I had a dream as a little girl to be a professional dancer and musical theater performer, and I put on shows in my neighborhood. I didn't need a producer to tell me that I can do a show. I speak for all the dancers, the singers, the crew, the actors. I'm also a professional actor. I've been been a member of Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA and AGVA* as a Rockette. And now because I had the guts to get on the streets with my friends from New York Freedom Rally–

[cheers]

— they're all contacting me, upset, crying, don't know what to do. As I am here, somebody even from the holistic community contacted me, what should I do?

Listen here, four years ago, not knowing about vaccines, we all grew up thinking we had to have them in order to live, I got a stupid cut on my finger, an what did they give me at the urgent care? A tetanus vaccine. It has rendered me with MS. I am half numb from the waist down.

This is not right what they are doing to my community. And my community is not just union members, it's non union members, it's dance moms and dads, it's little girls taking ballet class being forced to wear a mask! We will not comply!

[cheers, applause]

We will not comply!

CROWD: We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply!

HEATHER BERMAN: And I also want to speak about the coercion from these unions, sending multiple emails saying, get your shot, get your shot. Imagine the terrorism it felt like to me, somebody who has been injured from a vaccine.

This isn't a vaccine, this is some kind of a biopharma injection. Nobody even knows what it's going to do to all of these beautiful, healthy dancers.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: It's crazy!

EATHER BERMAN: Crew has been made to wear two masks out in the heat outside while they're working. They also have to wear signs on their body, whether they've been vaccinated or not.

CROWD: Booooo!

HEATHER BERMAN: I say to you, Broadway performers who are out there, [inaudible] square and setting up shop and and you are marketing this, when you don't know everybody's health. I chose holistic health. It's my right.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: That's right!

HEATHER BERMAN: I choose not to use biopharma products.

[cheers, applause]

It's my right! I'm standing here right now because I used homeopathy, acupuncture—

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: Yay!

HEATHER BERMAN: I used chiropractic. I used holistic health. This is where our world is going. It's going to help everyone. Holistic health heals. Biopharma is a bandaid.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: Yes!

HEATHER BERMAN: And even if you would like to use a synthetic drug for your health, you have the right to do it.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: That's right!

HEATHER BERMAN: And you can the right to use a mask if you would like, and you have the right to use a test called a PCR that was never invented to diagnose illness. Kary Mullis, quote unquote.*

[cheers]

Enough is enough with all of this. We can read. We don't need to be scientists to understand the science.

And one more thing. What I did for love. Broadway performers! What I did for love, A Chorus Line, I danced, I sang, I acted, I produced, I choreographed, and I don't want to do it with a biopharma injection.

[cheers, applause]

And it's my right! And guess what, big producers and money-handlers, we will do it without you.

[cheers, applause]

We don't need your money to produce. We don't need your money to do a show. We don't need your money to do our art. We can do it without you. And we will step out of the unions and do our own thing.

SAG-AFTRA came into being in the 1930s when the actors weren't treated right. Now they're not being treated right either. Isn't that funny. Actors, stand up and stop hiding behind everybody. I'm not a star, I don't need to be a star to stand up. If you're looking for stars to tell you what you do or politicians, you're going to be waiting until everybody's dead.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: That's right!

HEATHER BERMAN: Enough is enough. I say, No medical mandates!

CROWD: No medical mandates!

HEATHER BERMAN: No medical mandates!

CROWD: No medical mandates! No medical mandates! No medical mandates!

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Right, it's an improvement over his previous stance, where he kept trying to take credit for developing that poison quickly in "Operation Warp Speed".

But he still needs to acknowledge that it IS poison and that no one should ever take it, and that there must be prosecutions for all government officials who spammed the world with the murderous lie that it is "safe and effective".

Trump does not need to acknowledge anything bad about the vaccines in order to stand up for the rights of those who refuse to take them. Imagine if the government were to deny jobs and education to those who don’t eat pork. Even those who swear by the health promoting properties of a bacon-based diet can say it’s wrong to persecute observant Jews, Muslims, and vegetarians. We shouldn’t expect them to denounce their own diet.

Patrick says

The point remains though: the government has no power without mass compliance by the sheep.

They have worked hard to secure that compliance going forward. We have bred a whole generation of sheep.

"According to a study published in October 2017 by Pew Research....young adults are more likely than older people to prefer technocracy to democracy. The study found that in the U.S., 46 percent of those aged 18 to 29 would prefer to be governed by experts compared with 36 percent of respondents aged 50 and older."

Undoctored says

Trump does not need to acknowledge anything bad about the vaccines in order to stand up for the rights of those who refuse to take them. Imagine if the government were to deny jobs and education to those who don’t eat pork. Even those who swear by the health promoting properties of a bacon-based diet can say it’s wrong to persecute observant Jews, Muslims, and vegetarians. We shouldn’t expect them to denounce their own diet.

I agree. But let's say that the government knew that pork in the US was infected with trichinosis worms and was killing about 1 in 800 people as well as making loads of others sick. Then it would also be a crime for the government to claim that it's perfectly safe.

So there would be at least two crimes committed by public officials:

1. firing and expelling people who don't eat pork
2. lying about the safety of pork

Trump addressed only the first crime. A good start, but not enough.

@Patrick Trump stands by “his” Operation Warp Speed and the “miracle” vaccines it produced. So I don’t see him attacking them head on any time soon, whether or not it is the right thing to do.

But medical choice (along with school choice) has always been part of his platform. So he’s being consistent when he says he would cut federal funding to entities with vaccine or mask mandates.

I agree that the more important thing is to be firmly on the side of freedom to choose what goes into our bodies, without any penalty for refusing anything.

Robert Sproul says

According to a study published in October 2017 by Pew Research....young adults are more likely than older people to prefer technocracy to democracy.

Ignore the supposed study. It's simply propaganda.

God talk to people, trust your own eyes and ears.

Kids don't even know what a technocracy MEANS. They don't understand the definition of it. They think it means rule by expert, it's rule by autocracy. They cannot differentiate. The largest number or people who refused to comply to the vaccine mandates were children. I know people that left university over it. How many people do you know that quit their job?

richwicks says

I know people that left university over it. How many people do you know that quit their job?

Not in my experience. All the university kids I heard from, including my daughter and her associates, are all completely taken for the vaxx and LBGT+ nonsense. Thoroughly indoctrinated. Also, plenty of nurses and teachers nationwide quit their jobs rather than take the jab.