Love this! And I’d be willing to bet if I post it on my LinkedIn account, it will be flagged for “misinformation” (they just did that with a Coffee & Covid post I put up about a week ago - I’m going to appeal). 😡
Of course they flagged it—truth sets off every alarm in the machine. Wear it like a badge. And hell yes, appeal it. We’re not here to make censors comfortable—we’re here to shake things up. Appreciate you spreading the fire.
Learn to be self-sufficient. Research historical writings to see how our predecessors lived with low-tech solutions to life's challenges. Learn how our economy really works at all levels; national, regional and local. Find ways to pay off debt and grow wealth. Start living a healthy lifestyle; forgo processed foods for home cooked, grow a garden, raise some livestock (if you can). Engage in low cost outdoor activities that allow you (and family) to learn skills that will serve your survival objectives in the coming collapse.
Amazing piece! Thank you. I just left a job that was a meat grinder and can identify and relate to much of this article. My eyes have been opening wider to the larger heist and continue to get better at resisting and changing. Thanks for such a great article and reminder to us all!
I just scanned your piece. I mostly agree with your diagnosis. Sadly you are heavy on what the problems are lite on solid effective solutions to solve all the problems.
It’s the same everywhere, modern “leaders” want to criticize and complain about the other side without implementing problem solving policy.
Here you go….
Housing is way too expensive. (I am building a house btw) For the government to authorize me to live in the house I built, I have to pressure test it to make sure it’s air tight (cost 20K) and I have to install high efficiency heaters that cost 10s of 1000s and will take 10s of years to recup the costs vs baseboard heaters that cost 100s. All to save a planet from naturally occurring global warming that is not catastrophe.
Ivan Illich said it all. For example 'The celebration of awareness' - 'Tools for Conviviality- 'Deschooling Society'. David Cayley's biography is good: 'Ivan Illich: an intellectual jouney
Anyone concerned about substack writers and commenters could be 🤖 or AI ? Anyone encounter this? Is there a way to verify? I enjoyed a fiction story on Substack and it was collaboratively with AI. The author hasn’t written a piece since another substack author wrote about it.
You can usually tell when something has too much gloss and no soul. AI can mimic voice, but it can’t bleed. Real writers do — that’s the difference. There are some AI-detecting tools, but they’re pretty unreliable. I ran a few classic lit pieces through them and it flagged Hemingway as 50% AI-generated — totally useless. So yeah, trust the human touch: soul, fire, anger, joy. If it’s missing, you’ll feel it. That’s how you really know.
I still have a Facebook account but that's just to keep track of family and a few friends (my best friends stayed off of it). My drop dead gorgeous wife (I am so filking superficial) listens to NPR and posts on Instagram...mostly cute stuff about our dog.
I see how the system is collapsing. I first saw the pattern when I read BARBARIANS AT THE GATE about RJR/Nabisco going private. We have had 2 generations of amoral leaders in business and government leading us all to disaster. I know of one writer who was asked to speak to billionaires planning their fortresses where the plan to ride out the "incident" (or do the call it the "event"). Their big worry? How to keep control over their security forces.
Love this! And I’d be willing to bet if I post it on my LinkedIn account, it will be flagged for “misinformation” (they just did that with a Coffee & Covid post I put up about a week ago - I’m going to appeal). 😡
Of course they flagged it—truth sets off every alarm in the machine. Wear it like a badge. And hell yes, appeal it. We’re not here to make censors comfortable—we’re here to shake things up. Appreciate you spreading the fire.
Learn to be self-sufficient. Research historical writings to see how our predecessors lived with low-tech solutions to life's challenges. Learn how our economy really works at all levels; national, regional and local. Find ways to pay off debt and grow wealth. Start living a healthy lifestyle; forgo processed foods for home cooked, grow a garden, raise some livestock (if you can). Engage in low cost outdoor activities that allow you (and family) to learn skills that will serve your survival objectives in the coming collapse.
There are practical things folks can do to resist corporate greed. Reduce your demand for money in your life.
Stop investing in the stock market and giving your money to a system of corporate greed.
Don’t work as much and become less taxable.
Bank with a local credit union instead of the big corrupt banks. Use cash whenever possible.
Consume less - borrow things, thrift, repair, and make do.
Grow your own food. Dumpster dive. Just ask grocery stores for their leftovers, often they’ll just give it to you.
Shop at yard sales.
This can be scary and hard to do. That’s where spirituality comes into play.
“Don’t work as much and become less taxable.”
Working less is not always necessary to become less taxable.
Please consider that the labor you exchange for money is not necessarily “income” that is subject to the tax.
https://dawnfrench.substack.com/p/excerpts-from-my-unsworn-declaration-9ca
Gosh, I think I need you as a tax mentor.
Every time I read your posts 2 things happen. I love you even more from afar and I wonder how you downloaded my brain
I’m hooked. I think this is a great wake up call, at minimum a good conversation.
Amazing piece! Thank you. I just left a job that was a meat grinder and can identify and relate to much of this article. My eyes have been opening wider to the larger heist and continue to get better at resisting and changing. Thanks for such a great article and reminder to us all!
If not Capitalism, then what?
Good question.
The problem isn’t capitalism — it’s corporate feudalism. This isn’t free market anymore; it’s monopolies, bailouts, and rigged systems.
I’m not calling for communism. I’m calling for accountability. Real capitalism rewards innovation and effort — not corruption and control.
Thank you, Ivana. I agreed with what you had written, but I have become wary.
I just scanned your piece. I mostly agree with your diagnosis. Sadly you are heavy on what the problems are lite on solid effective solutions to solve all the problems.
It’s the same everywhere, modern “leaders” want to criticize and complain about the other side without implementing problem solving policy.
Here you go….
Housing is way too expensive. (I am building a house btw) For the government to authorize me to live in the house I built, I have to pressure test it to make sure it’s air tight (cost 20K) and I have to install high efficiency heaters that cost 10s of 1000s and will take 10s of years to recup the costs vs baseboard heaters that cost 100s. All to save a planet from naturally occurring global warming that is not catastrophe.
So Deregulate!!!!!
The question you should be asking is:
if it’s your house, why would you need anyone else’s authority to live there?
Where did you cede your own authority to someone else?
How do you reclaim that authority for yourself?
Are you sovereign or someone else’s slave?
If you don’t investigate these questions and demand sensible answers, then you’ll forever remain a slave.
Ivan Illich said it all. For example 'The celebration of awareness' - 'Tools for Conviviality- 'Deschooling Society'. David Cayley's biography is good: 'Ivan Illich: an intellectual jouney
Anyone concerned about substack writers and commenters could be 🤖 or AI ? Anyone encounter this? Is there a way to verify? I enjoyed a fiction story on Substack and it was collaboratively with AI. The author hasn’t written a piece since another substack author wrote about it.
You can usually tell when something has too much gloss and no soul. AI can mimic voice, but it can’t bleed. Real writers do — that’s the difference. There are some AI-detecting tools, but they’re pretty unreliable. I ran a few classic lit pieces through them and it flagged Hemingway as 50% AI-generated — totally useless. So yeah, trust the human touch: soul, fire, anger, joy. If it’s missing, you’ll feel it. That’s how you really know.
Actually, you might want to investigate that Hemingway flag:
https://theresearchofmilesmathis.substack.com/p/ernest-hemingway
I still have a Facebook account but that's just to keep track of family and a few friends (my best friends stayed off of it). My drop dead gorgeous wife (I am so filking superficial) listens to NPR and posts on Instagram...mostly cute stuff about our dog.
I see how the system is collapsing. I first saw the pattern when I read BARBARIANS AT THE GATE about RJR/Nabisco going private. We have had 2 generations of amoral leaders in business and government leading us all to disaster. I know of one writer who was asked to speak to billionaires planning their fortresses where the plan to ride out the "incident" (or do the call it the "event"). Their big worry? How to keep control over their security forces.
Idiots. They won't survive. None of us will.
Wow!! Nice job if laying the situation out! It all makes sense, now we know the enemy.