I Probably Shouldn’t Have . . .

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One of the signposts along the road that hints that maybe the quiet country place you chose to retreat to is becoming a place you may have to retreat from cropped up the other day in my quiet country place. Specifically, at the “green boxes” – as us locals call the big green garbage bins where we go to dump our . . . garbage. This being free – in the sense that we don’t pay the trash collectors directly. Rather, it is paid for via the property taxes we’re forced to pay.

At least we get something for our money.

Well, now we’re getting something else: Smile – you’re on closed-circuit camera!

The county government erected a totem pole with a camera, the better for the government see and keep track of who comes and who goes. Ostensibly, this was done to identify the handful of people who abuse the honor system by dumping things like old engines (filled with oil) and construction debris (such as tons of old roofing shingles) that you’re supposed to haul to the dump.

But everyone is identified.

Put another way, everyone is being monitored – just as they are in the big city, which I thought I’d escaped but seems to have followed me here. It probably seems like a small thing – it’s just a camera – but of such small things, big things are made. The camera at the green boxes is a totem of a mindset. People can’t be trusted – because some people can’t be trusted. Therefore – so goes the logic – everyone must be presumed untrustworthy and treated accordingly.

It is the same mentality underlying the arguments of those who want to “control” – that is, to outlaw – the carrying of guns by people because some people cannot be trusted to carry a gun. Everyone must be presumed untrustworthy as regards the carrying of a gun. That is why everyone who buys a gun – where this is still allowed – is required to file paperwork with the government and (inmost places) only allowed to carry the gun with the government’s permission.

It saddened and annoyed me to see the all-seeing eye at the green boxes down the road from me. I probably shouldn’t have done it, but I drove my truck up close to the camera and flipped the government the bird. This is not yet a criminal act.

It might have been better to put on a “mask” – and a hoodie- and return (on foot) with a Sawzall. There are intrepid men in the UK and other emerging panopticon state who do just that. I guess I can’t – now that the camera has seen my face and know my mind.

It makes me think the time is coming to consider moving – again. That – maybe – I did not move far away enough to get away from this sort of thing. The dilemma is – where can one go to get away from this sort of thing? There is of course Antarctica. Certain Aleutian islands have been mentioned.

I do not think falling back will work, even in the short term. They will follow as inevitably as a shark follows the scent of chum in the water. I think the only way this sort of thing stops is when enough of us take a stand.

I realized this – and decided accordingly – when they tried to make me wear a “mask.” I refused. If enough of us had, the “masking” thing would not have become a thing. Similarly, this insouciant acceptance of each Big Brothery encroachment upon our privacy and – much more fundamentally – respect for people who’ve done nothing to warrant being treated disrespectfully.

Cameras are for prisons. Just as pat-downs used to be for convicts – or at the very least, arrestees. Now they are for everyone – at the airport – because people accepted being treated like convicts as the condition of being allowed to travel by air (commercially, that is; private aviation is not subject to these degradations).

If enough people had refused to fly when pat-downs (and body scans) became the condition of being allowed to board an airplane, that form of degradation would have ended, too. Instead, it’s become normal, accepted.

It is all very sad.

And time to take a stand.

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101 COMMENTS

  1. ‘Luigi Mangione’s case was elevated to first-degree murder because UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson was killed “in furtherance of an act of terrorism,” New York prosecutors wrote in the indictment.

    ‘We suspect the first-degree murder charge in furtherance of terrorism stems from Luigi’s alleged manifesto, which stated, “Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming. A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world …”‘ — ZeroHedge

    So who is the actual terrorist here? One hitman … or ‘health insurers’ who grift and mulct and oppress hundreds of millions?

    Where are the cops and prosecutors, as the obscene rake-off of Americlown corporatized ‘health care’ trundles on in broad daylight?

    41% of young voters say UnitedHealthcare CEO killing “acceptable”: Poll’ — Axios

    Houston, we have a problem …

  2. That interviewer was so annoying. Multiple repetitive questions. Do you know that you are breaking the law, what you’re doing is illegal, people view you as a criminal, you are risking prison, you do realize that this is wrong don’t you blah blah blah and his answers back were so perfect. We are not gluing ourselves to buildings or the floor, we don’t disrupt traffic. Hint like the leftists.

  3. Trust? Idk. There was an article which mentioned that a package could be set on the sidewalk outside a business in Tokyo & no one would touch it. The, ‘why’ was because of the gangsters who controlled the area, not because of threats from the goobermint, or because of the homogeneous population & lack of immigrants.

    Is that private justice? Idk. Was trust also a big factor? Idk.

    ‘Sunday Matsuri’

    “… there were a few thousand people there all smiling and milling around. And yet, I did not see one policeman. […]

    There was absolutely no tension in the air. No feeling of worry or fear for your personal safety. You didn’t have to worry about someone stealing your purse or wallet; the food and goods booth attendants didn’t have to fret about anyone stealing or shop-lifting from them; and one did not have the feeling that you had to keep constant eye on the little ones because of strangers. And, it seems strange now for me to have to even mention this as I write about this outdoor festival, but you most certainly didn’t fear terrorism; the thought must not have even entered anyone’s mind even for a split second.

    I wish America could be this way. I think it used to be, a long time ago. If people could just get their act together, America could be like heaven too.” …

    https://www.lewrockwell.com/2004/09/mike-in-tokyo-rogers/sunday-matsuri/

    • The crime rates are low in Japan, but the Japanese are some of the most compliant and herd-minded people in the world.

      Most of them still wear a face diaper, not just indoors, but everywhere.

      Trust me, you wouldn’t like to live there.

      Speaking from personal experience.

      • The link had almost Nothing to do with crime, John.

        Nor, compliance and herd-mindedness.

        I’m sure I would vomit from the sight of the many face diapers there. In The Before Times, it was a wonderful place. What has happened since then, is what’s still happening here. Just because the masks mandates are mostly gone here, doesn’t mean the pogrom has ended.

        From the top, down. On so many different levels & directions.
        Look hard enough, you can see it.

        Or, look away & wear rose colored glasses & blinders & see only what they want you to see:

        “The global public believes that the United States will again become lawful, have a secure border, return as a beacon of free-market economics, protect its allies, deter its enemies, win over its neutrals, return to the rule of law, restore the professionalism and prestige of its government agencies, check predatory nations abroad with a new deterrent military, and prepare to lead the world in energy production, exploration of space, and scientific and technology development.”…

        https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/16/are-the-years-of-madness-ending/

        • Our country has been raped.
          Once raped, the victim is changed forever, innocence gone, sweetness soured, hope dulled.
          Make no mistake, it can get better, especially if there is a reckoning of the wrongs and those who did them. But there is so much to be reckoned- for me it came long before the damnpanic, with my personal rape by the “family” courts, and was driven home when the heroic resistance of Waco was burned to death and the whole country stood by.

  4. Thanks for the good laugh! I think you’re more likely to draw attention to yourself moving house than if you just sorted your PAPERS PLEASE from your plastics, please.

    I think you ought to go to a council meeting and make the point, that we are aware of what they have done, and make the point to local government that you’ll be very upset if it goes any further.

  5. Looking for a decent community to live in?
    There are farming communities with no cities or towns, just miles of farmland.
    I presently live in such a community.
    The township hall is over a hundred years old, creaky floors and all.
    The township officials have no intention of expanding their limited powers. They are extremely frugal in their use of township tax dollars.
    Property taxes (which should be totally illegal) are still quite reasonable.
    Yes, such places do exist…

    • Yup, Big a..

      their called Paraguay and Indonesia…..closer to home throw in the Dominican Republic…
      Yesseree bob John……those are the places …you wanna be!

    • I live in a small town that is Midwest farming adjacent. Farmers are hard to stereotype. Lots of Trump signs but constant discussion of subsidies and assistance programs. I’m not sure non-Amish rural areas are really as independent minded and trustworthy as you’d think. Taxes are low but that’s got more to do with trying to get blood from a turnip than any deep seated fiscal responsibility. The fact is the commissioners would raise taxes but they know it would just bankrupt the county. It comes veiled, too. The school district has shiny new buildings with no kids and the fire protection district always seems to have the money for very expensive new stations and equipment while the rest of us have rusty trucks. But those things are separate line items on our tax statements so the county still has “low property taxes” but that money only really pays for a library and animal shelter.

  6. The comments here are telling. How far can we run? Where can we go? It is depressing AF to even hear people have to say such things. And as always, the elephant in the room is politely ignored. You can NOT outrun demographics. Period.

    The US was 80+ percent European (“white”) in 1980. Today? If you count the millions of undocumented we know about but don’t officially count it is right around 50%, in 10 years you will be the minority with 100% certainty. Invite the 3rd world, become the 3rd world. Simple as…

    You want to “outrun” big brother and the types of citizenry that require Big Brother? Invest in a plane ticket. You will find no relief on this landmass. How badly do you want it, as always, is the real question? Enough to upend your entire life and endure some hardship? Many of your ancestors got here under similar duress.

    And also as always LOTS of grumpy old people here happy to grumble and complain, virtually none that take action. This is not exclusive to “EP Autos forum”. This is society writ small. 90% of people complain, 5% of people take some steps, 5% of people take sweeping action to change their situation. This forum is simply a microcosm.

    I’m back on an airplane in 8 weeks and out of the corrupt sewer that is the DC Metro Area. This time I will be gone for 6 months. I’m aggressively disentangling my life from DC and the US even though my entire adult life was spent there. This is not easy, and it is not cheap. But I don’t gripe & moan, I -act-.

    I realize not everyone’s situation allows for such radical shifts, but most people can at least drive to Mehico! The US will be majority Latino very shortly, so you may as well get ahead of the curve and at least go to the cheaper and less ‘police state’ version south of the border that already exists. Bone up on your Espanol prior to departure gringo…

    • “I’m back on an airplane in 8 weeks… But I don’t gripe & moan, I -act-.”

      Not to nitpick, I know you are speaking more about bugging out, but what action will you take when the TSA goons assault you? Will you defend yourself?

    • I hope you grasp the subtle irony and dark humor of expositing to us from atop such a slag heap of human wreckage as DC.

      Wish you well on your journey. I went from Vegas to a place of about 25oo people and lived like that for ten years. Takes a lot to fit in, and not get bored, good luck.

      • 100% grasp it. Eric was also from the DC area, he smartly left a long time ago, me, not so much. I took the ticket by staying in an area full of people I absolutely despise because it has allowed me to earn enough money to finally start to make an exit.

        There are a few, not many, people around these major sewers like DC, NY, LA, etc. that do not chant the party line. But we have to keep very quiet as we are deep behind enemy lines. I simply couldn’t tolerate living that lie anymore. I will take the discomfort of adjusting to a new culture vs. being surrounded by slimy vipers and bugmen.

    • Bingo Dude,

      The west coast of Mexico kicks ass! Still have the gap between Tepic and Tijuana to checklist “The Varsity Pacific Coast Highway”. Fuck LA to SF…..
      How about Acapulco to Anchorage….yeah baby.
      Some of the coastal towns are astounding!…..
      Motin de oro, Colima, Manzanillo …etc, etc

      Mexico.. is VERY doable …LEARN SPANISH….

  7. Here in Kalifornia, Waste Management, our local government-authorized trash monopoly, now have cameras on their trucks that record video of what’s dumped from our can into their truck. Their “AI” determines if the “wrong” stuff went into the truck, and if so, we automatically get fined.

    Better befriend your neighbors, since they could easily slip something into your can every month to make your life a living hell.

    I can’t get out of this godforsaken state soon enough.

    • When my son was young, and had some digestive problems, our city started a mandatory composting program. you had to dump organic waste into the yard waste bin (leftovers, food-grade cardboard, etc). To ensure compliance, there were garbage inspectors that went around digging through your trash and giving you a report card on how you did.

      Nothing brought me more joy than when they opened the trash to be hit by the smell of colicky baby poop (or slime may be a better description).

      I’d have left Commiefornia many years ago, but I can’t convince my wife to leave this place. Some people will suffer through homeless bums daily, high taxes, crazy regulations because the thought of leaving is somehow scary. Staying is terrifying to me.

    • >cameras on their trucks that record video of what’s dumped from our can into their truck.

      AFAIK, the cameras cannot see through the plastic bags which hold my garbage.

      But why does WM want to bill each customer individually, instead of having the City bill us for trash pickup along with water and sewer, and cutting WM one check for all customers? Makes no sense, to me.

    • The key here should be that a can on the street for collection is unsecured and in public. So as soon as someone with enough scratch to fight back takes it to court, this system should go away. I’ll bet it doesn’t though.

  8. I had a similar situation. My property taxes pay for access to a transfer station, which trucks waste to the dump. It was all very informal, and people, for years, didn’t abuse it.

    Then, some idiot started dumping old car batteries and paint and other stuff that can’t go into the dump when the transfer station was closed, and nobody was looking. So now, the whole thing is fenced in, bristling with cameras, and there’s an ID check to dump trash for homeowners.

    How do you deal with a bad actor who ruins it for everyone? This happens in public and private situations.

    • There should be multiple competing companies providing this service, and you should have a choice to stop using the service provider that treats you badly.

    • Why the hell aren’t they providing the service you’re paying for and separating that stuff? Car batteries and used oil are valuable and recyclable, as are household chemicals. I understand not dumping them in a landfill, but they’re employing people anyway, and 99% of stuff is easily handled by someone in the business.

  9. Some useful perspective came from, of all places, a childish production put out by Hanna-Barbara back in 1972, where Yogi Bear et al become “environmentally conscious”. The entire “Famn Damily” of H-B cartoon characters, tired of crowding, noise, and pollution, decide to take off on some magical-type “ark” that FLIES, and even makes it into Low Earth Orbit! WTF, it’s a CARTOON. After several episodes of finding a “perfect” spot, wherein the problems follow them (did they ever consider WHY?), the frustrated, bickering gaggle of animated characters deal with a whirlwind that nearby does them in, and deposits them back at “Jelly-Stone” Park. Boo-Boo Bear suggests that the perfect place is right at HOME, if it’s cleaned up and properly maintained. The furry little shit was always naive…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJcJYKSk6Bg&t=22s

  10. I’ve long been planning to move to BFE myself, but when I started actually taking some road trips and scoping places out, I came to the conclusion that we’re already too far gone. I really got into some out-of-the-way places, expecting to find a sort of rural renaissance; the good folks of fly-over country who are actively resisting tyranny and societal rot.
    Instead, what I found were farmers who make their livings off of government subsidies, and who let the government determine what they grow or raise. They’re in debt for hundreds of thousands of dollars (For the machinery they need to grow what the government tells them to grow, so they can get the subsidies and in-turn pay the USDA-sponsored loans). Farmers who now have their sons and daughters study in the evenings (Instead of doing chores and learning to work) so they can go to college and learn to be libtards, and get a “good job” working for some government agency. The Republican to Democrat ratio seemed to be about even in most of these places. (Even among those who criticize the Democrats wokeness. Guess they just want to free shit).
    The courthouses in the little towns sit empty now, as every town now has a multi-million dollar “justice center” (Paid for with DHS “anti-terror” or ‘COVID” subsidies) where one goes to pay the money extorted by the county’s highwaymen. The new facilities are replete with metal detectors and armed guards (Even in the little town of 1500 where there is no crime, unless one considers smoking a doob or driving 35MPH on Main St. (Which used to be the speed limit, but which has been reduced to 25MPH now, to be a “crime”).
    The cafe I stopped in for breakfast one day was owned by openly flaming homos, but the good ‘ol boys didn’t seem to care as they ate their grits and fried pickles, and compared their levels of debt, while gushing over the mixed race grandbaby they’re raising for their daughter, who after finding out what black women have long known about black bucks, are now off to the big city to be lesbians.
    Yeah, it’s a little better there than here in the Northeast, but it’s not like it used to be, and they’re catching up fast.
    I’m now of the opinion that such a move would be a waste of time and resources, as I’d soon have to move again. I’d rather just make the big leap now and just have to move once. Trouble is, where can one go in this world where one can have a balance of civility and freedom?
    Far as I can tell, all of the first-world is under as much or more tyranny as we are here. There seems to be more civility in some places though. Not a good trade-off though. Second-world countries seem to have about as much tyranny too, but less civility. Third-world seems to offer more freedom, but civility seems to be sorely lacking. Surely there has to be somewhere to go that I am ignorant of. Not looking for perfection, just to be left alone.
    I’ve heard there are places in Mexico that are very similar to what we once had here, with civility. But I’m not so sure about tyranny. From what I’ve seen, it can be quite an ordeal just to get a driver’s license there, and of course, the Federales…. Anyone have any experience? If I had some leads to check-out. I don’t have the time nor resources to go traveling for months at a time trying to scope-out places in the interior, just on hunches, but armed with some promising leads, I would go and look. (I don’t fly, of course, so it would be quite a trip).

    • You are so, so on the money, it’s actually painful to see it laid out as plainly as you have done…!

      As a person who’s traveled all over the world and has been living outside of the USA for the past 15 years, I can but agree with you. There truly is nowhere to run. If nothing else, the ConVid fraud proved it in spades.

      There may be some merit to places like El Salvador, an up-and-coming country of which I’ve commented here recently.

      But – there’s always a ‘but’ – you’ll always be a gringo there, and the current direction of things may collapse at any time, should the current president, Nayib Bukele, ‘die suddenly’ – for whatever reason.

      The expat communities I’ve seen in Mexico, Costa Rica and even in parts of Panama are mostly resented by the locals and it’s not helped by the fact some of those gringos make it very clear that because they get Social Security payments in USD, they must be superior to the local spics.

      This same thing can be extrapolated to the rest of Latin America, although Brazil is large enough to offer some decent options, especially in the South (Santa Catarina, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul), where there are pockets of ex-German immigrants and therefore they almost feel western.

      Mind you, to truly enjoy that country, you’ll need either a Brazilian wife, or being fluent in Portuguese!

      The English speaking countries, like New Zealand or Australia, always used to have a socialist bend, but there used to be plenty of room for ‘misfits’ and ‘larrikins’, too. That’s very much no longer the case and they among the leaders in the race to the totalitarian bottom.

      Ironically, there’s more freedom in the former Eastern Block now than in the ‘enlightened West’. But being located in Europe means they won’t be immune should the Ukraine – or whatever comes next – conflict evolves into a major war – as seems to be the intention of Dementia Joe’s puppeteers.

      I think ultimately, the best solution is to move to a small community, which has enough farmland to feed itself and would be able to set itself up to be as ‘parallel’ to what passes for main stream as possible. Do your own thing, opt out of the banking system, show zero to very low ‘official’ income, don’t provoke the federal mafia, concentrate on friends and good relationships.

      A bit like the Amish do.

      After all, if there is enough of us, they can’t kill us all – especially if all of us say ‘NO’ to their next fake meat or super-jab campaign!

      • ahem…JB,
        Check out the back country of the DR…..Total kick ass….Tahitian scenery at 10 cents on the dollar….For a “USA, USAer”…..

        I’ve observed the USA from the outside….and I cannot believe how naive or stupid people are….fortunately the clowns in RV’s can’t go south of key west….
        either too fat or too ignorant……OR… it appears most USAers are just Pussies
        and afraid to check out the Big Blue Marble?

      • I honestly do think freedom is a state of mind as much as a place. Doug Casey makes a lot of good points about financial independence and moving out 5 Eyes places.

        But he knows as well as anyone that if a significant number of people followed him those places would quickly fail, too. Anyone who lives where CA and NY people turn to escape know that even if they had good intentions the crap they demand and are willing to tolerate makes their new locales eventually look just like their previous homelands.

        So shelter in place, so to speak, just like you say. Disentangle yourself and live in a way where you aren’t subject to the whims. The problem is The System can’t tolerate dissent so you’ll eventually be in the crosshairs. The hope I guess is to outlast things so the inevitable collapse occurs before you’re seen and punished.

    • Hi Arthur, I’ll make an assumption that these places you visited where east of the Mississippi? If so, we found the same thing you did. We then switched our research to west of the Mississippi, and we found lots of ‘normal’ places. I’ve theorized that there are hundreds/thousands? of these little towns that fit the bill for us.
      We started to create this place about 8 years ago, however we kept our East place too. As you said, it is very difficult to move your life. We are still actively doing it. And yes it is very hard and expensive (if you do it very slowly and cautiously as we have).
      Fitting in is not hard if you share the same values as the locals, but it still takes time. It can not be forced. They put you in a microscope, but if you are truly like them, they open their arms. And there are always naysayers just because you weren’t born there, but if you have your base of good people around you, it’s not much of a problem. We have been very lucky to become associated with amazing people. They say things now like “we need more people like you here (and not some other types that do come as well)”
      Best of luck. Nothing good in life is ever easy.

      • West of the Mississippi residents do not have riparian (water) rights.
        East of the Mississippi residents DO have riparian (water) rights.
        In addition drilling through granite gets expensive real quick.
        Municipalities west of the Mississippi can and do charge for private wells, metering what you use.
        Add to that, many municipalities regulate or even ban the use of rainwater collection devices.

        • Not completely true. Some states west of the Mississippi follow riparian doctrine, Missouri and Arkansas, for example. It’s further west were prior appropriation doctrine comes into effect, Kansas, Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska, etc. Some have dual use, like Texas and Oregon. It’s really only the 8 mountain states in the Rockies where there is no riparian doctrine to speak of and even the last hold out, Colorado, finally in 2016 changed water law to allow individuals to collect rain water for their private use. It’s mainly for large use agriculture and mining that prior appropriation is a serious issue but to be honest even with requiring everyone to get water permits the Ogallala aquifer has been drawn down very far anyway. So it’s hard to imagine a scenario where regulations or not would have mattered. The prior use principle is a 19th century acknowledgement even before the explosion of regulation that on the ground water west of the 100th meridian is scarce, as J.W. Powell said during his surveys and the Colorado River Compact participants are now understanding the folly of ignoring.

  11. I’ve seen videos of people in the UK cutting down those poles; ballsy because it takes a while and those abrasive cutting wheels make a lot of noise. I would try rigging a can of spray paint to a tree trimming pole, depending on how high the cameras are mounted.

    • The major problem with their actions lies in the fact the ‘authorities’ (pass me a bucket to throw up into please) just use more funds extorted from the taxpayers to buy and install new cameras.

      It would be a lot more efficient – let alone much, much cheaper – to just use those chain saws on the politicians and their dedicated servants.

      But the UK – and everywhere else in the West, alas – is still way too ‘civilized’ to do that.

  12. The Aleutians are no bueno. Much to cold and desolate. Try the area around Prince of Wales Island. Its huge, geographically diverse, full of wildlife, fish, and fowl, few people, and it mirrors a temperate rainforest like that of the pacific NW. Lots of small unincorporated communities of one-two thousand people spread out over miles of coastal forests. Don’t let some of the names like [Clover Pass] scare you.

    I don’t think there are enough of us to win by taking a stand. Most people still have no idea the power of NO represents. That burgeoning fire was put out cold by all the trump Kool-aid poured upon it. If winning is what you’re after, living, and dying well, on your own terms, is the best you can hope for at this point.

    • The Aleutians are definitely very desolate, but not that cold. Here the temperatures are fairly moderate with snow staying on the ground usually less than a day or two. The summers are chilly with an occasional day in the low 70s, about 1 or 2 days a year. An average summer day would be in the high 50s or low 60s. While the winter days are usually in the high 30s or low 40s. The biggest challenge is the storms. Every low pressure front going through the US starts as a cyclonic storm that comes through here. This results in us basically having at least 1 hurricane equivalent storm each month during the winter. But, because of this, the community is very small and closely knit. My wife and I never lock our cars or even take the key out of the ignition. Our children run around like I did during the 80s as it is incredibly safe. On top of this, the fishing is amazing. I have a small boat that I use to fish from and I can catch 30+ pounds of rockfish in less that half an hour while using less than a gallon of gas. In the summer, I can take a quick hike into a valley and throw a lure into a pool full of 10 pound Coho salmon that will hit on the first cast, because no one else has even been in the valley that whole day. On top of this, I can set my gill net in July and get a dozen+ Sockeye salmon in a day to fill my freezer. Plus, there are no large dangerous land animals. No bears, no wolves, none of that. The largest land animal is a red fox, which is harmless except for their love of tearing up trash. The most dangerous animal here are the thousands of bald eagles that become aggressive during mating season. However, the cost of living is high as everything has to either be flown here or put on a barge. But, having a safe environment to raise my kids where we are not hassled is priceless. Even the police leave the locals alone. I never registered my car that I bought 5 years ago and my boat trailer doesn’t have plates or brake lights. My neighbor for several years was a cop and my car with the expired plates would be parked right next to his cop car and I never heard a peep about it. It’s challenging here, for sure, but we are completely insulated from all of the nonsense happening down in the Lower 48. If someone were to start some nonsense here, it would be quickly stopped by the locals. Even the farthest left leaning people here own guns and use them.

      • Very nice,

        Kudos to you. Alaska is a hard place full of hard people. Been there a handful of times. And its everything you say, but winters, in the Aleutians? That would make you hard core. Living outside Homer or Juneau, that might b doable for this desert rat. If I was going to go real remote on an out islands around Price of Wales however, I’d need to bribe my kids to bring their families and live near us. Otherwise I’ll just stay put for now.

        • Norman, I lived in several different deserts in my life. I was stationed in the Mojave in China Lake and I was stationed on Bahrain as well. Living in a desert is something I never wish to do again. So, from my point of view, you are hard core. But, each to his own, which is what is nice about living in such a large country.

          • I was born into it, Magadorm. Today we live in the high desert. Pretty temperate here all year round.

            Stationed in Korea and Germany, plus spent two weeks in Fairbanks once in February, so, I know its doable, I’m just not that partial to it. IMO, sitting in my backyard, soaking up the sunshine, in January and February, is one of life’s simple pleasures..

            Working on a plan where we end up with the best of both worlds, summers in Alaska, winters in AZ.

  13. Blaming ‘the immigrants’, or perhaps, ‘the others’ for all the problems in the nation reminds me of this:

    “… Those promoting a moral panic are called moral entrepreneurs. Moral panics always draw attention away from underlying social problems and they always have negative consequences, unintended or otherwise. Many sociologists have observed that those in power ultimately benefit from moral panics, since they lead to increased control of the population and opportunities to plunder government treasuries for power, profit and control. The moral panic is also useful if your goal is to weaken the working class and reward the Knowledge Class”…

    https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/wayne-lusvardi/2024-election-voters-mind-controlled-by-moralism-and-altruism/

  14. Back east, I lived in a town of 30,000 which had 46 police officers. Even on a drive of a few blocks, one was more likely than not to encounter law enforcement. Over the years I must have had two dozen interactions with the cops over trivial matters.

    Now, in an unincorporated village of 2,000 in the West, the level of surveillance is very materially lower. No traffic lights, so no cameras. Nearest sheriff substation is 15 miles away, so no routine police presence. Demographics are monocultural and most households are armed, so crime is nearly nonexistent.

    After a party where intoxicants have been served, I can responsibly drive home on local roads with 99.8% certainty of not being stopped, confronted, and made to show ID. Private actors like Evil Google actually are a bigger concern. This being a one-license-plate state, I park the vehicles facing the street so Google’s street view cameras record no plate numbers.

    • Outside town, the national forest has a 14-day limit on ‘dispersed camping’ outside of designated campgrounds. Yet some occupied RVs have been parked in one spot for years.

      The district ranger, an acquaintance of mine, currently has no law enforcement officer. He has neither the intent nor the ability to enforce the 14-day limit.

      Occasionally a sheriff’s deputy checks on the RV encampments. But not being a fedgov officer, the sheriff has no authority to enforce the 14-day dispersed camping limit.

      Bottom line, you can park an RV in the woods and stay as long as you like.

  15. Reminds me of the pumps at the gas station here. In The City in The Before Times, when the gas stations were just beginning to switch over to ‘pre-pay only’, I could pull up to the pumps at a certain gas station I went to all the time & just pull the nozzle, flip the lever, & fill up. No pre-pay.

    Because I got to know all the guys behind the counter I never had to pre-pay, even after they & All the other gas stations (save one) had switched fully over to pre-pay.

    It was a thing to me. Normalcy. I mean, if they didn’t trust me to pay, why should I trust their fuel wasn’t adulterated? It wasn’t too far from paying for a meal at a sit-down restaurant -after- you ate the meal & filled your tank (stomach) same thing. ‘Dine & Dash’ was a rare thing. I guess, not so much anymore?

    Anyway, I moved to The Country. Super-small town near-by, they had the old pumps at the gas station, you could pull up, fill up, then go inside & pay. It was,… nice. Normalcy. A sense of shared culture, maybe?

    Then, as The Plandemic gained steam, there must’ve been a rash of ‘Dine & Dash’ at the gas pumps because one day there were, ‘Pre-Pay Only’ signs on the pumps & soon after that a couple of spiffy new cameras aimed down from above right at the pump area, just like Eric’s garbage bins, only it wasn’t the State doing it.

    It was a creepy feeling. Of trust lost, & some things more than that lost.

    It’s a p.i.t.a. to get gas in the Winter now if you don’t use debit/credit cards at the pump (even doing that seems like a p.i.t.a., but people seem to love it) to pay with cash means pulling up to the pump, walking through the freezing blizzard to go into the store to proclaim your wish to pre-pay for gasoline at X-number pump, then go back outside through the blizzard again in order to pump the gas. Double-cold.

    You hoped you guessed the amount of gasoline you needed correctly, else you have to then trudge back inside to get your change back, or give them more money, in order to go back outside into the cold & leave, or to Finnish filling up the tank. Triple-cold. Or, is that Quadruple-cold?

    It feels like people who pay with cash are being punished for doing so. Those who pay with digital cash (credit/debit cards) are too, because they have to stand outside in a blizzard to make the transaction rather than inside the store were it’s not windy freezing cold, etc, etc, etc.

    [I sometimes wonder if they loose many sales of gas because people guesstimate a lower amount of fuel needed to fill a tank, rather than just filling a tank until the nozzle shuts off. I digress?]

    The odd thing of it all: out here in farm country with lotsa grain & livestock semi-trucks, tractors & huge diesel pickups, they never installed cameras overlooking the diesel pumps in a separate area. Nor are the pumps ‘pre-pay only’. Only honest people use diesel fuel?

    The whole thing is much like Eric’s wish to be away from Crazy Town, only to turn around & find that Crazy Town is following you & ruining everything in it’s path.

    The Blob. It grows.

      • The trust factor (& somethings more) is being removed, as in Eric’s example, it’s an attempt to change how American’s do business, transact & relate to one another. To create an impersonal fast food drive-thu type of capitalism? Or, worse? Pre-pay fuel was one of many small primers for the Lockdown’s which are doing/have done the same thing.

        “… Walmart was open, but small ethnic food outlets and restaurants were shut down. COVID lockdowns were a repeat of the Great Depression of the 1930’s where small family-owned farms were foreclosed on and taken over by corporate farming. Was the COVID lockdown a pretense to put small businesses out of business and switch consumers to ordering online and buying only from Big Box Retailers?” …

        https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/wayne-lusvardi/trump-nih-pick-a-covid-lockdown-double-dealer/

  16. By sitting in the alcove, and keeping well back, Winston was able to remain outside
    the range of the telescreen, so far as sight went. He could be heard, of course, but so long as he stayed in his present position he could not be seen. It was partly the unusual geography of the room that had suggested to him the thing that he was now about to do.

    You’re in a unique position, one with an advantage most of us don’t have. You drive different cars every week. Just wear a Nixon mask or whatever when you dump off the trash and use whatever press vehicle you happen to be evaluating that week. Sure if someone spent 5 minutes evaluating the footage they’d figure out it was you, but who cares? You’re probably not doing anything wrong (yet), so anyone taking the time to review the footage every time you stop isn’t likely to notice.

    I think it would be a good idea to put trail cams up down at the county building. Turnabout’s fair play, right? If they’ve got nothing to hide, why should they be concerned? “Oh, only a few politicians have been caught doing bad things, there’s no need for constant surveillance!”

    • Wearing of masks and prosthetics has long been the stuff of “heist” films. Remember the ditzy teen comedy from 2001, “Sugar and Spice”? A knocked-up teenager and her four “cheer” friends cook up a plan for “baby money” by robbing a bank, with the disguise being a “Betty” mask and each of the girls wearing a prosthetic pregnancy belly. There was another, more serious, with the bank robbers wearing masks of various POTUSes, but not the same one, and I believe RMN was one of them.

    • Trail cameras outside government worker’s homes and maybe airtags on their cars. After all, they shouldn’t be bothered by it if they have nothing to hide, right?

      Yes, indeed. Turnabout is fair play.

  17. I think the libertarian approach can only work in a monocultural society. Jefferson’s America was founded by and for white, English-speaking Protestants, period. Sure, there were bandits and thieves even then — but not many.

    In THEORY, anyone could accept the principles of Jeffersonian America, and in the 19th century plenty of immigrants did — Germans, Swedes, etc. But again they were mostly white Protestants and if not native English speakers, learned it quickly.

    That version of American began to break down, particularly in urban areas, with mass immigration of Catholics and Jews to be used as cheap labor by greedy Northern capitalists. Again, as Jefferson wrote, the U.S would remain moral and decent so long as it was rural and agricultural, and would become “corrupt” when people “became piled upon each other in cities, as in Europe.” And that is what happened, with Irish political machines, ethnic gangs, Italian anarchists, and Russian communists.

    I saw a news item the other day that the Biden administration let in a record number of “refugees,” breaking records set in the 1800s. Indeed, immigration in the past 30 years has far surpassed Ellis Island before it was shut down in 1924.

    There are many consequences of this. I saw a news story in 2020 about a Subcontinental Indian immigrant to Northern Virginia who obtained citizenship and was ready to cast his first vote. His big issue was gun control, and he was going to vote for that.

    Another issue is sheer numbers. I grew up in a (90% white country) of 200 million people in the 1970s. It now has 330 million people! if you wonder what is causing the traffic jams and high housing prices, consider that we have ADDED 130 million people in 50 years. The traffic in formerly backwater places like Roanoke and Charlotte and Atlanta and even Washington is insane. Consider that few of those people are white or Protestant, and you have a low-trust society. Recall that the government let the 9/11 hijackers in and allowed them to take flying lessons. Now we have a police state, where 80-year old white nuns have to be searched by the TSA because the government let in Arab Muslim terrorists. Today anyone with a gun is a potential “terrorist.”

    Sure, I get that a lot of immigrants are hard workers, etc. etc. But not all of them. And immigration has negative consequences for native white people, too. Legacy white Americans are now often fat, lazy, entitled, unmarried, childless and irreligious. Hire some illegal Mexican to cut your lawn while you stuff your face in front of the TV while waiting for your disability check to arrive. If that Mexican isn’t in your country willing to do it under the table for less then minimum wage, then maybe you need to get off your fat ass and do it yourself.

    The 1970s sucked in a lot of ways — inflation, an incompetent Democrat in office, political intrigue with Watergate, urban crime, etc. (I never though I’d be reliving all of that again, LOL). But nonetheless it certainly felt freer, in no small part because there were fewer people. There were no Muslims, no Somalis, no Guatemalans, no Venezuelans, no Indians, no Pakis. Particularly in rural areas it felt more trustworthy despite the total absence of government cameras because the population was so monocultural.

    • Hi X,

      I agree with your assessment. I also grew up in the monocultural ’70s, which lasted into the ’80s. My area is still a lot like it was, back then – probably because it is still a lot like it was back then. But it’s changing. No yet so much where I am – but not far away. I see Somalis and so on in Roanoke all the time. And Roanoke used to be a quiet, backwater Southern small city. It isn’t anymore.

      • “It makes me think the time is coming to consider moving”. Eric

        Yes!!!!

        VA is among the most tyrannical of states in the Union.

        I have no idea how you’ve managed to stay so long given the states draconian speed limit and radar detector policies. Add to that vehicle inspections, high taxes, it’s all just insane.

      • “Somalis in Roanoke”. I’d call that an INVASION. Send ’em back to Mogadishu, don’t let them turn Roanoke or Salem into another hell-hole (“Black Hawk Down”) but in the Piedmont.

    • How about a comparison to Japanese society, which I view as monolithic? I agree with what you say, and what you also imply (if I may be so bold as to speak for you) is that you speak of Christian values that result in a freer society. e.g. a Christian society. In the USA, we are now in a post-Christian society, and resultingly have a post-Constitutional government in that society.

      As an aside, there was an article (either on or linked) from Lew Rockwell saying how the radical left really started to like the radical Islam’s. What the article failed to say, which is the thesis of the whole thing, is they share hatred of Christians.

      As a further aside, the mainstream is cheering due to the fall of Syria and Assad. But who are the “rebels”? It’s stinkin’ ISIS and Al-Queda! When Christians flee areas of the middle east, where do they go? Syria! Assad was like Saddam in that his secular regime tolerated Christians (and some other groups too). Just give Assad/Saddam their tribute and he’ll leave you alone. I guess the Isreali’s are gonna wipe everyone out in Syria like they are doing in Gaza

      • Yes, how about a comparison to Japanese society. It seems perhaps, it’s not so much what tom & X are posting above about monocultural society & immigration, rather it’s something else. Consider:

        ‘Gun Control and Japan’

        “Gun control does not work. Your own history is replete with high school rifle teams, Boy Scout marksmanship merit badges. You could buy rifles at hardware stores. You could order them – mail order them – delivered to your home. Your country was awash in readily available firearms and ammunition. And yet, in your past, you did not have mass shootings… What changed? It was not that the availability of guns suddenly exploded or increased, it actually decreased… [or, that were more immigrants] What changed was societal decay…” …

        [Then, back up & see:] “There was never any idea of democracy in feudal Japan and the people never considered rising up against the aristocrats and the warlords.”…

        https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/02/mike-in-tokyo-rogers/gun-control-and-japan/

        In other words, obeyers.

      • > they share hatred of Christians.

        Not true, in my personal experience.
        My late “honorary uncle” was born and raised Muslim in Baghdad, naturalized U.S. citizen. Structural engineer, educated @ USC.
        He did not “hate Christians.”
        My personal physician is Syrian by birth, medical degree from University of Damascus, naturalized U.S. citizen. He does not “hate Christians.”
        My dentist is Persian, born in Iran, naturalized U.S. citizen. He does not “hate Christians.”

        Would these educated professional people emigrate to the U.S. and become U.S. citizens if they “hated Christians?” Doesn’t make sense, to me.

        But the so-called “radical left?” Ah, there is a different story. Check the demographics of the so-called “radical left,” and there you will have your answer.

      • “Radical Islam” is a made-up foil that jews use to foment hate and discontent between their perceived “enemies” (us goyim) and Islam itself.
        Actually there is much more tolerance and acceptance of Christianity among Muslims than there ever was among Christians and jews.
        Jews still harbor an intense hatred of Christianity and will use any other group (Muslims) to drive a “wedge” between Christians and Muslims.
        Jews have lived (and still live) unmolested in Muslim countries for centuries, unlike israel itself, where spitting on Christians and defacing and vandalism of Christian edifices and facilities is not only tolerated but encouraged by israeli authorities, claiming that such fiendish behavior is a “jewish custom”.
        Keep in mind that what jews are doing in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, they have the same thing planned for “the rest of us”.
        We are all Palestinians now.

        • Sorry, but you’re wrong.
          Read the Quran and the Torah.
          Spend some time in Islamic countries.
          You’ll find that ‘radical’ Islam is in fact the ‘true’ Islam.
          And there is only one Islam, which is the word of Allah, as recorded by Muhammad the Prophet (I should add ‘PBUH’ here, to avoid being randomly beheaded by a ‘peaceful’ Islamist!)
          That is also ‘THE’ Islam that Allah has decreed will rule the world. Also translated as ‘Convert, Submit or Perish’.
          Which is the reason why Islam cannot be reformed, and why it is FUNDAMENTALLY incompatible with any form of democracy.
          And why Islamic immigration to the West can only end it tears.
          And why argumentum ad ignorantiam is a logical fallacy, albeit a very popular one

          • You are spouting off jewish “talking points” that are used to get those of differing beliefs to fight each other. That is one of the oldest jewish tricks in the book.
            The Torah is jewish
            The Quran is Islamic.
            There are many Islamic sects, not all of who are in agreement with each other.
            Jews have lived in Iran and in other predominantly Islamic countries for millennia and want no part of the current troubles in the middle east.
            It would be easier to tone down Islam as opposed to judaism.
            All the USA has to do is to declare zionism and judaism to be foreign political systems, which removes all Constitutional protections from all adherents and acolytes of judaism.
            Jews are still able to practice their “quasi-religion” but are required to register as “agents of a foreign government” with the U. S. State Department on an annual basis.
            –All synagogues and foreign lobbying organizations (AIPAC, ADL, HIAS, etc.) lose their tax-exempt status and are required to report their status as “agents of a foreign government” on an annual basis as well.
            –All holocaust museums (jewish freak shows Hollywood productions) lose their tax exempt status and face prosecution and are shut down for fraud.
            –One holocaust museum is allowed to remain open with explanations on the massive fraud that jews have perpetrated against the world.
            –Prohibit dual citizenship across the board. Citizens of the USA are prohibited from holding dual citizenship.
            –All jewish politicians are required to report their status as “agents of a foreign government”.
            –All American politicians who hold dual citizenship are prohibited from serving in any American political or public service function.
            –Deport any person from USA who serves in any foreign country’s military service.
            –Genocide trials for all American citizens serving in israel’s military–no exceptions.
            –Genocide trials for all American public officials who approved sending American weapons to israel.
            The USA has a right to know who belongs to foreign political systems.

            • >–All American politicians who hold dual citizenship are prohibited from serving in any American political or public service function.

              I agree with that. Doesn’t matter which other country, either. No man (or woman) can serve two masters.

            • I dunno, seems like you’re big & heavy into Power & Control:

              “removes all Constitutional protections”

              “Jews are still able to practice their “quasi-religion” but are required to register”

              And, you like taxes?:

              “–All synagogues and foreign lobbying organizations (AIPAC, ADL, HIAS, etc.) lose their tax-exempt status”

              More, Power & Control, with more power to the goobermint:

              “–All holocaust museums (jewish freak shows Hollywood productions) lose their tax exempt status and face prosecution and are shut down for fraud.”

              You wanna be the boss of me, & everyone else:

              “Citizens of the USA are prohibited from holding dual citizenship.”

              Hmm, are ya sure anarchyst is an appropriate nic?

              • You are missing the point…
                Denying tax exemptions to foreign organizations is not “control”.
                The tax exemptions presently enjoyed by jewish organizations benefit jews and israel, NOT the USA. jews in israel get benefits not available to American citizens, such as “free” healthcare paid for with American taxpayer dollars as well as massive infrastructure projects. These same organizations lobby demanding “what is good for israel”, NOT the USA.
                Observe the pittance given to American hurricane victims here in the USA while massive millions of American taxpayer dollars are spent to benefit israel.
                Dual citizenship is a major problem with most of today’s government officials advocating laws against “anti-semitism”, and “holocaust denial”, further restricting free speech especially when it is critical of jews.
                There are only five congresscritters who do not have an aipac “handler”. Sorta tells you who runs America…hint…it ain’t Americans.
                OPEN YOUR EYES.
                I stand by my statements.

          • Muslims at least believe Jesus is a prophet (although they don’t believe he was Son of God). The Talmudists say he was a fraud and is in hell (This is because their god is Mammon–greed). So why do you hate the former but idolize the latter?

      • I respect the Japanese…IN JAPAN, which they keep FOR THEMSELVES. Not a bad arrangement, I say. The “problems” were about 80-100 years ago, when they were on a kick to establish their “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” by military means. So, after we kicked their asses, fair and square, they’ve done it ANYWAY, with Hondas, Toyotas, and Sony TVs.

    • It’s Not the immigrants.

      “… the USA today has become a sick society full of sick people because of big government policies that have eroded societies’ morals and the family structure.” …

      https://www.lewrockwell.com/2011/09/mike-in-tokyo-rogers/is-america-entirely-nuts/

      And yeesh, RE: “in the 19th century plenty of immigrants did — Germans, Swedes, etc. But again they were mostly white Protestants and if not native English speakers, learned it quickly.”
      I guess you never heard of whole towns before WWI & II in the Midwest who never spoke a lick of English & the Amish must be equal to the Bloods & the Crips?

    • I must take issue with your attempt to disparage Catholics by lumping them in with jews.
      Protestantism is much closer to judaism than Catholics ever were until the coup committed by both Protestants and jews with the changes wrought by the Vatican II Ecumenical Council.
      Until Vatican II, jews were considered to be the mortal spiritual enemies of Catholicism and by inference Christianity. The talmudic hatred that jews had (and still have) for Catholics and Christians knows no bounds, being openly flouted by the jews and their Protestant enablers.
      As to your “northern greedy capitalists” taking advantage of Catholics and jews, all of them were either Protestants or jews. At the time, Catholics were marginalized, being accused of having “dual loyalties”, not to be trusted, being called “papists”, although the pope had no temporal authority over American politics.
      It is Protestantism that made it possible for the jews to amass their present power.
      Lumping Catholics with jews, claiming that they have been a detriment to the republic is just wrong.
      This is one major difference between Protestantism and Catholicism.
      To a man, the robber barons were all Protestants who had been judaized for quite some time and regarded the inability to be successful in business as a moral failing just like the jews.
      On the other hand, Catholicism demands that employers pay their employees a fair wage–a true moral imperative. Unlike Protestantism, under Catholic doctrine, failure to pay your employees a fair wage is a sin.
      The men who built industry had only one thing on their minds–the accumulation of wealth but only for themselves.
      These Protestant captains of industry were indeed robber barons who almost always slashed wages for those who made their success possible–their employees–always pleading poverty while living grand lives themselves. They cared not one wit about the welfare of their employees–only how much capital they could amass for themselves on the backs of these same employees–jewish concepts, indeed.
      Get off the Catholic bashing…you are better than that.

      • Look, I was raised Catholic, I am not against the Catholic religion whatsoever. But it is simply a fact that the Irish and Italian Catholic immigrants in northern cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries were clannish and ran the political machines and the crime families. It’s a fact, you can’t dispute it. The Irish ran the political machines in New York, Boston and Chicago for decades. They were basically criminal organizations masquerading as governments. The Italians ran the mob for decades. You didn’t trust anyone who was not part of your ethnicity or your religion or your family. This was WAY different than the rural America of, say, 1820.

        The Irish Tammany Hall criminals in New York made it a felony to carry or even own a handgun without a government permit in 1911. It was the first law in the history of America that made it a felony to exercise a Constitutional right without government permission. The law is still on the books and thousands of people do hard prison time every year for it to this day. The guy who got the law passed was an Irish Catholic politician who ran the numbers and the pimping rackets in Five Points. He contracted syphilis, went insane and died in 1913.

        Why did he pass the law? Because the Irish criminals controlled the police (but I repeat myself) and the police issued the gun permits. That way the Irish criminals and Irish politicians could have guns but they would disarm the Jews and the Italians.

        The Jews of course were also extremely clannish and had their own ripoff schemes going.

        The point is that urban America was low-trust and crime-ridden well over a century ago because of all the immigration and the “diversity.”

        The Republicans shut down Ellis Island in 1924. Immigration was basically banned for over 40 years while the WASP elite reasserted itself and used government schools to assimilate these people and forced them to speak English.

        That is why we fondly remember the 1970s as monocultural, because they quit importing the anarchists, the mobsters and swindlers and assimilated everyone into the Protestant Ethic, including most Catholics.

        • You make excellent points.
          Thank you,
          You are correct about the “Sullivan laws” which have been further expanded to this very day.
          In those days, most people did not want to become police officers. Police were seen as a “necessary evil” used by the politicians to solidify their political control.
          Since Catholics were marginalized and discriminated against in other work, policing was seen as a way to make a living.
          New York City was a prime example until the jews took over.
          However, the “Protestant ethic” that you speak of made it possible for jews to amass their political power which is presently being used against us “goyim”.
          Not good…
          As to you assertion that things were better in the 1970s, please don’t forget that the “Hart-Celler” Immigration Act of 1965 opened the floodgates to uncontrolled immigration like no other.
          Best regards,

        • As a descendant of Catholics myself (and a repudiater of it), that was spot-on, X! The Catholic church is a major world force working toward global government, as can now clearly be seen under the current Pope, even by those who denied such allegations in the past). They have also been a prime force in cultural “ecumenism” -i.e. multiculturalism.
          They are just below the elite Jews in hierarchy of globalism, but their sheer number of adherents makes them just as or even more dangerous.
          As you illustrated, I well remember as a kid seeing their cardinals on TV at least once a week, giving marching (and voting) orders to the millions of their adherents, thus allowing the organization to effectively control the politics of the big northeast cities as well as the suburbs and small towns and whole states (Like MA and NY and NJ) -which are now among the most libtard states in the union. These states would not be quite so far gone yet were it not for the Catholics.
          Anyone even remotely familiar with history knows that the Catholic church ultimately only supports dictatorship, as long as they are the dictator (They will wage war against any entity which seeks to nullify their power).
          One of the reasons the Western states remained free much longer was due to the absence of large numbers of Catholics there, Of course, CA. was the first to fall, due to the influx of CATHOLIC Mexicans.

          • You make an excellent point about today’s Catholicism pushing the global agenda. Thank you,
            Today’s post Vatican II Catholics are pretty much Catholics in name only. Today’s post-Vatican II Catholicism is a Protestantized and jewified form of Catholicism.
            I subscribe to pre-Vatican II Catholicism.
            Post Vatican II Catholic parishes are suffering from a dearth of parishioners while pre-Vatican II Catholic parishes are seeing quite a resurgence.
            REAL Catholics recognize world jewry and their Protestant enablers (Christian zionists) as being major threats to humanity.
            Best regards,

          • As I said above, I’m not necessarily ripping on the Catholic religion here. There are some very good and positive things about it, and some things that are bullshit. In its 2,000-year history it has done plenty of good — and plenty of bad.

            In certain ways, the Catholic religion was a good fit for the United States. It ran a large number of charitable institutions like schools, hospitals, orphanages, and nursing homes in the pre-New Deal Era when the government did none of these things (as it should have been).

            All I am saying is that the U.S. was founded on Protestant ideals, especially individuality and self-reliance and self-interpretation of the Bible, whereas the Catholic Church was historically more concerned with (literally) the “masses” and had a more professional clergy, which had both good and bad aspects to it.

            It is simply a fact, however, that the vast majority of the immigrant crime and dysfunction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries came from Catholic countries. I am not necessarily blaming the religion itself for this, but the backwardness and stupidity of some of the people from those countries.

            We have probably all seen pictures of the Mexican and Salvadoran gangsters and murderers — covered with tattoos of Mary and Jesus and crucifixes. How do you square that circle??? It’s because racially they are Mestizos, not white, and are consequently dumber and probably understand little to nothing about the Catholic religion. It’s not as if the MS-13 gangbangers are reading Aquinas’s “Summa Theologica” in their spare time, LOL. Same thing with the Irish pimps of a century ago like Tim Sullivan and the Sicilian crime families.

        • Actually, New York’s hugely unconstitutional Sullivan Act of 1911 was overturned by the “Bruen” SCOTUS decision in 2022. Of course, that ding-dong NY governor Hochul has done her level best to circumvent that and restore tyranny to the Empire State.

          As for rich Protestant industrialists…the thought at the time was “Social Darwinism”. Please keep in mind that life in rural America wasn’t always a bed of roses. There are REASONS that folks left the farms and small towns in search of better opportunities in the big cities, even working in dark, dank, dirty and dangerous factories.

          • Trust me, the guns laws in NY are an order of magnitude WORSE after the Bruen decision… now you need a permit for a Ruger 10/22 and carry is banned almost everywhere. And almost all violations are felonies.

            They are engaged in wholesale nullification and insurrection against the Constitution and the Supreme Court.

            • New York City is the epitome of citizen disarmament whose residents have been taking it for a very long time…and apparently liking it.

              Since the Sullivan Laws were enacted, enabling the most extreme and restrictive limits on the acquisition and uses of firearms, the Constitutional right to defend one’s self and others has been almost totally obliterated.

              Once restricted to handguns, the laws have been extended to rifles and shotguns, all of (what were supposed to be “registered”) demanding that they either be confiscated or taken out of NYC.

              I’ll bet that those people who voluntarily turned in their weapons added to NYC police officers’ gun collections.

              NYC prosecutors relish the thought of prosecuting those who legally defend themselves, even a “rolled up newspaper” is considered to be an illegal “weapon”.

              The honest citizen is the easiest person to charge and convict.

              If you defend yourself successfully against a criminal without NYC police being involved, you WILL be prosecuted.

              Witness Daniel Penny who is being viciously prosecuted for saving fellow subway passengers from mentally ill Jordan Neely who had been harassing and threatening subway passengers for decades.

              The case of the bodega owner, Jose Alba who successfully thwarted a knife attack, his attacker succumbing to his injuries, was under indictment and prosecution for murder until a groundswell of opposition forced the prosecutor to back off on prosecuting him.

              The case of Bernie Goetz, the subway rider who thwarted being robbed by dispatching three of his attackers to the “great hereafter”. Subway crimes dropped dramatically after that act. If Goetz had kept his mouth shut, no one would have been the wiser.

              What kind of society prosecutes the victim of a crime?

              It happens in NYC all the time.

              You see, the approximately 36,000 NYC police officers constitute a powerful lobby and do not want to give up their monopoly on the use of force.
              They cannot have their monopoly on the use of force jeopardized by allowing honest citizens to provide for their own self-defense by “taking the law into their own hands”.

              Despite having relatives who live in NYC, I will not visit or enter NYC. This also applies to New Jersey.

    • The Libertarian approach works best not only in a white, Christian, PROTESTANT (for cultural purposes, I’ll include Mormons) culture, but one where SELF-RELIANCE is encouraged, and most conflicts are resolved either within the Church or via self-governance. Other cultures are inherently authoritarian since they’re typically financial and practical incentive for those in “authority” to assert and maintain it.

      Growing up, I was propagandized by school indoctrination that the US under the Articles of Confederation essentially didn’t “work”, hence the Preamble to the US Constitution opening with, “We the People, in order to form a MORE PERFECT UNION…”. There was considerable debate and opposition to the proposed new Constitution, in that it gave the central government way too much power and didn’t respect the SOVEREIGNTY of the several states. Hence the Federalist Papers, and the ANTI-Federalist writings as well, where much of this debate carried on after the Constitutional Convention in “Filthy-Delphia”.

      I’d say the events of the War of Confederate Independence and the outrageous growth of FedGov in the 159 years since proved the anti-Federalists correct. Maybe we ought to have continued with the Articles of Confederation.

  18. You assume, of course, that the cameras work.

    Or that they will continue to work after a couple of years.

    As far as when to get out, how far north has Transurban run the toll lanes on I77 out of Charlotte towards The Woods?

    Have you seen a sign for an outlet of Dutch Bros. DEI-infused coffee in town?

    • Hi Roscoe,

      The “I77 corridor” is still US 220 (leading to the 581 spur and I-81) and about 25 miles away. That’s prolly too close. I thought we’d be safe for the rest of our lives. But maybe not.

      • “I thought we’d be safe for the rest of our lives. But maybe not.”

        I know I’ve been hounding you to move but want to let you know I understand the reservations.

        I moved to a place where like you, I thought wouldn’t develop up for at least another 10-15 years. COVID and Starlink has accelerated the development beyond what I would have thought possible for this location.

        Development here is currently where I thought it would be 10 years from now.

        I don’t intend to move soon but I’m already seeking less developed options.

        Moving is a huge pain but if we want to live as free as possible, it has to be done from time to time. As they say, you can’t stop “progress” but you sure can stay ahead of it.

        • I among many other Whites was “ethnically cleansed” and encouraged to move out of Detroit. As soon as blacks moved in to my neighborhood, criminal activity increased.
          Initially, I tried to be diplomatic about it, recognizing that “not all blacks are bad” (they’re not). The criminal activity increased, the perpetrators ALWAYS being black.
          Push came to shove when my black neighbor (who I got along with well) introduced me to his own black dysfunctional “ghetto rat” relatives. I restored an old car to near showroom condition and parked it in my driveway.
          My neighbor’s visiting relatives decided that it would be a good place to sit (on the hood). Asking them to remove themselves was met with “f#ck you, White m#therf#cker”. Upon presenting my complaint to my neighbor, he remarked that “boys will be boys” and to “just let it go”.
          Things got worse in my neighborhood when my neighbor’s (hoodrat) relatives decided that breaking into cars and residences was a good career choice. My friendly relations with my neighbor cooled considerably.
          The final straw was the municipal “tickets” that us whites received for “infractions” committed by my black neighbors. Trash dumpsters were provided by the city, one for every two residences placed in the alley. These were large containers, easily large enough to accommodate two residences trash disposal. My black neighbors refused to use the containers, strewing their trash throughout the alley.
          Guess who got ticketed?
          It wasn’t my black neighbors, but us (remaining) Whites. It’s as if the city was “encouraging” us to move.
          Well, after multiple break-ins of both cars and my residence, I finally had enough and moved to an all-White enclave. I have never been happier.
          If my experiences (among that of other Whites) are not examples of “ethnic cleansing”, I don’t know what is…
          P. S.: You may think that the “nice black doctor” or “lawyer” living in your neighborhood is OK, but wait until they introduce and bring their “ghetto rat” relatives into your environ…You won’t like it…

  19. In this day and age, I don’t think there’s anywhere to escape to. Even Jeremiah Johnson couldn’t escape the turmoil of life.

    A few bad apples spoil the bunch. It’s why I no longer take recycling to our local drop point. It essentially has become a garbage dump. Bins are filled to the brim, few care to break down cardboard boxes, etc. Last time I went, someone dumped a half-broken pressboard desk.

    As for the cameras, I don’t know. Maybe it’s like padlocks just keep honest people honest? Too early for me to have cogent thoughts without sufficient caffeine.

    • A lot of people have big trucks these days who have no real use for a truck beyond occasionally hauling a load of mulch home from Lowes.

      Broken pressboard desk? Haul it somewhere!

      Not too far, however. Gas prices ya know.

      To someone with a hammer, pretty soon everything starts to look like a nail.

    • “In this day and age, I don’t think there’s anywhere to escape to.”. Mike

      I have to disagree.

      There are still plenty of places that don’t have zoning and mandatory building permits / building to code / building inspections.

      There are still plenty of states that don’t have mandatory vehicle inspections.

      There are still plenty of places that allow constitutional carry

      There are still plenty of places that don’t have sky high taxes.

      Not sure what is important to you specifically, but there are always options.

      • My cousin moved to a very BFE county in KS a few years ago. Thought he found paradise. Just last year thyey started implementing zoning (People actually voted FOR it). Now he’ll have to submit a plan, get PERMISSION and pay for a permit to fence his property.
        He was thinking of opening a small business in the little town, but after working at someone else’s shop, he saw that the local sheriff is a nosey busybody who has nothing better to do than to go around looking for “violations” at local businesses (When he’s not harassing motorists or people on the street). And the people love him!
        You have to pre-pay for gas now. It’s now the LAW. Property taxes have been going up exponentially every year. Much more, that was just off the top of my head, but he complains now every time I talk to him. Oh yeah, have a little used car lot? The state troopers just show up unannounced at random and look at your books.
        My cousin says tyranny in a small town, even in levels far below that of the city, is actually worse, because *they* know you by sight, and everyuone knows your business. In the city it may be random and somewhat avoidable if you’re smart, but in a small town, they know YOU and your business, and the car you drive, etc. It’s down to a personal level.
        Your conservative neighbors are of no benefit either, as they applaud the tyranny, as it’s “patriotic” and they’re “law-abiding folks” who support the guys in black(formerly blue).
        40 years ago it was still relatively free in many places outside of the libtard states and big cities. The other places have pretty much caught-up now, and with every increase in technology (Surveillance cameras; 5G, etc.) and federal funds under the guise of various things (from “fighting terror” to “fighting the pandemic” or “the War On Drugs”) those technologies are being widely implemented, just because the money is offered.

        Stick a fork in this country. It’s done. Now just wait for Trump’s “papers please” under the guise of fighting the invaders. Such things are far easier to implement in small towns, and far harder (read impossible) to avoid in such places.

        • I think you make some very wise points, Arthur. Especially in regards to “Now just wait for Trump’s ‘papers please’ under the guise of fighting the invaders.”

          Exactamente.

          Political forces are adept at using people’s emotions to get them to cheer on their own enslavement and demise.

          “Damned Arab terrorists must die!” “Throw those dope-head hippies in jail!” “Round up and deport the Alien Invaders!” “Stop the Superspreaders!”

          Think of what is happening with the recent “drone invasion”. “It’s a matter of national security! Do something! We’re under attack!”. To what end? Well I, just yesterday, saw Chucky Schumer offering “solutions” to the problem in the form of widespread high resolution 360-degree radar systems everywhere, as well as increased regulations.

          My guess is that they’ve seen how drones are being used to some success in the Ukraine, and don’t want the plebes to have any.

          I viscerally abhor the idea of asking for permission to do ANYTHING with my property. I didn’t buy it to be treated like a renter. Others might have a legitimate complaint if I’m doing something that endangers THEM or their property in some way, but otherwise, piss right off.

          It really does no good to replace 1 tyrant 3,000 miles away with 3,000 tyrants 1 mile away.

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