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Texas: Faith, Freedom, and Mind Your Damn Business
By Cliff Potts, CSO
Editor-in-Chief, WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 4, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PHT
Texas talks about faith constantly and practices freedom inconsistently. Religion is waved like a banner while personal liberty is quietly narrowed, regulated, or punished when it doesn’t line up with political fashion. This contradiction has become so normal that many Texans barely notice it anymore.
Faith is not the problem. Power is.
Faith Is Personal, Not Administrative
Texas is home to churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, meeting houses, and people who believe quietly or not at all. That pluralism is not a flaw. It is a fact. Faith has always been part of Texas life, but it has never belonged to the state.
When government begins enforcing one version of belief, it stops protecting faith and starts weaponizing it. That does not strengthen religion. It cheapens it. Faith that requires government backing is not faith—it is insecurity dressed up as authority.
People believe deeply without being coerced. The state does not need to supervise that.
Freedom Means Leaving People Alone
Texas politicians love to invoke freedom while inserting themselves into private decisions about bodies, families, education, and belief. That is not freedom. It is control wrapped in familiar language.
True freedom is not loud. It is boring. It is the quiet confidence that your neighbor’s life choices are none of your business unless they cause real harm. A free society tolerates disagreement without demanding conformity.
If a belief system is strong, it does not need the force of law to survive.
Religion in Schools Without Indoctrination
Teaching about religion is not the same thing as preaching it. Students benefit from understanding the beliefs that shape history, culture, and global affairs. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Indigenous traditions, and secular ethics all belong in a serious education.
Teaching one belief as truth while excluding others is not education. It is indoctrination. Texas should be confident enough to teach broadly without fear.
Knowledge does not weaken faith. It strengthens discernment.
The Myth of Moral Decline
Texas politics often leans on claims of moral collapse to justify intrusion into private life. These claims rarely hold up under scrutiny. Crime trends, family structures, and social behavior are influenced far more by economics, education, and stability than by religious enforcement.
Blaming social problems on belief differences avoids addressing harder causes like poverty, healthcare access, housing, and education. Moral panic is easier than policy work.
A serious state solves problems instead of sermonizing about them.
Faith Communities Do Real Work
Faith-based organizations are often the first to respond when communities struggle. They feed people, shelter families, provide counseling, and show up quietly without demanding credit. That work matters. It deserves respect and support.
What it does not require is political dominance. Faith communities are strongest when they act voluntarily, not when they are fused to state power.
Service speaks louder than slogans.
Freedom of Conscience Cuts Both Ways
Freedom of religion includes the freedom not to believe. It includes the freedom to change beliefs. It includes the freedom to practice quietly without public approval. Protecting conscience means accepting outcomes you may personally dislike.
That is the price of liberty. It is also its strength.
Texas cannot claim to honor freedom while punishing people for living differently.
When Government Picks Winners
History offers no shortage of warnings about governments that decide which beliefs are acceptable. Even when intentions begin as sincere, outcomes tend toward exclusion, resentment, and abuse. Texas is not immune to that pattern.
Keeping church and state separate does not weaken either. It protects both from corruption.
Personal Faith, Public Restraint
Leaders are allowed their faith. They are allowed to be guided by conscience. What they are not allowed to do is impose that conscience as law when it infringes on the rights of others.
Restraint is not betrayal. It is maturity.
What a Confident Texas Would Do
A confident Texas would protect freedom of worship for everyone and freedom from coercion for everyone else. It would teach religion academically, not devotionally. It would trust families and individuals to handle belief without supervision.
Most of all, it would stop confusing moral authority with legal power.
Why This Matters Going Forward
Faith will continue to shape Texas culture. That is not in question. The question is whether it will be used to inspire service and compassion—or to justify intrusion and control.
Freedom survives only when people mind their own damn business.
Texas is strong enough to do that.
This essay will be archived as part of the ongoing WPS News Monthly Brief Series available through Amazon.
References (APA)
#churchAndState #CivilLiberties #educationPolicy #personalFreedom #religiousFreedom #TexasPolitics #TexasReligion #WPSNews
Pew Research Center. (2025). Religious diversity and belief in the United States.
First Amendment Center. (2025). Religion, government, and constitutional boundaries.
National Council of State Legislatures. (2025). Religious freedom and public policy analysis.
Gallup. (2025). Public attitudes toward religion and government.
American Academy of Religion. (2025). Teaching religion in public education. -
Texas: Faith, Freedom, and Mind Your Damn Business
By Cliff Potts, CSO
Editor-in-Chief, WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 4, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PHT
Texas talks about faith constantly and practices freedom inconsistently. Religion is waved like a banner while personal liberty is quietly narrowed, regulated, or punished when it doesn’t line up with political fashion. This contradiction has become so normal that many Texans barely notice it anymore.
Faith is not the problem. Power is.
Faith Is Personal, Not Administrative
Texas is home to churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, meeting houses, and people who believe quietly or not at all. That pluralism is not a flaw. It is a fact. Faith has always been part of Texas life, but it has never belonged to the state.
When government begins enforcing one version of belief, it stops protecting faith and starts weaponizing it. That does not strengthen religion. It cheapens it. Faith that requires government backing is not faith—it is insecurity dressed up as authority.
People believe deeply without being coerced. The state does not need to supervise that.
Freedom Means Leaving People Alone
Texas politicians love to invoke freedom while inserting themselves into private decisions about bodies, families, education, and belief. That is not freedom. It is control wrapped in familiar language.
True freedom is not loud. It is boring. It is the quiet confidence that your neighbor’s life choices are none of your business unless they cause real harm. A free society tolerates disagreement without demanding conformity.
If a belief system is strong, it does not need the force of law to survive.
Religion in Schools Without Indoctrination
Teaching about religion is not the same thing as preaching it. Students benefit from understanding the beliefs that shape history, culture, and global affairs. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Indigenous traditions, and secular ethics all belong in a serious education.
Teaching one belief as truth while excluding others is not education. It is indoctrination. Texas should be confident enough to teach broadly without fear.
Knowledge does not weaken faith. It strengthens discernment.
The Myth of Moral Decline
Texas politics often leans on claims of moral collapse to justify intrusion into private life. These claims rarely hold up under scrutiny. Crime trends, family structures, and social behavior are influenced far more by economics, education, and stability than by religious enforcement.
Blaming social problems on belief differences avoids addressing harder causes like poverty, healthcare access, housing, and education. Moral panic is easier than policy work.
A serious state solves problems instead of sermonizing about them.
Faith Communities Do Real Work
Faith-based organizations are often the first to respond when communities struggle. They feed people, shelter families, provide counseling, and show up quietly without demanding credit. That work matters. It deserves respect and support.
What it does not require is political dominance. Faith communities are strongest when they act voluntarily, not when they are fused to state power.
Service speaks louder than slogans.
Freedom of Conscience Cuts Both Ways
Freedom of religion includes the freedom not to believe. It includes the freedom to change beliefs. It includes the freedom to practice quietly without public approval. Protecting conscience means accepting outcomes you may personally dislike.
That is the price of liberty. It is also its strength.
Texas cannot claim to honor freedom while punishing people for living differently.
When Government Picks Winners
History offers no shortage of warnings about governments that decide which beliefs are acceptable. Even when intentions begin as sincere, outcomes tend toward exclusion, resentment, and abuse. Texas is not immune to that pattern.
Keeping church and state separate does not weaken either. It protects both from corruption.
Personal Faith, Public Restraint
Leaders are allowed their faith. They are allowed to be guided by conscience. What they are not allowed to do is impose that conscience as law when it infringes on the rights of others.
Restraint is not betrayal. It is maturity.
What a Confident Texas Would Do
A confident Texas would protect freedom of worship for everyone and freedom from coercion for everyone else. It would teach religion academically, not devotionally. It would trust families and individuals to handle belief without supervision.
Most of all, it would stop confusing moral authority with legal power.
Why This Matters Going Forward
Faith will continue to shape Texas culture. That is not in question. The question is whether it will be used to inspire service and compassion—or to justify intrusion and control.
Freedom survives only when people mind their own damn business.
Texas is strong enough to do that.
This essay will be archived as part of the ongoing WPS News Monthly Brief Series available through Amazon.
References (APA)
#churchAndState #CivilLiberties #educationPolicy #personalFreedom #religiousFreedom #TexasPolitics #TexasReligion #WPSNews
Pew Research Center. (2025). Religious diversity and belief in the United States.
First Amendment Center. (2025). Religion, government, and constitutional boundaries.
National Council of State Legislatures. (2025). Religious freedom and public policy analysis.
Gallup. (2025). Public attitudes toward religion and government.
American Academy of Religion. (2025). Teaching religion in public education. -
Texas: Faith, Freedom, and Mind Your Damn Business
By Cliff Potts, CSO
Editor-in-Chief, WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 4, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PHT
Texas talks about faith constantly and practices freedom inconsistently. Religion is waved like a banner while personal liberty is quietly narrowed, regulated, or punished when it doesn’t line up with political fashion. This contradiction has become so normal that many Texans barely notice it anymore.
Faith is not the problem. Power is.
Faith Is Personal, Not Administrative
Texas is home to churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, meeting houses, and people who believe quietly or not at all. That pluralism is not a flaw. It is a fact. Faith has always been part of Texas life, but it has never belonged to the state.
When government begins enforcing one version of belief, it stops protecting faith and starts weaponizing it. That does not strengthen religion. It cheapens it. Faith that requires government backing is not faith—it is insecurity dressed up as authority.
People believe deeply without being coerced. The state does not need to supervise that.
Freedom Means Leaving People Alone
Texas politicians love to invoke freedom while inserting themselves into private decisions about bodies, families, education, and belief. That is not freedom. It is control wrapped in familiar language.
True freedom is not loud. It is boring. It is the quiet confidence that your neighbor’s life choices are none of your business unless they cause real harm. A free society tolerates disagreement without demanding conformity.
If a belief system is strong, it does not need the force of law to survive.
Religion in Schools Without Indoctrination
Teaching about religion is not the same thing as preaching it. Students benefit from understanding the beliefs that shape history, culture, and global affairs. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Indigenous traditions, and secular ethics all belong in a serious education.
Teaching one belief as truth while excluding others is not education. It is indoctrination. Texas should be confident enough to teach broadly without fear.
Knowledge does not weaken faith. It strengthens discernment.
The Myth of Moral Decline
Texas politics often leans on claims of moral collapse to justify intrusion into private life. These claims rarely hold up under scrutiny. Crime trends, family structures, and social behavior are influenced far more by economics, education, and stability than by religious enforcement.
Blaming social problems on belief differences avoids addressing harder causes like poverty, healthcare access, housing, and education. Moral panic is easier than policy work.
A serious state solves problems instead of sermonizing about them.
Faith Communities Do Real Work
Faith-based organizations are often the first to respond when communities struggle. They feed people, shelter families, provide counseling, and show up quietly without demanding credit. That work matters. It deserves respect and support.
What it does not require is political dominance. Faith communities are strongest when they act voluntarily, not when they are fused to state power.
Service speaks louder than slogans.
Freedom of Conscience Cuts Both Ways
Freedom of religion includes the freedom not to believe. It includes the freedom to change beliefs. It includes the freedom to practice quietly without public approval. Protecting conscience means accepting outcomes you may personally dislike.
That is the price of liberty. It is also its strength.
Texas cannot claim to honor freedom while punishing people for living differently.
When Government Picks Winners
History offers no shortage of warnings about governments that decide which beliefs are acceptable. Even when intentions begin as sincere, outcomes tend toward exclusion, resentment, and abuse. Texas is not immune to that pattern.
Keeping church and state separate does not weaken either. It protects both from corruption.
Personal Faith, Public Restraint
Leaders are allowed their faith. They are allowed to be guided by conscience. What they are not allowed to do is impose that conscience as law when it infringes on the rights of others.
Restraint is not betrayal. It is maturity.
What a Confident Texas Would Do
A confident Texas would protect freedom of worship for everyone and freedom from coercion for everyone else. It would teach religion academically, not devotionally. It would trust families and individuals to handle belief without supervision.
Most of all, it would stop confusing moral authority with legal power.
Why This Matters Going Forward
Faith will continue to shape Texas culture. That is not in question. The question is whether it will be used to inspire service and compassion—or to justify intrusion and control.
Freedom survives only when people mind their own damn business.
Texas is strong enough to do that.
This essay will be archived as part of the ongoing WPS News Monthly Brief Series available through Amazon.
References (APA)
#churchAndState #CivilLiberties #educationPolicy #personalFreedom #religiousFreedom #TexasPolitics #TexasReligion #WPSNews
Pew Research Center. (2025). Religious diversity and belief in the United States.
First Amendment Center. (2025). Religion, government, and constitutional boundaries.
National Council of State Legislatures. (2025). Religious freedom and public policy analysis.
Gallup. (2025). Public attitudes toward religion and government.
American Academy of Religion. (2025). Teaching religion in public education. -
Texas: Faith, Freedom, and Mind Your Damn Business
By Cliff Potts, CSO
Editor-in-Chief, WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 4, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PHT
Texas talks about faith constantly and practices freedom inconsistently. Religion is waved like a banner while personal liberty is quietly narrowed, regulated, or punished when it doesn’t line up with political fashion. This contradiction has become so normal that many Texans barely notice it anymore.
Faith is not the problem. Power is.
Faith Is Personal, Not Administrative
Texas is home to churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, meeting houses, and people who believe quietly or not at all. That pluralism is not a flaw. It is a fact. Faith has always been part of Texas life, but it has never belonged to the state.
When government begins enforcing one version of belief, it stops protecting faith and starts weaponizing it. That does not strengthen religion. It cheapens it. Faith that requires government backing is not faith—it is insecurity dressed up as authority.
People believe deeply without being coerced. The state does not need to supervise that.
Freedom Means Leaving People Alone
Texas politicians love to invoke freedom while inserting themselves into private decisions about bodies, families, education, and belief. That is not freedom. It is control wrapped in familiar language.
True freedom is not loud. It is boring. It is the quiet confidence that your neighbor’s life choices are none of your business unless they cause real harm. A free society tolerates disagreement without demanding conformity.
If a belief system is strong, it does not need the force of law to survive.
Religion in Schools Without Indoctrination
Teaching about religion is not the same thing as preaching it. Students benefit from understanding the beliefs that shape history, culture, and global affairs. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Indigenous traditions, and secular ethics all belong in a serious education.
Teaching one belief as truth while excluding others is not education. It is indoctrination. Texas should be confident enough to teach broadly without fear.
Knowledge does not weaken faith. It strengthens discernment.
The Myth of Moral Decline
Texas politics often leans on claims of moral collapse to justify intrusion into private life. These claims rarely hold up under scrutiny. Crime trends, family structures, and social behavior are influenced far more by economics, education, and stability than by religious enforcement.
Blaming social problems on belief differences avoids addressing harder causes like poverty, healthcare access, housing, and education. Moral panic is easier than policy work.
A serious state solves problems instead of sermonizing about them.
Faith Communities Do Real Work
Faith-based organizations are often the first to respond when communities struggle. They feed people, shelter families, provide counseling, and show up quietly without demanding credit. That work matters. It deserves respect and support.
What it does not require is political dominance. Faith communities are strongest when they act voluntarily, not when they are fused to state power.
Service speaks louder than slogans.
Freedom of Conscience Cuts Both Ways
Freedom of religion includes the freedom not to believe. It includes the freedom to change beliefs. It includes the freedom to practice quietly without public approval. Protecting conscience means accepting outcomes you may personally dislike.
That is the price of liberty. It is also its strength.
Texas cannot claim to honor freedom while punishing people for living differently.
When Government Picks Winners
History offers no shortage of warnings about governments that decide which beliefs are acceptable. Even when intentions begin as sincere, outcomes tend toward exclusion, resentment, and abuse. Texas is not immune to that pattern.
Keeping church and state separate does not weaken either. It protects both from corruption.
Personal Faith, Public Restraint
Leaders are allowed their faith. They are allowed to be guided by conscience. What they are not allowed to do is impose that conscience as law when it infringes on the rights of others.
Restraint is not betrayal. It is maturity.
What a Confident Texas Would Do
A confident Texas would protect freedom of worship for everyone and freedom from coercion for everyone else. It would teach religion academically, not devotionally. It would trust families and individuals to handle belief without supervision.
Most of all, it would stop confusing moral authority with legal power.
Why This Matters Going Forward
Faith will continue to shape Texas culture. That is not in question. The question is whether it will be used to inspire service and compassion—or to justify intrusion and control.
Freedom survives only when people mind their own damn business.
Texas is strong enough to do that.
This essay will be archived as part of the ongoing WPS News Monthly Brief Series available through Amazon.
References (APA)
#churchAndState #CivilLiberties #educationPolicy #personalFreedom #religiousFreedom #TexasPolitics #TexasReligion #WPSNews
Pew Research Center. (2025). Religious diversity and belief in the United States.
First Amendment Center. (2025). Religion, government, and constitutional boundaries.
National Council of State Legislatures. (2025). Religious freedom and public policy analysis.
Gallup. (2025). Public attitudes toward religion and government.
American Academy of Religion. (2025). Teaching religion in public education. -
Why I Had to Leave: I Was Done Asking Permission
I wanted a freer life. First, I had to stop waiting for an approved way out. The last…
#Economy #cbdc #centralbank #CentralBankDigitalCurrency #CentralBanks #emigration #expatlife #expatriation #freedom #governmentcontrol #individualliberty #InternationalLiving #leavingGermany #movingabroad #movingtoParaguay #Paraguay #PersonalFreedom #residencyabroad #self-government
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Freedom Day Five Years In.
It’s really been five years since they gave me the boot.
First off, let me start with saying, “no regrets.” Let me be the first to say I don’t miss the corporate grind or the corporate culture in the slightest. I definitely don’t miss four nights on, four nights off rotating while working 12-hour shifts. I certainly don’t miss the management.
As the Weird Al song Amish Paradise says, “I really don’t care, in fact I wish him (them) well
‘Cause I’ll be laughing my head off when he’s (they’re) burning in Hell”
That particular company will always have a spot of disdain and loathing with me for the rest of my life just given the way that last year went. (I still have PTSD from the butt chewings.) I won’t set foot in one of their establishments, and my family is free to do so only as long as I don’t hear about it. (LOL!)But hey, I should be grateful, right?
That’s true. I am grateful. I’m more grateful to my loving wife for not kicking me to the curb during the lowest point of my whole life up to that point. But not having the burden of a regular job also came at the financial cost of not having a regular job.
About the time unemployment benefits ran out and the whole insane disability application process got rolling, I realized that being broke kinda sucks. Luckily for me I write from home. I hate being around people in general and don’t leave the house unless there’s no other alternative. Funny how no one in their right mind wants to hire me and I’m really, really okay with that fact.
Fast Forward four years and here we are.
It’s wonderful how I can never leave the house and still have plenty of things to talk about here within my own adorable little niche corner of the Internet. I’m glad I held off on the spiritual/self help guru idea that I had back in 2019-2020. I’m still following UFO/UAP, ET Experiencers, and paranormal topics daily; but again I’m not pursuing those interests past learning more about the subjects.
The way things are now I only deal with the people I want to have in my life or want to meet. If you’re in my kinda inner circle, family, tribe, (whatever-we’re-calling-it-today) chances are it’s because I really want you here. I don’t bestow that level of trust lightly since July 2021.
My hobby is one of the few things that keep me going.
Yeah, I know I likely would benefit from therapy. I sure can’t wait to inflict my own brand of weirdness upon the next unsuspecting therapist. If I wasn’t flunking every depression questionnaire the doctor hands me plus I’m already medicated to the nines for depression and anxiety. I wish some of these medical folks would just accept that I’m not meant to function in neurotypical society.
That’s one of the interesting parts of being a tabletop roleplaying gamer. We accept just about everybody. That has not changed since the dawn first broke over the hobby. Almost every gamer I’ve ever known has been just a wee bit different than most people around them. I’ve earned the right to fly my freak flag high at this point and will gladly continue doing so for as long as I’m around. Contrary to what some of these new kids in the hobby might say, we never turned anyone away based on gender, disability, political stance (*except Nazis,) religion, LGBTQIA+ affiliation, neurodiversity, or any other differences you can name. There were just too few of us in those days and chances are if you fit into our gaming group, you fit into our lives elsewhere, too.
Turning my passion for TTRPGs into sort of a job amongst YouTube, this blog, and DriveThruRPG has given me many more reasons to get up every day. I wouldn’t say it’s a “job” so much as a calling. If I wasn’t constantly involved in some aspect of my hobby, what would I be doing? Would I not be miserable doing so? I figured out in early 2022 this is where I belong.
This blog has been my lifeline.
When I did what I would call a rebranding in 2022, after spending over six months laying on the couch playing Fortnite, I decided to blog every single day. I felt like I was checking in even if I was barking in the dark. It gave me something to look forward to every day. Obviously not the same as a cash-paying job and we’re still no closer to monetization now than we were then, but at least it’s something regular. For nearly three years I felt compelled to do it daily even if I didn’t have much to say.
I finally relaxed a little bit on blogging after YouTube began to take off. Now, we still have a long, long way to go on YouTube on multiple fronts. As soon as the kids go back to school or the weather cools off significantly here in Iowa, I will resume creating audio to go with some sort of visuals. I’ve got plenty of video topics I want to cover as soon as I can go without being interrupted. The blog is a lot easier to get around to doing as long as I’m not getting the “Hey Dad!” every ten minutes. It’s gotten better, though.
DriveThruRPG is a different animal. I love publishing on there. I have so many ideas and so little time sometimes. I know I might sound delusional, but I have notebooks filling up with sourcebook ideas, adventures, tables, and all kinds of other things that I haven’t done here yet. There’s always been a disconnect between the blog and the projects. When I hit certain blogging milestones, I plan to change all of that.
I’m still around in one form or another. I’m still creating content for various platforms. Still a good duck. (Yippee!)
I’m my own employer and my own best employee.
As much as I joke about The OG GM being my boss, I’m really only held accountable for my actions here and elsewhere by one guy; me. I write the schedules. I create the deadlines. I revise everything when I have a pain flare, the depression hits like a ton of bricks, or one of the kids comes home sick from school. Hey, I never said I was perfect. Stuff happens. That’s life.
I would gladly accept a bag full of money; a position writing for an established TTRPG company; one of my own works to “go viral;” my entire DriveThruRPG wish list to be cleaned off and on its way to my house; all expense paid trips to conventions to speak on TTRPG related topics; and a private studio to record YouTube videos, but that’s all vision board stuff. Those are what my markers for success right now. I’d be happy for a cup of coffee and a quiet conversation about a game these days. Or just peace and quiet…
As always, more to come. I’m plugging away at several things and staying disconnected from social media (for the most part) has helped with the FOMO and imposter syndrome. I’m getting more done or what I feel are more meaningful things done. This article series might be ending or not depending on how I feel about it a month from now.
There is no adequate substitute for having my time free to pursue the things I want to go after in the way I want to do it. I love and respect you if you’re still in the daily struggle. I get it. Do what you gotta do to get by. But if the opportunity to do what you love and still get paid for it comes around, please say “Yes.”
I say it every year, but I think 2026 bears repeating it. This year I intend to write more, read more, and discuss cool TTRPGs as well as supplements. Most of all, let’s just have more fun. Let’s explore. Let’s save the kingdom from the evil warlord. Let’s discuss all the fun stuff in gaming that we love.
With the world in the state it finds itself in today, please be kind. Please be considerate to one another even if we don’t agree. Lastly, please pursue the thing that brings you the most joy without harm to others. Thank you!
#Blog #PersonalShare #Personalblog #Personalfreedom #Rpgblog #Rpgblogger #Rpgwriter #TTRPGblog #TTRPGblogger #Ttrpgwriter #life #mentalHealth #TTRPG #writing -
Freedom Day Five Years In.
It’s really been five years since they gave me the boot.
First off, let me start with saying, “no regrets.” Let me be the first to say I don’t miss the corporate grind or the corporate culture in the slightest. I definitely don’t miss four nights on, four nights off rotating while working 12-hour shifts. I certainly don’t miss the management.
As the Weird Al song Amish Paradise says, “I really don’t care, in fact I wish him (them) well
‘Cause I’ll be laughing my head off when he’s (they’re) burning in Hell”
That particular company will always have a spot of disdain and loathing with me for the rest of my life just given the way that last year went. (I still have PTSD from the butt chewings.) I won’t set foot in one of their establishments, and my family is free to do so only as long as I don’t hear about it. (LOL!)But hey, I should be grateful, right?
That’s true. I am grateful. I’m more grateful to my loving wife for not kicking me to the curb during the lowest point of my whole life up to that point. But not having the burden of a regular job also came at the financial cost of not having a regular job.
About the time unemployment benefits ran out and the whole insane disability application process got rolling, I realized that being broke kinda sucks. Luckily for me I write from home. I hate being around people in general and don’t leave the house unless there’s no other alternative. Funny how no one in their right mind wants to hire me and I’m really, really okay with that fact.
Fast Forward four years and here we are.
It’s wonderful how I can never leave the house and still have plenty of things to talk about here within my own adorable little niche corner of the Internet. I’m glad I held off on the spiritual/self help guru idea that I had back in 2019-2020. I’m still following UFO/UAP, ET Experiencers, and paranormal topics daily; but again I’m not pursuing those interests past learning more about the subjects.
The way things are now I only deal with the people I want to have in my life or want to meet. If you’re in my kinda inner circle, family, tribe, (whatever-we’re-calling-it-today) chances are it’s because I really want you here. I don’t bestow that level of trust lightly since July 2021.
My hobby is one of the few things that keep me going.
Yeah, I know I likely would benefit from therapy. I sure can’t wait to inflict my own brand of weirdness upon the next unsuspecting therapist. If I wasn’t flunking every depression questionnaire the doctor hands me plus I’m already medicated to the nines for depression and anxiety. I wish some of these medical folks would just accept that I’m not meant to function in neurotypical society.
That’s one of the interesting parts of being a tabletop roleplaying gamer. We accept just about everybody. That has not changed since the dawn first broke over the hobby. Almost every gamer I’ve ever known has been just a wee bit different than most people around them. I’ve earned the right to fly my freak flag high at this point and will gladly continue doing so for as long as I’m around. Contrary to what some of these new kids in the hobby might say, we never turned anyone away based on gender, disability, political stance (*except Nazis,) religion, LGBTQIA+ affiliation, neurodiversity, or any other differences you can name. There were just too few of us in those days and chances are if you fit into our gaming group, you fit into our lives elsewhere, too.
Turning my passion for TTRPGs into sort of a job amongst YouTube, this blog, and DriveThruRPG has given me many more reasons to get up every day. I wouldn’t say it’s a “job” so much as a calling. If I wasn’t constantly involved in some aspect of my hobby, what would I be doing? Would I not be miserable doing so? I figured out in early 2022 this is where I belong.
This blog has been my lifeline.
When I did what I would call a rebranding in 2022, after spending over six months laying on the couch playing Fortnite, I decided to blog every single day. I felt like I was checking in even if I was barking in the dark. It gave me something to look forward to every day. Obviously not the same as a cash-paying job and we’re still no closer to monetization now than we were then, but at least it’s something regular. For nearly three years I felt compelled to do it daily even if I didn’t have much to say.
I finally relaxed a little bit on blogging after YouTube began to take off. Now, we still have a long, long way to go on YouTube on multiple fronts. As soon as the kids go back to school or the weather cools off significantly here in Iowa, I will resume creating audio to go with some sort of visuals. I’ve got plenty of video topics I want to cover as soon as I can go without being interrupted. The blog is a lot easier to get around to doing as long as I’m not getting the “Hey Dad!” every ten minutes. It’s gotten better, though.
DriveThruRPG is a different animal. I love publishing on there. I have so many ideas and so little time sometimes. I know I might sound delusional, but I have notebooks filling up with sourcebook ideas, adventures, tables, and all kinds of other things that I haven’t done here yet. There’s always been a disconnect between the blog and the projects. When I hit certain blogging milestones, I plan to change all of that.
I’m still around in one form or another. I’m still creating content for various platforms. Still a good duck. (Yippee!)
I’m my own employer and my own best employee.
As much as I joke about The OG GM being my boss, I’m really only held accountable for my actions here and elsewhere by one guy; me. I write the schedules. I create the deadlines. I revise everything when I have a pain flare, the depression hits like a ton of bricks, or one of the kids comes home sick from school. Hey, I never said I was perfect. Stuff happens. That’s life.
I would gladly accept a bag full of money; a position writing for an established TTRPG company; one of my own works to “go viral;” my entire DriveThruRPG wish list to be cleaned off and on its way to my house; all expense paid trips to conventions to speak on TTRPG related topics; and a private studio to record YouTube videos, but that’s all vision board stuff. Those are what my markers for success right now. I’d be happy for a cup of coffee and a quiet conversation about a game these days. Or just peace and quiet…
As always, more to come. I’m plugging away at several things and staying disconnected from social media (for the most part) has helped with the FOMO and imposter syndrome. I’m getting more done or what I feel are more meaningful things done. This article series might be ending or not depending on how I feel about it a month from now.
There is no adequate substitute for having my time free to pursue the things I want to go after in the way I want to do it. I love and respect you if you’re still in the daily struggle. I get it. Do what you gotta do to get by. But if the opportunity to do what you love and still get paid for it comes around, please say “Yes.”
I say it every year, but I think 2026 bears repeating it. This year I intend to write more, read more, and discuss cool TTRPGs as well as supplements. Most of all, let’s just have more fun. Let’s explore. Let’s save the kingdom from the evil warlord. Let’s discuss all the fun stuff in gaming that we love.
With the world in the state it finds itself in today, please be kind. Please be considerate to one another even if we don’t agree. Lastly, please pursue the thing that brings you the most joy without harm to others. Thank you!
#Blog #PersonalShare #Personalblog #Personalfreedom #Rpgblog #Rpgblogger #Rpgwriter #TTRPGblog #TTRPGblogger #Ttrpgwriter #life #mentalHealth #TTRPG #writing -
Freedom Day Five Years In.
It’s really been five years since they gave me the boot.
First off, let me start with saying, “no regrets.” Let me be the first to say I don’t miss the corporate grind or the corporate culture in the slightest. I definitely don’t miss four nights on, four nights off rotating while working 12-hour shifts. I certainly don’t miss the management.
As the Weird Al song Amish Paradise says, “I really don’t care, in fact I wish him (them) well
‘Cause I’ll be laughing my head off when he’s (they’re) burning in Hell”
That particular company will always have a spot of disdain and loathing with me for the rest of my life just given the way that last year went. (I still have PTSD from the butt chewings.) I won’t set foot in one of their establishments, and my family is free to do so only as long as I don’t hear about it. (LOL!)But hey, I should be grateful, right?
That’s true. I am grateful. I’m more grateful to my loving wife for not kicking me to the curb during the lowest point of my whole life up to that point. But not having the burden of a regular job also came at the financial cost of not having a regular job.
About the time unemployment benefits ran out and the whole insane disability application process got rolling, I realized that being broke kinda sucks. Luckily for me I write from home. I hate being around people in general and don’t leave the house unless there’s no other alternative. Funny how no one in their right mind wants to hire me and I’m really, really okay with that fact.
Fast Forward four years and here we are.
It’s wonderful how I can never leave the house and still have plenty of things to talk about here within my own adorable little niche corner of the Internet. I’m glad I held off on the spiritual/self help guru idea that I had back in 2019-2020. I’m still following UFO/UAP, ET Experiencers, and paranormal topics daily; but again I’m not pursuing those interests past learning more about the subjects.
The way things are now I only deal with the people I want to have in my life or want to meet. If you’re in my kinda inner circle, family, tribe, (whatever-we’re-calling-it-today) chances are it’s because I really want you here. I don’t bestow that level of trust lightly since July 2021.
My hobby is one of the few things that keep me going.
Yeah, I know I likely would benefit from therapy. I sure can’t wait to inflict my own brand of weirdness upon the next unsuspecting therapist. If I wasn’t flunking every depression questionnaire the doctor hands me plus I’m already medicated to the nines for depression and anxiety. I wish some of these medical folks would just accept that I’m not meant to function in neurotypical society.
That’s one of the interesting parts of being a tabletop roleplaying gamer. We accept just about everybody. That has not changed since the dawn first broke over the hobby. Almost every gamer I’ve ever known has been just a wee bit different than most people around them. I’ve earned the right to fly my freak flag high at this point and will gladly continue doing so for as long as I’m around. Contrary to what some of these new kids in the hobby might say, we never turned anyone away based on gender, disability, political stance (*except Nazis,) religion, LGBTQIA+ affiliation, neurodiversity, or any other differences you can name. There were just too few of us in those days and chances are if you fit into our gaming group, you fit into our lives elsewhere, too.
Turning my passion for TTRPGs into sort of a job amongst YouTube, this blog, and DriveThruRPG has given me many more reasons to get up every day. I wouldn’t say it’s a “job” so much as a calling. If I wasn’t constantly involved in some aspect of my hobby, what would I be doing? Would I not be miserable doing so? I figured out in early 2022 this is where I belong.
This blog has been my lifeline.
When I did what I would call a rebranding in 2022, after spending over six months laying on the couch playing Fortnite, I decided to blog every single day. I felt like I was checking in even if I was barking in the dark. It gave me something to look forward to every day. Obviously not the same as a cash-paying job and we’re still no closer to monetization now than we were then, but at least it’s something regular. For nearly three years I felt compelled to do it daily even if I didn’t have much to say.
I finally relaxed a little bit on blogging after YouTube began to take off. Now, we still have a long, long way to go on YouTube on multiple fronts. As soon as the kids go back to school or the weather cools off significantly here in Iowa, I will resume creating audio to go with some sort of visuals. I’ve got plenty of video topics I want to cover as soon as I can go without being interrupted. The blog is a lot easier to get around to doing as long as I’m not getting the “Hey Dad!” every ten minutes. It’s gotten better, though.
DriveThruRPG is a different animal. I love publishing on there. I have so many ideas and so little time sometimes. I know I might sound delusional, but I have notebooks filling up with sourcebook ideas, adventures, tables, and all kinds of other things that I haven’t done here yet. There’s always been a disconnect between the blog and the projects. When I hit certain blogging milestones, I plan to change all of that.
I’m still around in one form or another. I’m still creating content for various platforms. Still a good duck. (Yippee!)
I’m my own employer and my own best employee.
As much as I joke about The OG GM being my boss, I’m really only held accountable for my actions here and elsewhere by one guy; me. I write the schedules. I create the deadlines. I revise everything when I have a pain flare, the depression hits like a ton of bricks, or one of the kids comes home sick from school. Hey, I never said I was perfect. Stuff happens. That’s life.
I would gladly accept a bag full of money; a position writing for an established TTRPG company; one of my own works to “go viral;” my entire DriveThruRPG wish list to be cleaned off and on its way to my house; all expense paid trips to conventions to speak on TTRPG related topics; and a private studio to record YouTube videos, but that’s all vision board stuff. Those are what my markers for success right now. I’d be happy for a cup of coffee and a quiet conversation about a game these days. Or just peace and quiet…
As always, more to come. I’m plugging away at several things and staying disconnected from social media (for the most part) has helped with the FOMO and imposter syndrome. I’m getting more done or what I feel are more meaningful things done. This article series might be ending or not depending on how I feel about it a month from now.
There is no adequate substitute for having my time free to pursue the things I want to go after in the way I want to do it. I love and respect you if you’re still in the daily struggle. I get it. Do what you gotta do to get by. But if the opportunity to do what you love and still get paid for it comes around, please say “Yes.”
I say it every year, but I think 2026 bears repeating it. This year I intend to write more, read more, and discuss cool TTRPGs as well as supplements. Most of all, let’s just have more fun. Let’s explore. Let’s save the kingdom from the evil warlord. Let’s discuss all the fun stuff in gaming that we love.
With the world in the state it finds itself in today, please be kind. Please be considerate to one another even if we don’t agree. Lastly, please pursue the thing that brings you the most joy without harm to others. Thank you!
#Blog #PersonalShare #Personalblog #Personalfreedom #Rpgblog #Rpgblogger #Rpgwriter #TTRPGblog #TTRPGblogger #Ttrpgwriter #life #mentalHealth #TTRPG #writing -
Freedom Day Five Years In.
It’s really been five years since they gave me the boot.
First off, let me start with saying, “no regrets.” Let me be the first to say I don’t miss the corporate grind or the corporate culture in the slightest. I definitely don’t miss four nights on, four nights off rotating while working 12-hour shifts. I certainly don’t miss the management.
As the Weird Al song Amish Paradise says, “I really don’t care, in fact I wish him (them) well
‘Cause I’ll be laughing my head off when he’s (they’re) burning in Hell”
That particular company will always have a spot of disdain and loathing with me for the rest of my life just given the way that last year went. (I still have PTSD from the butt chewings.) I won’t set foot in one of their establishments, and my family is free to do so only as long as I don’t hear about it. (LOL!)But hey, I should be grateful, right?
That’s true. I am grateful. I’m more grateful to my loving wife for not kicking me to the curb during the lowest point of my whole life up to that point. But not having the burden of a regular job also came at the financial cost of not having a regular job.
About the time unemployment benefits ran out and the whole insane disability application process got rolling, I realized that being broke kinda sucks. Luckily for me I write from home. I hate being around people in general and don’t leave the house unless there’s no other alternative. Funny how no one in their right mind wants to hire me and I’m really, really okay with that fact.
Fast Forward four years and here we are.
It’s wonderful how I can never leave the house and still have plenty of things to talk about here within my own adorable little niche corner of the Internet. I’m glad I held off on the spiritual/self help guru idea that I had back in 2019-2020. I’m still following UFO/UAP, ET Experiencers, and paranormal topics daily; but again I’m not pursuing those interests past learning more about the subjects.
The way things are now I only deal with the people I want to have in my life or want to meet. If you’re in my kinda inner circle, family, tribe, (whatever-we’re-calling-it-today) chances are it’s because I really want you here. I don’t bestow that level of trust lightly since July 2021.
My hobby is one of the few things that keep me going.
Yeah, I know I likely would benefit from therapy. I sure can’t wait to inflict my own brand of weirdness upon the next unsuspecting therapist. If I wasn’t flunking every depression questionnaire the doctor hands me plus I’m already medicated to the nines for depression and anxiety. I wish some of these medical folks would just accept that I’m not meant to function in neurotypical society.
That’s one of the interesting parts of being a tabletop roleplaying gamer. We accept just about everybody. That has not changed since the dawn first broke over the hobby. Almost every gamer I’ve ever known has been just a wee bit different than most people around them. I’ve earned the right to fly my freak flag high at this point and will gladly continue doing so for as long as I’m around. Contrary to what some of these new kids in the hobby might say, we never turned anyone away based on gender, disability, political stance (*except Nazis,) religion, LGBTQIA+ affiliation, neurodiversity, or any other differences you can name. There were just too few of us in those days and chances are if you fit into our gaming group, you fit into our lives elsewhere, too.
Turning my passion for TTRPGs into sort of a job amongst YouTube, this blog, and DriveThruRPG has given me many more reasons to get up every day. I wouldn’t say it’s a “job” so much as a calling. If I wasn’t constantly involved in some aspect of my hobby, what would I be doing? Would I not be miserable doing so? I figured out in early 2022 this is where I belong.
This blog has been my lifeline.
When I did what I would call a rebranding in 2022, after spending over six months laying on the couch playing Fortnite, I decided to blog every single day. I felt like I was checking in even if I was barking in the dark. It gave me something to look forward to every day. Obviously not the same as a cash-paying job and we’re still no closer to monetization now than we were then, but at least it’s something regular. For nearly three years I felt compelled to do it daily even if I didn’t have much to say.
I finally relaxed a little bit on blogging after YouTube began to take off. Now, we still have a long, long way to go on YouTube on multiple fronts. As soon as the kids go back to school or the weather cools off significantly here in Iowa, I will resume creating audio to go with some sort of visuals. I’ve got plenty of video topics I want to cover as soon as I can go without being interrupted. The blog is a lot easier to get around to doing as long as I’m not getting the “Hey Dad!” every ten minutes. It’s gotten better, though.
DriveThruRPG is a different animal. I love publishing on there. I have so many ideas and so little time sometimes. I know I might sound delusional, but I have notebooks filling up with sourcebook ideas, adventures, tables, and all kinds of other things that I haven’t done here yet. There’s always been a disconnect between the blog and the projects. When I hit certain blogging milestones, I plan to change all of that.
I’m still around in one form or another. I’m still creating content for various platforms. Still a good duck. (Yippee!)
I’m my own employer and my own best employee.
As much as I joke about The OG GM being my boss, I’m really only held accountable for my actions here and elsewhere by one guy; me. I write the schedules. I create the deadlines. I revise everything when I have a pain flare, the depression hits like a ton of bricks, or one of the kids comes home sick from school. Hey, I never said I was perfect. Stuff happens. That’s life.
I would gladly accept a bag full of money; a position writing for an established TTRPG company; one of my own works to “go viral;” my entire DriveThruRPG wish list to be cleaned off and on its way to my house; all expense paid trips to conventions to speak on TTRPG related topics; and a private studio to record YouTube videos, but that’s all vision board stuff. Those are what my markers for success right now. I’d be happy for a cup of coffee and a quiet conversation about a game these days. Or just peace and quiet…
As always, more to come. I’m plugging away at several things and staying disconnected from social media (for the most part) has helped with the FOMO and imposter syndrome. I’m getting more done or what I feel are more meaningful things done. This article series might be ending or not depending on how I feel about it a month from now.
There is no adequate substitute for having my time free to pursue the things I want to go after in the way I want to do it. I love and respect you if you’re still in the daily struggle. I get it. Do what you gotta do to get by. But if the opportunity to do what you love and still get paid for it comes around, please say “Yes.”
I say it every year, but I think 2026 bears repeating it. This year I intend to write more, read more, and discuss cool TTRPGs as well as supplements. Most of all, let’s just have more fun. Let’s explore. Let’s save the kingdom from the evil warlord. Let’s discuss all the fun stuff in gaming that we love.
With the world in the state it finds itself in today, please be kind. Please be considerate to one another even if we don’t agree. Lastly, please pursue the thing that brings you the most joy without harm to others. Thank you!
#Blog #PersonalShare #Personalblog #Personalfreedom #Rpgblog #Rpgblogger #Rpgwriter #TTRPGblog #TTRPGblogger #Ttrpgwriter #life #mentalHealth #TTRPG #writing -
What truly matters in friendships? 🤔 It's about supporting each other's happiness and safety, no matter the choices. A little reminder to focus on what counts. New video now! ✨ #PersonalFreedom #Acceptance #LiveAndLetLive
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What truly matters in friendships? 🤔 It's about supporting each other's happiness and safety, no matter the choices. A little reminder to focus on what counts. New video now! ✨ #PersonalFreedom #Acceptance #LiveAndLetLive
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What truly matters in friendships? 🤔 It's about supporting each other's happiness and safety, no matter the choices. A little reminder to focus on what counts. New video now! ✨ #PersonalFreedom #Acceptance #LiveAndLetLive
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli
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✮ Dreaming of Vanilla After Dark ✮
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https://www.europesays.com/people/65095/ “B****es. Money. No Taxes. Party.”: Elon Musk’s Cryptic X Post Divides the Internet, Again #BusinessCulture #ElonMusk #InternetCulture #Musk #PersonalFreedom #PublicStatement
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/31219/ Syrians protest against alcohol sale limits, personal freedom curbs #AgenceFrancePresse #AlcoholSales #BabTuma #BasharAlAssad #ChristianNeighbourhoods #Damascus #HananAssi #IslamistAuthorities #Latakia #PersonalFreedom #RamiKoussa #SectarianDivisions #SectarianViolence #Syria #SyrianCapital #Syrians
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Manchmal fühlt es sich so an, als würden wir nur noch funktionieren #NobodyAsks #DuBistDieFunktion #PlatonischerRebell #GothicMetal #IndustrialMetal #DarkRock #SymphonicMetal #Melancholic #Düster #RebellionSong #SelfEmpowerment #InnerStrength #PersonalFreedom #BreakFree #NeueMusik #StreamingNow
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दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट की बड़ी टिप्पणी: ‘लिव‑इन रिलेशनशिप’ भी शादी जैसी, सुरक्षा का आदेश।
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दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट की बड़ी टिप्पणी: ‘लिव‑इन रिलेशनशिप’ भी शादी जैसी, सुरक्षा का आदेश।
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_livin_relationship_court
#LiveInRelationship #DelhiHighCourt #LegalProtection #PartnerChoice #FamilyThreats #PersonalFreedom #Judiciary #IndianLaw #SocialEquality #News
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दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट की बड़ी टिप्पणी: ‘लिव‑इन रिलेशनशिप’ भी शादी जैसी, सुरक्षा का आदेश।
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_livin_relationship_court
#LiveInRelationship #DelhiHighCourt #LegalProtection #PartnerChoice #FamilyThreats #PersonalFreedom #Judiciary #IndianLaw #SocialEquality #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/302444/ New CDC Vaccine Chair Prioritizes Personal Choice #acip #covid #Éire #flu #Health #IE #Ireland #Mandate #measles #PersonalFreedom #polio #PublicHealth #Safety #Vaccine
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Until you are willing to look stupid, you will never be free.
https://wp.me/p84YjG-acJ #PersonalFreedom #FearOfJudgment #TakingRisks
#SelfGrowth #MindsetShift
#HumanBehavior #growth #risk
#ConfidenceBuilding #zsoltzsembahttps://zsoltzsemba.com/until-youre-willing-to-look-stupid-you-will-never-be-free/
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Mỗi người có một cách tận hưởng Tết riêng. Tôi chọn đi du lịch cùng bạn bè, không có nghĩa là vô tâm hay bất hiếu. Xin đừng phán xét người khác chỉ vì họ sống khác bạn. Trân trọng sự lựa chọn của nhau, đó mới là Tết nhân văn.
#Tết #DuLichTet #SongTheoCachMingMuon #DungPhanXet #TetKhacNhau #Lifestyle #Travel #LunarNewYear #ChooseYourOwnWay #Respect #TetViet #ChanDungCaNhan #PersonalFreedom #TựDoCáNhân
https://vtcnews.vn/nguyen-mua-tet-toi-di-du-lich-cung-ban-be-xin-dung-phan-xet-ar997326.html
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Mỗi người có một cách tận hưởng Tết riêng. Tôi chọn đi du lịch cùng bạn bè, không có nghĩa là vô tâm hay bất hiếu. Xin đừng phán xét người khác chỉ vì họ sống khác bạn. Trân trọng sự lựa chọn của nhau, đó mới là Tết nhân văn.
#Tết #DuLichTet #SongTheoCachMingMuon #DungPhanXet #TetKhacNhau #Lifestyle #Travel #LunarNewYear #ChooseYourOwnWay #Respect #TetViet #ChanDungCaNhan #PersonalFreedom #TựDoCáNhân
https://vtcnews.vn/nguyen-mua-tet-toi-di-du-lich-cung-ban-be-xin-dung-phan-xet-ar997326.html
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Be yourself. If you water yourself down to please people or to fit in or to not offend anyone, you lose the power, the passion, the freedom and the joy of being uniquely you. It's much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself. - Dan Coppersmith
#AuthenticSelf #BeYourself #UnapologeticallyYou #SelfLove #Authenticity #PersonalFreedom #SelfAcceptance #Quotes #ShareInspireQuotes
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@marleenstikker @roeldobbe @dmugge Het probleem met „publieke waarden“ is dat het hele #extreemrechtse blok en hun kiezers hun morele compas compleet kwijt zijn. Ik zie maar weinig initiatief in de openbare ruimte om fundamentele waarden überhaupt nog te benoemen. #AI #techconcerns #digitalisering #innovatie #nofascism #humandignity #personalfreedom #sustainability #privacy
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@marleenstikker @roeldobbe @dmugge Het probleem met „publieke waarden“ is dat het hele #extreemrechtse blok en hun kiezers hun morele compas compleet kwijt zijn. Ik zie maar weinig initiatief in de openbare ruimte om fundamentele waarden überhaupt nog te benoemen. #AI #techconcerns #digitalisering #innovatie #nofascism #humandignity #personalfreedom #sustainability #privacy
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@marleenstikker @roeldobbe @dmugge Het probleem met „publieke waarden“ is dat het hele #extreemrechtse blok en hun kiezers hun morele compas compleet kwijt zijn. Ik zie maar weinig initiatief in de openbare ruimte om fundamentele waarden überhaupt nog te benoemen. #AI #techconcerns #digitalisering #innovatie #nofascism #humandignity #personalfreedom #sustainability #privacy
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@marleenstikker @roeldobbe @dmugge Het probleem met „publieke waarden“ is dat het hele #extreemrechtse blok en hun kiezers hun morele compas compleet kwijt zijn. Ik zie maar weinig initiatief in de openbare ruimte om fundamentele waarden überhaupt nog te benoemen. #AI #techconcerns #digitalisering #innovatie #nofascism #humandignity #personalfreedom #sustainability #privacy
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🔥 The Board Break 7/10
Choices, not events, shape life.
Let go of the past.
Fear fades when we face it, not when we hide from it.
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I'm rejecting the illusion that a degree defines success. My worth is non-negotiable. This is my declaration of sovereignty against the debt machine, academic gatekeeping, and the global capitalist trap.
https://blog.kalvin.my/sovereignty-defined-rejecting-the-capitalist-education-trap/
#Sovereignty #Education #Finance #DebtFree #Capitalism #Activism #PersonalFreedom #Malaysia #LifeLessons #Knowledge
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I'm rejecting the illusion that a degree defines success. My worth is non-negotiable. This is my declaration of sovereignty against the debt machine, academic gatekeeping, and the global capitalist trap.
https://blog.kalvin.my/sovereignty-defined-rejecting-the-capitalist-education-trap/
#Sovereignty #Education #Finance #DebtFree #Capitalism #Activism #PersonalFreedom #Malaysia #LifeLessons #Knowledge
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Stoicism in the Age of Surveillance
Opening Insight
Fraud is a real threat. It costs governments billions, banks trillions, and citizens the security of their savings and identities. Each year, new scams emerge faster than regulators can write rules. Phishing, synthetic identities, deepfake voice calls. The methods multiply, and the losses mount. To counter this, institutions build stronger firewalls, stricter compliance checks, and ever-expanding webs of monitoring.
The justification is simple: we must protect the system. Yet each step forward in protection also tightens the circle around individual freedom. Every fraud-prevention protocol doubles as a surveillance mechanism. Biometric scanners at borders promise efficiency but normalize constant identification. Algorithms that track transactions to catch money launderers also record the intimate details of our lives.
Here lies the paradox. We want safety, but safety purchased at the cost of autonomy risks hollowing out the very dignity it is meant to protect. The surveillance that promises order may deliver conformity instead. And once conformity takes root, liberty is the first casualty.
This is not only a political question. It is also a philosophical one. What do we control in such a world? What must we endure, and what must we resist? In these questions, the ancient wisdom of Stoicism meets the modern dilemmas of surveillance society.
The Reality of Surveillance
We live in a world where fraud prevention has become the dominant justification for intrusive oversight. Banks are legally required to monitor transactions, flagging anything that looks unusual. Governments compel companies to store vast amounts of data under the banner of anti-money laundering laws. Social platforms scrape, analyze, and categorize human behavior to identify bad actors, and along the way, map our private lives in detail.
The scope of this monitoring expands quietly. Each new scandal, each fresh fraud, provides another reason to widen the net. A data breach here, a terrorist plot there, and suddenly a new law emerges requiring deeper access to personal information. It is rarely rolled back. What begins as targeted protection turns into default surveillance.
This is what scholars call surveillance creep. Small, justifiable measures gradually expand into permanent structures. ID checks at airports became biometric scans. Credit card fraud detection evolved into behavioral profiling. Fraud prevention in welfare programs led to predictive policing. Each step seems rational in isolation. Together, they create a system that treats every citizen as a suspect.
From a Stoic perspective, this is precisely the kind of external condition the individual cannot fully control. The structure of laws, the expansion of databases, the behavior of corporations, these belong to the domain of others. But to acknowledge this does not mean to surrender. It only means to see clearly what belongs to you, and what belongs to the system.
Stoicism as an Answer
The Stoics lived under empires, monarchies, and powers that dwarfed their personal agency. Marcus Aurelius, a philosopher-king, knew the tension of wielding authority while being trapped within the structures of history. Epictetus, born a slave, embodied the opposite perspective: stripped of freedom in every external sense, yet fiercely free in mind and soul.
Their philosophy was never about denial. It was about drawing boundaries between what is within your control, your choices, your values, your actions, and what lies beyond it. Stoicism insists that liberty is not primarily a political condition, but a moral one. A tyrant can chain the body but not the soul. A surveillance system can monitor your transactions, but it cannot dictate your principles.
This is where Stoicism speaks directly to our age. The cameras, algorithms, and compliance checks will not disappear tomorrow. Citizens cannot individually dismantle the systems of oversight. But they can refuse to internalize them as natural, inevitable, or justified. They can live without fear, without surrendering dignity, and without allowing the external to corrupt the internal.
To be Stoic today is to recognize that surveillance is real, and yet not absolute. It governs the external but cannot erase the inner life of conscience, character, and responsibility. That space remains sovereign.
Between Endurance and Resistance
Still, Stoicism alone is not enough. If we only accept external control, we risk confusing endurance with passivity. Marcus Aurelius reminded himself not only to endure but to act justly. Cato the Younger lived and died in resistance to tyranny, choosing death rather than surrendering to Caesar’s rule. Stoicism calls us to accept what cannot be changed, but also to resist what must not be normalized.
In our context, this means accepting that some surveillance is inevitable in a digital society, while refusing to accept that surveillance should be unlimited or unaccountable. It means using the tools we do control: voting, advocacy, encryption, decentralized systems, and the daily act of speaking against conformity. Endurance without resistance is resignation. Resistance without endurance is rage. The Stoic balance is to do both wisely.
The Ethical Cost of Conformity
Surveillance does not only strip privacy. It reshapes behavior. When people know they are watched, they act differently. They conform to expected norms, avoid risks, and suppress dissent. Over time, society becomes more obedient, but also less creative, less critical, and less free.
This is the quiet danger. Fraud may destroy wealth, but conformity destroys character. A free society depends not only on safety but on citizens willing to think, speak, and act without fear of punishment. The more surveillance expands, the more individuals hesitate. Self-censorship becomes habit. Habit becomes culture. Culture becomes silence.
A Stoic perspective sees this as the ultimate test. Can we act with integrity when watched? Can we choose freely even when algorithms judge us? Can we resist conformity by holding to values that surveillance cannot measure? These are not abstract questions. They are the daily choices of living under the gaze of modern systems.
A Citizen’s Compass
How then should a citizen live under surveillance? A Stoic compass offers guidance in three directions:
- Endure what cannot be changed. Accept that governments and corporations will continue to expand monitoring systems, but refuse to let this provoke fear or paralysis.
- Resist what must not be normalized. Speak against policies that erode liberty in the name of safety. Use your political agency, support privacy organizations, and practice technological self-defense.
- Guard the inner life. Surveillance can track actions but not virtues. Protect conscience, dignity, and clarity of thought. This inner freedom makes resistance possible.
This compass does not guarantee freedom from surveillance. It guarantees freedom within surveillance, the kind of freedom no law or camera can take away.
Toward a Balanced Future
The future will bring more monitoring, not less. Fraud prevention will demand it. Artificial intelligence will power it. Quantum sensing may accelerate it. We cannot expect to turn back the tide. But we can shape the principles by which surveillance operates.
Here, Stoicism and liberalism must walk together. Stoicism teaches us how to live with dignity in systems we cannot fully control. Liberalism teaches us to design systems that respect dignity even while securing safety. Together, they form the ethical backbone of citizenship in an age of surveillance.
The task ahead is not to abolish oversight, but to demand proportion. To ensure that surveillance serves security without becoming control. To protect against fraud without erasing freedom. To preserve the conditions of human dignity in the very structures that seek to protect society.
Conclusion
Fraud prevention is real. Surveillance is real. Neither will vanish. But the true danger is not the camera on the wall or the algorithm in the server. The true danger is when citizens surrender both their inner freedom and their outer voice.
Stoicism tells us to endure what lies beyond our power. Liberalism tells us to resist what threatens our sovereignty. Together, they call us to action: to endure without despair, and to resist without hatred.
We live in the age of surveillance. But living as free people within it requires both resilience and resistance. Citizens must refuse to accept chains as inevitable, and refuse to believe that their choices do not matter. Surveillance may watch us. It cannot decide for us.
#agency #conformity #DigitalEthics #digitalSociety #ethics #fraudPrevention #liberalism #modernStoicism #personalFreedom #philosophy #Privacy #resilience #securityAndLiberty #stoicism #surveillance
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Two years to freedom!
Exactly two years ago, I was sitting at my desk at my old job, bored, reading a blog post by a trans woman I had started following on Mastodon, when I saw this:
If you’re under the assumption that you’re a cis guy but have always dreamed of being a girl, and the only reason you haven’t transitioned is because you’re afraid you’ll be an “ugly” girl: That’s dysphoria. You’re literally trans girl already, hon.
I stopped reading. I stared at the webcomic with this accusation. My mind started spinning. I said to myself, “Oh. I think I should keep reading.”
I gave a detailed account of the following week in this blog post. In brief, that week culminated in a moment of existential panic that resolved into knowing who I was for the first time in my life. By that time, I had adopted a new name. Two months later, I started hormone treatment. Six months after that, my new name was official.
A lot has happened in the last two years. I feel like I’ve lived more than in the previous twenty years. I learned to love unconditionally. I’ve changed careers. I’ve moved. I’ve got boobs!
But most significantly, I’ve come to know who I am on a profound level. I’m a chaotic genderfluid nonbinary transcendgender woman. “Chaotic genderfluid” because my energy shifts around the whole field of gender identities, and even I can’t predict when and how it will shift. I’ve accepted that, no matter how much I yearn for complete femininity, I have masculine aspects that are an integral part of who I am; I’m definitely nonbinary.
But I don’t consider myself partially male, partially female. I’ve learned a lot about gender in the last two years.1 Gender is not tied to physical, hormonal, or chromosomal sex. It’s something we’re indoctrinated into from the time we’re in our third trimester, something we learn in childhood until it becomes deeply ingrained in our teens. Binary gender is an ideology that is so rigidly enforced, we come to think of it as normal, and every other possibility as a deviation.
That’s where transcendgender comes from. I don’t consider myself pangender or agender—or even polygender. I identify more with the feminine than the masculine, but I transcend the need to identify with any specific gender.
It was a liberating realization. As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m the best of both worlds, but bound by neither. After five decades, I’m truly free.
- See Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World by Anne Fausto-Sterling ↩︎
#genderfluid #identity #nonbinary #personalFreedom #trans #TransJoy
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Two years to freedom!
Exactly two years ago, I was sitting at my desk at my old job, bored, reading a blog post by a trans woman I had started following on Mastodon, when I saw this:
If you’re under the assumption that you’re a cis guy but have always dreamed of being a girl, and the only reason you haven’t transitioned is because you’re afraid you’ll be an “ugly” girl: That’s dysphoria. You’re literally trans girl already, hon.
I stopped reading. I stared at the webcomic with this accusation. My mind started spinning. I said to myself, “Oh. I think I should keep reading.”
I gave a detailed account of the following week in this blog post. In brief, that week culminated in a moment of existential panic that resolved into knowing who I was for the first time in my life. By that time, I had adopted a new name. Two months later, I started hormone treatment. Six months after that, my new name was official.
A lot has happened in the last two years. I feel like I’ve lived more than in the previous twenty years. I learned to love unconditionally. I’ve changed careers. I’ve moved. I’ve got boobs!
But most significantly, I’ve come to know who I am on a profound level. I’m a chaotic genderfluid nonbinary transcendgender woman. “Chaotic genderfluid” because my energy shifts around the whole field of gender identities, and even I can’t predict when and how it will shift. I’ve accepted that, no matter how much I yearn for complete femininity, I have masculine aspects that are an integral part of who I am; I’m definitely nonbinary.
But I don’t consider myself partially male, partially female. I’ve learned a lot about gender in the last two years.1 Gender is not tied to physical, hormonal, or chromosomal sex. It’s something we’re indoctrinated into from the time we’re in our third trimester, something we learn in childhood until it becomes deeply ingrained in our teens. Binary gender is an ideology that is so rigidly enforced, we come to think of it as normal, and every other possibility as a deviation.
That’s where transcendgender comes from. I don’t consider myself pangender or agender—or even polygender. I identify more with the feminine than the masculine, but I transcend the need to identify with any specific gender.
It was a liberating realization. As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m the best of both worlds, but bound by neither. After five decades, I’m truly free.
- See Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World by Anne Fausto-Sterling ↩︎
#genderfluid #identity #nonbinary #personalFreedom #trans #TransJoy
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Two years to freedom!
Exactly two years ago, I was sitting at my desk at my old job, bored, reading a blog post by a trans woman I had started following on Mastodon, when I saw this:
If you’re under the assumption that you’re a cis guy but have always dreamed of being a girl, and the only reason you haven’t transitioned is because you’re afraid you’ll be an “ugly” girl: That’s dysphoria. You’re literally trans girl already, hon.
I stopped reading. I stared at the webcomic with this accusation. My mind started spinning. I said to myself, “Oh. I think I should keep reading.”
I gave a detailed account of the following week in this blog post. In brief, that week culminated in a moment of existential panic that resolved into knowing who I was for the first time in my life. By that time, I had adopted a new name. Two months later, I started hormone treatment. Six months after that, my new name was official.
A lot has happened in the last two years. I feel like I’ve lived more than in the previous twenty years. I learned to love unconditionally. I’ve changed careers. I’ve moved. I’ve got boobs!
But most significantly, I’ve come to know who I am on a profound level. I’m a chaotic genderfluid nonbinary transcendgender woman. “Chaotic genderfluid” because my energy shifts around the whole field of gender identities, and even I can’t predict when and how it will shift. I’ve accepted that, no matter how much I yearn for complete femininity, I have masculine aspects that are an integral part of who I am; I’m definitely nonbinary.
But I don’t consider myself partially male, partially female. I’ve learned a lot about gender in the last two years.1 Gender is not tied to physical, hormonal, or chromosomal sex. It’s something we’re indoctrinated into from the time we’re in our third trimester, something we learn in childhood until it becomes deeply ingrained in our teens. Binary gender is an ideology that is so rigidly enforced, we come to think of it as normal, and every other possibility as a deviation.
That’s where transcendgender comes from. I don’t consider myself pangender or agender—or even polygender. I identify more with the feminine than the masculine, but I transcend the need to identify with any specific gender.
It was a liberating realization. As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m the best of both worlds, but bound by neither. After five decades, I’m truly free.
- See Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World by Anne Fausto-Sterling ↩︎
#genderfluid #identity #nonbinary #personalFreedom #trans #TransJoy
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🔒 Apple aggiorna le regole: nuove restrizioni per i browser su iPhone. La libertà online è a rischio? 📵 #AppleUpdate #PersonalFreedom
🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/smartphone/apple-limita-ancora-la-scelta-browser-iphone-2025-07-14
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🔒 Apple aggiorna le regole: nuove restrizioni per i browser su iPhone. La libertà online è a rischio? 📵 #AppleUpdate #PersonalFreedom
🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/smartphone/apple-limita-ancora-la-scelta-browser-iphone-2025-07-14
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🔒 Apple aggiorna le regole: nuove restrizioni per i browser su iPhone. La libertà online è a rischio? 📵 #AppleUpdate #PersonalFreedom
🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/smartphone/apple-limita-ancora-la-scelta-browser-iphone-2025-07-14
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Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own
https://www.ssp.sh/blog/self-host-self-independence/
#HackerNews #SelfHost #TechIndependence #BuildYourOwn #DIYTech #PersonalFreedom
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Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own
https://www.ssp.sh/blog/self-host-self-independence/
#HackerNews #SelfHost #TechIndependence #BuildYourOwn #DIYTech #PersonalFreedom
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Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own
https://www.ssp.sh/blog/self-host-self-independence/
#HackerNews #SelfHost #TechIndependence #BuildYourOwn #DIYTech #PersonalFreedom
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Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own
https://www.ssp.sh/blog/self-host-self-independence/
#HackerNews #SelfHost #TechIndependence #BuildYourOwn #DIYTech #PersonalFreedom
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ARE AMERICANS TRULY INDEPENDENT? Technology has advanced communication and convenience. It has also impacted independent thought and created concerns about transparency in government.
https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/are-americans-truly-independent/
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ARE AMERICANS TRULY INDEPENDENT? Technology has advanced communication and convenience. It has also impacted independent thought and created concerns about transparency in government.
https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/are-americans-truly-independent/
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ARE AMERICANS TRULY INDEPENDENT? Technology has advanced communication and convenience. It has also impacted independent thought and created concerns about transparency in government.
https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/are-americans-truly-independent/
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ARE AMERICANS TRULY INDEPENDENT? Technology has advanced communication and convenience. It has also impacted independent thought and created concerns about transparency in government.
https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/are-americans-truly-independent/
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The Death of Critical Thinking: How Blind Acceptance Leads to Control
https://youtu.be/mo-WV8cqFC4
#CriticalThinking #MindControl #Manipulation #PersonalFreedom #SelfAwareness #TruthOverConformity #EmotionalManipulation #QuestionEverything #FreeYourMind #CriticalThinkingSkills #SocialControl #WakeUp #IndependentThinking #Empowerment #SelfResponsibility #MediaManipulation #FreedomOfThought #QuestionAuthority -
You Deserve a Corrupt Government – Here’s Why
https://youtu.be/M0TpzM0KqZA
#SelfResponsibility #TruthSeekers #MindControl #EsotericKnowledge #Philosophy #PoliticalAwakening #PersonalFreedom #ConspiracyTruth #PowerAndControl #BreakingTheIllusion #AwakenToTruth #CulturalShift #ChangeStartsWithin #FreedomMindset #NewWorldOrder #CorruptionExposed #MassAwakening #SocialRevolution #PsychologyOfControl #DeepState #MastodonTruth -
You Deserve a Corrupt Government – Here’s Why
https://youtu.be/M0TpzM0KqZA
#SelfResponsibility #TruthSeekers #MindControl #EsotericKnowledge #Philosophy #PoliticalAwakening #PersonalFreedom #ConspiracyTruth #PowerAndControl #BreakingTheIllusion #AwakenToTruth #CulturalShift #ChangeStartsWithin #FreedomMindset #NewWorldOrder #CorruptionExposed #MassAwakening #SocialRevolution #PsychologyOfControl #DeepState #MastodonTruth -
You Deserve a Corrupt Government – Here’s Why
https://youtu.be/M0TpzM0KqZA
#SelfResponsibility #TruthSeekers #MindControl #EsotericKnowledge #Philosophy #PoliticalAwakening #PersonalFreedom #ConspiracyTruth #PowerAndControl #BreakingTheIllusion #AwakenToTruth #CulturalShift #ChangeStartsWithin #FreedomMindset #NewWorldOrder #CorruptionExposed #MassAwakening #SocialRevolution #PsychologyOfControl #DeepState #MastodonTruth -
I just cancelled our #WashingtonPost subscription. We struggled in recent months with the whimsy exercised on the editorial staff, but this is such an insult to subscribers. Personal freedoms are the opposite of free markets. In addition, we are not refunded the balance of our payment, which extends through June of this year. BTW, I had closed an account with Amazon in 2010. Bad business model.
#cancel #PersonalFreedom #FreeMarket -
I just cancelled our #WashingtonPost subscription. We struggled in recent months with the whimsy exercised on the editorial staff, but this is such an insult to subscribers. Personal freedoms are the opposite of free markets. In addition, we are not refunded the balance of our payment, which extends through June of this year. BTW, I had closed an account with Amazon in 2010. Bad business model.
#cancel #PersonalFreedom #FreeMarket -
I just cancelled our #WashingtonPost subscription. We struggled in recent months with the whimsy exercised on the editorial staff, but this is such an insult to subscribers. Personal freedoms are the opposite of free markets. In addition, we are not refunded the balance of our payment, which extends through June of this year. BTW, I had closed an account with Amazon in 2010. Bad business model.
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No FREE in FREEDOM
In today’s America, the illusion of freedom has hardened into an inescapable reality. True autonomy—the ability to live without someone else pulling the strings—feels more out of reach than ever. We rely on corporations and governments for almost everything: heating our homes, powering our appliances, connecting to the internet, and even accessing clean water. These monopolised systems offer no real choice, only rising costs and stagnant service quality. The promise of freedom […]