Commonwealth is the key to Locke. It is more than identity and memories. It is literally the wealth of the nation held and produced in common. Obscene concentration of wealth robs the people of their well-being and, thus, their freedom. Thomas Paine called common wealth common sense.
Absolutely brilliant. I have always felt like the revolution will come bc of something we can’t possibly picture right now. Because that’s how these things happen.
That damn dress. 😂 At least now we can use the analogy for something meaningful lol. And that crowd of disgusted people who think the world has gone mad & that any action is a set up or useless or too much work …..it’s a big ass group. Once they get activated -it’s on. We saw it with the George Floyd rallies & then with Kamala. Facts like you lay here gives those checked out folks hope & motivation. We just gotta get it to em! 🙏
We know what must be done. We know why. As for who, it is by anyone who is willing and able. The question of when has also been answered by plain evidence. It was some yesterdays ago. Perhaps, it even begun on Day One when an insurrectionist swore an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution as President and then commuted or pardoned all criminals involved in that very same insurrection. Remaining questions are how and where. Do we march and mass like ants relentlessly and persistently? Or by some other way? Let's say, for example, by strikes. Well then, how and where? If coming together in a procession of millions, then where do we meet? In DC? The outer perimeter of the White House? At the Lincoln Memorial? At the Washington Monument? Until these questions are answered definitively, how is it possible that what is called for can materialize? The same calls to a general solution may be made over and over; but if there is no plan for specific actions that can be followed and pursued until success is obtained, a state of suspension continues and further damage occurs.
They now have a list of people brave enough to come outside and voice opposition. I'm on the list too. They intend to silence the people on the list, maybe in a terrifying example for the rest of the silent, like Kristallnacht. They are using fighting words and I accept the challenge with my own words, because the alternatives are violence and a march to Gaza. Silence is acceptance of slavery.
Any resistance that hurts them will be criminalized or taken offline for terms and conditions violations. Jim is such a power because he is courageously in their face with facts, and even science lately. If the regime continues, Jim and others will be silenced here. Marc Andreesen is on Substack's board. For now, Jim is a source of data for the fascists: all of us reading this are on their lists, as well as our friends and family, and when they have all they need from us they will flip the switch off. Inevitably, the congress that allowed this will have to be physically removed and replaced, either by elections we trust but verify, or by multitudes of actual people that cannot be censored or deleted.
Didn't have the $7 to splurge on this to comment on your piece, but I felt it imporant enough to do so to share this with you and your readers Mr. Stweartson (you're a credit to your name):
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay...
At the close of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, as Benjamin Franklin left the hall in Philadelphia, he was asked, “What kind of government have you given us, Dr. Franklin?” He replied: "A republic, if you can keep it."
It is, was, and will always be our job to keep the government in check. If we do not, then we will end up back at square one and become slaves once again. No one is going to come to our rescue... except ourselves.
So with that in mind, if in coming here you've never heard of the following:
Asset Forfeiture, NSLs, ALEC, AIPAC, TPP
FISA Courts, Congressional Insider Trading
Judicial Standing, Deferred Prosecution
Parallel Construction, Stingray Devices
EO 12333, XKeyscore, COINTELPRO
Pentagon Papers, Gary Webb
Operation Mockingbird
Operation Northwoods
Operation Paperclip
Project Monarch
FASAB 56
MKUltra
Or worse, you've heard of them but can't be bothered to care, then like it or not, you are one reason among many that we are on a one-way flight straight to Hell. To the corporations and their puppet politicians, your ignorance and apathy are worth more than all the slaves in China. Because it is your indifference that enables these bottom feeding cockroaches to thrive in the dark and rob you of your wealth and liberty.
This is not political, it's universal. Both of the puppet parties you think you get to choose from every two years are completely infected by blanket webs of corruption and have long ago mortgaged their allegiance to their corporate masters. And what these leeches need more than anything to survive and thrive is a stupid, apathetic populace with red tags on their ears who will lap at their feet and believe every lie they feed them, or worse, are too busy staring at their smart phones to even care that they're being lied to.
The natural state of humanity is to slide into slavery and conflict. Our American bulwark against that decay was built by the blood, sweat, tears, hard work, and personal sacrifice of countless millions. These people gave everything to build the pillars of justice that protect and sustain you, and it is your responsibility to give something back and sacrifice a little in order to maintain those pillars and pass them on to the next generation. Anything less is a betrayal to those who broke their back to build the structure you are now standing on. So put down your Facebook and start paying attention to the things going on around you before that structure crumbles to nothing beneath your feet and you become a slave once again.
Remember, a nation of sheep breeds a government of wolves and you get more of what you tolerate. So turn off your Goddamn TV, turn on your mind, and get out there and stop tolerating it before you wake up one morning robbed of your remaining liberty and you no longer have a choice.
Someone far wiser than I once pointed out that: 'Power without oversight is the fastest route out of a democracy'. Your responsibility then, is to render that oversight.
Joseph de Maistre said: 'Every citizenry has the government they deserve...'
And finally, to the Christians among us: "God only helps those who help themselves."
Commonwealth is the key to Locke. It is more than identity and memories. It is literally the wealth of the nation held and produced in common. Obscene concentration of wealth robs the people of their well-being and, thus, their freedom. Thomas Paine called common wealth common sense.
Absolutely brilliant. I have always felt like the revolution will come bc of something we can’t possibly picture right now. Because that’s how these things happen.
That damn dress. 😂 At least now we can use the analogy for something meaningful lol. And that crowd of disgusted people who think the world has gone mad & that any action is a set up or useless or too much work …..it’s a big ass group. Once they get activated -it’s on. We saw it with the George Floyd rallies & then with Kamala. Facts like you lay here gives those checked out folks hope & motivation. We just gotta get it to em! 🙏
What a beautiful golden trophy. To whom does that belong?
Another excellent, illuminating piece.
We know what must be done. We know why. As for who, it is by anyone who is willing and able. The question of when has also been answered by plain evidence. It was some yesterdays ago. Perhaps, it even begun on Day One when an insurrectionist swore an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution as President and then commuted or pardoned all criminals involved in that very same insurrection. Remaining questions are how and where. Do we march and mass like ants relentlessly and persistently? Or by some other way? Let's say, for example, by strikes. Well then, how and where? If coming together in a procession of millions, then where do we meet? In DC? The outer perimeter of the White House? At the Lincoln Memorial? At the Washington Monument? Until these questions are answered definitively, how is it possible that what is called for can materialize? The same calls to a general solution may be made over and over; but if there is no plan for specific actions that can be followed and pursued until success is obtained, a state of suspension continues and further damage occurs.
Why do you think there are troops in DC at this moment, with Chicago and New York next? The fascists are prepared.
They now have a list of people brave enough to come outside and voice opposition. I'm on the list too. They intend to silence the people on the list, maybe in a terrifying example for the rest of the silent, like Kristallnacht. They are using fighting words and I accept the challenge with my own words, because the alternatives are violence and a march to Gaza. Silence is acceptance of slavery.
Any resistance that hurts them will be criminalized or taken offline for terms and conditions violations. Jim is such a power because he is courageously in their face with facts, and even science lately. If the regime continues, Jim and others will be silenced here. Marc Andreesen is on Substack's board. For now, Jim is a source of data for the fascists: all of us reading this are on their lists, as well as our friends and family, and when they have all they need from us they will flip the switch off. Inevitably, the congress that allowed this will have to be physically removed and replaced, either by elections we trust but verify, or by multitudes of actual people that cannot be censored or deleted.
The cat is dead! Long live the cat!
White and gold! Fuck Trump!
Excellent analysis. You might not have a college degree, but you are one of the smartest people around. Thanks.
Didn't have the $7 to splurge on this to comment on your piece, but I felt it imporant enough to do so to share this with you and your readers Mr. Stweartson (you're a credit to your name):
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay...
At the close of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, as Benjamin Franklin left the hall in Philadelphia, he was asked, “What kind of government have you given us, Dr. Franklin?” He replied: "A republic, if you can keep it."
It is, was, and will always be our job to keep the government in check. If we do not, then we will end up back at square one and become slaves once again. No one is going to come to our rescue... except ourselves.
So with that in mind, if in coming here you've never heard of the following:
Asset Forfeiture, NSLs, ALEC, AIPAC, TPP
FISA Courts, Congressional Insider Trading
Judicial Standing, Deferred Prosecution
Parallel Construction, Stingray Devices
EO 12333, XKeyscore, COINTELPRO
Pentagon Papers, Gary Webb
Operation Mockingbird
Operation Northwoods
Operation Paperclip
Project Monarch
FASAB 56
MKUltra
Or worse, you've heard of them but can't be bothered to care, then like it or not, you are one reason among many that we are on a one-way flight straight to Hell. To the corporations and their puppet politicians, your ignorance and apathy are worth more than all the slaves in China. Because it is your indifference that enables these bottom feeding cockroaches to thrive in the dark and rob you of your wealth and liberty.
This is not political, it's universal. Both of the puppet parties you think you get to choose from every two years are completely infected by blanket webs of corruption and have long ago mortgaged their allegiance to their corporate masters. And what these leeches need more than anything to survive and thrive is a stupid, apathetic populace with red tags on their ears who will lap at their feet and believe every lie they feed them, or worse, are too busy staring at their smart phones to even care that they're being lied to.
The natural state of humanity is to slide into slavery and conflict. Our American bulwark against that decay was built by the blood, sweat, tears, hard work, and personal sacrifice of countless millions. These people gave everything to build the pillars of justice that protect and sustain you, and it is your responsibility to give something back and sacrifice a little in order to maintain those pillars and pass them on to the next generation. Anything less is a betrayal to those who broke their back to build the structure you are now standing on. So put down your Facebook and start paying attention to the things going on around you before that structure crumbles to nothing beneath your feet and you become a slave once again.
Remember, a nation of sheep breeds a government of wolves and you get more of what you tolerate. So turn off your Goddamn TV, turn on your mind, and get out there and stop tolerating it before you wake up one morning robbed of your remaining liberty and you no longer have a choice.
Someone far wiser than I once pointed out that: 'Power without oversight is the fastest route out of a democracy'. Your responsibility then, is to render that oversight.
Joseph de Maistre said: 'Every citizenry has the government they deserve...'
And finally, to the Christians among us: "God only helps those who help themselves."
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I've created an article with some solutions here:
https://tritorch.substack.com/p/apathy-is-the-fire-in-which-we-burn-v3
There really is no other way than watching that "Fearful Master" like a halk, lest the government wolves circle.
Gary Webb 💔