I have studied and thought and pondered how get out from under the "elite's" control. Not just myself, but everyone.
Unfortunately, most people are slaves. Some rankle against their chains, and some think it a sign of being a good citizen to wear their chains with pride. And some people, a good portion of them, will strive to put their chains back on, after you go to great lengths to free them.
We are going to have another unCivil War, will we get freedom this time? Last time, instead of freeing the slaves, we enslaved everyone. It is doubtful, because this "war" is not against the slave masters, it is a fight between those who wear blue chains, and those who wear red chains.
This post is not about fighting the "elites", because doing exactly what the "elites" programmed you to do will just prove that you are even more of a slave.
We have to step out of their control system. And then, we have to bring our families out too.
Freedom by going backwards?
Many writers talk about how we left the farms, and thus, became pure tax cattle, ruled by the chase for money. Since we couldn't grow our own food, we must do whatever our masters tell us, so that we do not starve.
However, we got a lot for leaving the farm. More specialization means more goods, and for a while, created more food for everyone. We all have refrigerators now. We are free from spoilage, and the sicknesses that came with that. We have put off starving individually, or in pockets, for a system where everyone eats, or we all starve. (the starvation part is the plan of the elite, and we ignore it, because our masters wouldn't be that evil)
Many people talk about going back to the past. Going back to the farms. The point at groups like the Amish, and say, that is a better way.
But it is not. The Amish rely on the system a great deal. They would do well, if scifi/fantasy story they were teleported to another world, their buildings and people intact, but they would have to quickly find ways to get all those little things they can't make. Like iron and steel. And protection from an environment that is hostile.
There are so many things, so many important things (that we mostly ignore) from technology that makes us far better off.
Think about building a greenhouse. (everyone will need a greenhouse) These were things that only rich people could afford to construct. With iron and glass. (something that most people have no idea how to make, and really requires an entire industry to provide any quantities of them) Today we can make the vast quantities of materials, and we have plastics to make hoop houses really inexpensively.
We would really be at a significantly lower ability to survive if we just went backwards in time.
This way, does not lead to freedom.
We must comprehend why we are slaves
A lone person cannot survive very well. Even the rugged mountain men live by living near a industrial society. Guns, saws, axes, knives. All of these do not exist without a society. And, it is what the American Indians traded Long Island for. Metal knives and glass beads that the indians could never make themselves.
It is very true that we are species that relies on the group. So, leaving the group only provides an illusion of freedom.
Is having to live in a group, something that makes us a slave? Well, it does limit our freedom, however it also can bring us our greatest joys, like having and raising children. Feeling warmth and care from others.
There are so many things, like having to eat each day, that define the edges of our world that we can live within.
So what really defines slavery?
To me, it would be be defined as a group that keeps us down/suppressed so that they can live beyond their means. Keeping us down by limiting our freedoms.
Taking part of our labor, and then not making our lives better. Taking part of our labor, and then using it to keep us down even more.
Many people in the past saw the future as people only needing to work 10 hours a week. (instead of the 40 now, or the 80 before that) Why do we not have that 10 hour work week?
Because the elites have not only taken our labor, but they made a treadmill out of life, so the mice got to keep running and never stop.
We should be able to build a house, and then, own that house. 3 years of our life max. (3 months should be the norm) But, we build the house, and then pay the banksters forever to live in the house, and the govern-cement even more so that they do not take our house. Instead of 3 years of your life, it now costs you ⅓rd of your entire life. And don't you dare stop running.
And the monetary system, fractional reserve lent, debt based, fiat currency. Where you lose money every day by doing nothing. You must run just to keep up.
The rules and regulations are just hoops there to keep you jumping.
What is the way out?
We must come together in small communities. Being the lone wolf doesn't really give you freedom.
The Amish are going the correct way, but haven't gone far enough.
We need to build small communities, and each one provides a piece of what we need. We must create steel producing communities, as well as cloth producing communities, and plastics producing communities. (these will be a lot easier, and quite automated in the future.)
Everything is made locally. Meaning, not a major, unfeeling, disconnected corporation. A steel making community may go out and find, or be sent, all the scrap metal, where they use free-energy to melt it, purify it, and roll it into useful forms, ready to be used again. (we will go further, and make sure all products we built can be repaired, reused and recycled. Meaning the steel will go back to the steel making community)
Now, the reason why the community making steel is important, and the way towards freedom is that it becomes an integral part of that community. There is no corporate owners taking advantage of the workers, and dumping pollutants. The people working ARE the community, and the surrounding area IS the community. There is no place for "elites" to buy the production. There is no place for the "elites" to set up control. There are no regulations except what the community deems is essential for their safety and survival.
If there is no CEO who can think of themselves as separate, as above the workers, then there is no place for the "elites" to perch. The boss and the workers are the same level in the community. The workers will only tolerate a boss that is actually good at keeping the work flowing. Who provides the glue in the system. And, it is not out of the question that the "boss" will be an AI. Basically, the workers do all their pieces, and the AI provides feedback about the factory cooperation.
One of the big things about the future is that the elite have no perch. There is no separate boss that is in charge. There is no monetary control from the top. The pyramids are toppled.
So, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find your "family", your community, that will help you survive and thrive.
Find the people who are a good fit for you. And this will include an industry. There are people who get together and do blacksmithing for fun. Making old steel into new steel will be what some groups will enjoy doing.
(one of the driving factors of humans is to feel useful. Making new steel is definitely useful. We may have too many "metal recyclers" groups, and then each will only have to work part time)
If we teach our own children, if we handle our own internal affairs, if we "build our own roads", then there is no room for a govern-cement to exist, and no excuse for taxes.
Basically, we eliminate the govern-cement and the "elite" who inhabit it, by removing our need for them.
So, the most important thing you can do is to find your family. The elite can just go crawl into a hole and croak.