I get lots of people asking me for advice or feedback. I also see lots of debate on line about what is unfolding in our world. So what would I do?
source: GotCredit.com
Children in danger due to violent parent(s)
If I knew of children or spouse being abused, I would take action and intervene. I was visiting some friends of mine and he went off the deep end before I even got there. He was yelling, screaming, hitting, kicking doors, walls and being extremely abusive and violent. This man is over 6 feet tall and over 200 lbs. His size alone is intimidating let alone his strength and power. I literally stepped between him and his wife and kids. The situation was deescalated and I convinced her to leave him. However, I refused to leave until the situation was safe for her and the kids. She left in two days and she took her 8 kids with her. They are now officially divorced and the kids are much happier and feel safer than ever before.
The challenge is that the state recommends that people call the police. I will leave that up to you as the police are a violent and coercive force themselves. Yes, I risked bodily harm or even death doing what I did. However, it is my choice on what risks I am prepared to take with my life. Sacrificing my life to save others is, in my opinion, an honourable thing to do. Bullies get away with their behaviours because people don't stand up to them and confront their violence. This bully backed down because I stood up to him. The fact that he knew I was a black belt most likely helped me a great deal as well.
When we lost our community, we turned to the state. However, when we rebuild our communities, we don't need the state. They destroyed our communities so that they can be the police man in our relationships. I disagree with that and work hard to rebuild community instead. Freedom requires full participation in life, no matter how scary or intimidating it may be. If we see a wrong, it is our duty and responsibility to do something about it.
Children in danger due to mass murderers shooting schools
There is a huge debate going on regarding gun control, mental illness, arming teachers and other solutions to protect the children attending these government, centralized institutions. However, personal accountability and responsibility dictates that if my child was in danger, he / she would not be there! I would be holding them back and home schooling them instead. This is not about trying to control other people and using the coercive power of the state to make it happen. But some how people love doing exactly that! The type of control they are attempting is impossible and then people get frustrated because nothing changes or nothing seems to work.
This issue is about us surrendering our duties and responsibilities of being a parent and handing it all over to the state, which the powers that be want to happen! As long as people are debating how far to use the coercive power of the state, they miss the root issue: should the state have that authority and power to begin with?
When my two boys were in school, the institution was crushing their spirit. They did not want to attend, to the point where they would cry as we pushed them out the door. We found their enthusiasm for life diminish significantly. There was no way we could let that continue. We pulled them out and home schooled them instead. They were happier and grateful for the change. Educating children is the duty and responsibility of the parent and the community they participate in, NOT the state!
There are terrorists around every corner, we need to protect ourselves
Lots of propaganda flying around about Muslims, Islam, 'radicalized individuals' and others are all identified as the 'enemy' by your friendly neighbourhood state representative. In fact, the newest terrorist is people in general as they have now blamed man kind for the destruction of the biosphere so now there is a war on against each and every single one of us. Most people are turning to the state to enact legislation, pose immigration bans and do all sorts of actions to 'protect' them from the 'bad guy'.
Terrorism: 1. Government by intimidation; the system of the 'Terror'. A. A policy intended to strike with terror those against whom it is adopted; the fact of terrorizing or condition of being terrorized.
May I suggest that the state is, in fact, the organization that has been radicalized and from what I can see, it has gone completely insane. What I did is recognize the violence and coercion behind the state and state sponsored organizations. Rather than submitting to their insanity, I walked away from it and confront or rebuke it with every opportunity I can find. The pen is indeed mightier than the sword, so I engage in my own campaign to bring awareness, honour, integrity, peace and freedom to a life that has none.
The real issue is individuals who engage in violence, coercion, greed and all those other destructive behaviours. Rather than grouping people into classes based on color, language, politics, economics, religion or any other identifiable form, how about we focus on behaviour instead! Starting with my own and working out from there!
Canada pushing to convert reserves to municipalities
The state reasoning is to convert the reserve to a municipality which would then allow for fee-simple tenures to be setup. That would then allow for mortgages, property taxes, 'ownership' and wealth acquisition. What they don't say is that the state will end up with more control, more tax revenue and their buddies in the banks will end up with ownership!
I've been pushing my friends to break ties with the state, not get into bed deeper. I've done everything I could find to remove myself from their grip so that I could at least honour the peace and prosperity intent between our two peoples. Being stewards of the land is our duty and if we surrender it to the state, we are nothing but slaves.
There are huge percentages of indigenous peoples supporting this state sponsored campaign. They have been hoodwinked by the state and succumb to greed as they are bought off to sell out their peoples. This is not a white vs red issue. This is a colonialism vs everyone left standing. This is slavery vs freedom, scarcity vs prosperity, war vs peace. The lines that we draw cannot be made based on color, race, creed, religions, etc.
I chose to stand on the side of being a steward advocating for peaceful, prosperity, joy, freedom and love. I will discriminate heavily in my duties as a steward of this land.
Facebook scandal, breach of public trust by selling data
Facebook is in deep shit right now because of their greed and participating in data collection on billions of people. This is no surprise to me and one of the reasons why I left the platform 6 months ago. On top of the data collection on users, the censorship that is taking place is Orwellian in nature an could easily be compared to the censorship found during World War II on both sides!
By using open source, distributed social media platforms like Steemit, I can now reach people without being concerned about state and corporate level censorship, greed and contempt. What we see going on through Facebook is a symptom of a much larger problem. People's willingness to surrender to centralized authorities rather than taking responsibility for themselves and their data. What is going on in Facebook goes on else where and has been for years.
Did you know that when you fill in your change of address card for the post office so that you can get your mail redirected to your new 'residence', Canada Post sells that data to corporations? I used to have non-profits as IT clients and we would send the database to Canada Post to have all the addresses updated so that the non-profit could find you should you move. You are an asset and it is a huge business selling your data to others! People just love making money off of others. Those documents in your wallet and purse is exactly what they use to collect data. Ever wonder how corporations can pay you to use their loyalty cards? Because they make huge profits from all that data.
I got ride of them all. My data foot print is very small compared to most other people. I am not very profitable for them any more. I took my power back. That is what I do!