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A lot of the supply chain is not essential stuff.

For example, you speak of technology. I'm typing this from my 8 year old computer which still can keep up with modern software and games. My phone is 5 years old and still works well. My car is from 2012 and still runs well but needed a few parts replaced here and there.

How many gadgets do we need?

How much of the supply chain is wasted on excess buying?

How much of the supply chain is wasted on useless (and dangerous) big pharma drugs?

The supply chain story is being hyped up. For example, when they started the con-vid lockdowns in 2020, there was a toilet paper shortage. This was not due to supply issues but people panic buying. I waited it out for a week or so and was able to get paper. Sometimes, I wonder if they deliberately created the panic in order to pump up the fear of the scam demic.

Obviously we have huge issues, like poverty, lack of housing and crumbling infrastructure. But that's a leadership problem that's been around for decades.

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”

-Frank Zappa

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Apr 13Liked by Tsubion

one is necessarily addicted to one's own device, by definition...

(welcome to the Hotel California-don't forget your debit card !)

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Apr 12Liked by Tsubion

We are really lucky in Australia because most of the population believe in nothing or believe that our country is immune from world events/ wars/ famine etc.

In this the compliant are keeping us from the hell that is infecting other countries infrastructure, so complex systems here are running at normal, albeit a slower pace.

The decads of attack on farmers and food supply here is about to show its full effect here. Our national fuel supply is 30 days and our reserve is in the US. Once we run into reserve, supply is reserved for the defence force and " critical infrastructure".

Covid camps are ready and waiting and digital currency to be implemented in July so to get food, shelter and clothing I might have to sign up with the " national covid gaurd"-

https://open.substack.com/pub/outraged/p/national-covid-guard?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=tz1pu

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Thanks for pointing this out. We need to be aware of the supply chains that make things in our lives work. I try to buy second hand, even this computer I type on is a remake, for these and other reasons.

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A lot of the supply chain is not essential stuff.

For example, you speak of technology. I'm typing this from my 8 year old computer which still can keep up with modern software and games. My phone is 5 years old and still works well. My car is from 2012 and still runs well but needed a few parts replaced here and there.

How many gadgets do we need?

How much of the supply chain is wasted on excess buying?

How much of the supply chain is wasted on useless (and dangerous) big pharma drugs?

The supply chain story is being hyped up. For example, when they started the con-vid lockdowns in 2020, there was a toilet paper shortage. This was not due to supply issues but people panic buying. I waited it out for a week or so and was able to get paper. Sometimes, I wonder if they deliberately created the panic in order to pump up the fear of the scam demic.

Obviously we have huge issues, like poverty, lack of housing and crumbling infrastructure. But that's a leadership problem that's been around for decades.

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”

-Frank Zappa

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