Two days ago, I went to a Dollar Tree store, we have used for years. The shelves were mostly empty. It was extremely unsettling. About 30 percent of the inventory was there. I bought shampoo, some scrubbing pads and a few other items. The condition of this store brought back visions of people lining up for things in Russia from the 1980s.
Years ago as I was deep into conspiracy, it was discussed on all conspiracy boards that the elite planned to crash the American economy one day. This was discussed in my previous fundamentalist Christian circles prior to deconversion, message boards and elsewhere. Even my IFB pastor said, the American economy would crash and burn, and people were not spiritually ready. Some other people talked of Peak Oil and America collapsing as well. Well looks like that day is here. I don't know what is wrong with the people I live around here. Deep denial? Brainwashing? I walk into a nearly empty store, post about it on my Facebook and very few care. The "think positive" ethos holds even in the face of complete collapse. It's the apocalypse and you have to smile.
Their threat "you will own nothing" is very real. The planned for "Great Reset" is real too. They are destroying people's livelihoods, even middle class and above folks have lost endless small businesses. This town is triggering me as it's looking like a ghost town, this is just like what happened to my old small rural town in the mid to late 2000s. The only businesses surviving are a few take-outs and luxury places for the wealthy.
As long time readers of this blog know, I experienced extreme poverty in my 20s. Those memories of digging in trash cans and having only one meal a day or less to eat are there. I know what it is like to wear near rags as clothing and need new clothing and be unable to have any. People don't know what that is like and sadly many are going to be surprised. The worse days will come from the food shortages. We may not be able to get our cars fixed or have items to fix machinery. Our leaders are evil.
Years ago as I was deep into conspiracy, it was discussed on all conspiracy boards that the elite planned to crash the American economy one day. This was discussed in my previous fundamentalist Christian circles prior to deconversion, message boards and elsewhere. Even my IFB pastor said, the American economy would crash and burn, and people were not spiritually ready. Some other people talked of Peak Oil and America collapsing as well. Well looks like that day is here. I don't know what is wrong with the people I live around here. Deep denial? Brainwashing? I walk into a nearly empty store, post about it on my Facebook and very few care. The "think positive" ethos holds even in the face of complete collapse. It's the apocalypse and you have to smile.
Their threat "you will own nothing" is very real. The planned for "Great Reset" is real too. They are destroying people's livelihoods, even middle class and above folks have lost endless small businesses. This town is triggering me as it's looking like a ghost town, this is just like what happened to my old small rural town in the mid to late 2000s. The only businesses surviving are a few take-outs and luxury places for the wealthy.
As long time readers of this blog know, I experienced extreme poverty in my 20s. Those memories of digging in trash cans and having only one meal a day or less to eat are there. I know what it is like to wear near rags as clothing and need new clothing and be unable to have any. People don't know what that is like and sadly many are going to be surprised. The worse days will come from the food shortages. We may not be able to get our cars fixed or have items to fix machinery. Our leaders are evil.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Maybe the economy getting to a stage where shortages would occur is not planned, but just not anticipated?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/01/america-supply-chain-shortages
I think it is planned all of it, even from secular non-conspiracy websites. Why? Because the bottom was falling out even from the debt and they knew it, and America is on the brink of losing reserve status and they know that too. Look at the money clean-out and who Covid has made wealthier. The article is right is there are far too many monopolies, remember when there was a shortage of IV bags from the hurricane in the Puerto Rico? I believe America is being collapsed, by plan though obviously stupidity and greed is playing it's helpful part. Think about the warnings of Morris Berman and Chris Hedges too.
DeleteWho are you quoting? (with your malice vs. stupidy claim)?
DeleteThe phrase "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" is used for the adage known as Hanlon's razor.
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Our leaders are evil. I don't believe a word they say. They do not care about your health, the poor, the environment. Everything they say is a lie. It is horrible to be in your 60's and realize almost everything you've ever been told was a lie. They have been evil for a really long time. It's just being revealed.
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I knew they were all liars in 2001. I guess I woke up young. It was hard though people told me I was crazy. I have friends who remember me talking about the collapse of America from 10 years ago, and other stuff. I knew then they were getting the tyranny ball rolling. Yeah they only care about their money and power. Yes we have all been lied to. Until humanity fixes the sociopaths in charge problem, we probably are doomed for extinction and this level of technology with sociopaths is a very bad mixture indeed.
DeleteI didn't believe the official narrative about the towers or the war in 2001; and I believed in chemtrails, because I had seen some really bizarre things after 2001,like rows and rows and rows of lines in perfect alignment, and tic tac toes and all sorts of weird things ,so it was apparent to me they were up to something. What it was can't say for sure. Plus I felt more ill on days when the sky writers would go apocalyptic. I would get weird symptoms. So I guess that's 3 conspiracies I believed in. But, I never paid attention to any others. That was enough evidence in my mind to make me stop voting. Oh, and I remember Dennis Kucinich admitted that chemtrails were a thing, and he came to where I lived. I went to see him answer questions hoping he would address that subject, but he didn't, of course. They never do. I never voted again after that, accept locally.
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Yeah I've studied chemtrails. The sky has been clear here, but today they seemed to be going to town, weird clouds that were all like one flat line, I took pictures, and crisscrosses all over. I live in a rural area, this is not normal flight paths. I have seen the tic tac toes. There's an old post here on Chemtrails. Let me see if I can find it. I took all the pictures on it.
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I have noticed it is always hotter too when they do chemtrails. Like it is getting to be late Oct here, we are supposed to be in the 50s now, and it was 75 degrees out today. I had to run the air conditioner. The lack of fall is scary, we are still having some coolness at night so some plants are browning but no leaves have changed.
I voted third party a lot, during my conspiracy/fundie days. Had some desperate hold nose votes for Obama, mostly based on Medicaid and disability stuff. So understand. I voted Democrat after deconversion with some third party, refused to vote for Hillary but betray the last voting decision obviously.....Feel like everything is so controlled. I voted for some local politicians based on who would be less likely to enforce vaxx mandates so it was kind of a "one issue" voting decision.
I've heard it is regional; and things are pretty well stocked where I live for now; but I don't believe it will last. They are deliberately trying to destroy this country. It is really scary. And it is really depressing that most people either don't notice or don't want to know.
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Glad you are well stocked where you are at Sue. It was unsettling. I know I am being triggered back to my old poverty times. Yes they are trying to destroy the country on purpose, they don't care about freedom, health or what is right, they care about power. I am trying to wake up who I can, even discussing things with the vaxxed now who don't close me out, some are questioning things but sadly right now it's a smaller number then the ones they have indoctrinated.
DeleteIt turns out the conspiracy theorists were mostly right about everything. Maybe they were the prophets of our time. I wish I had paid more attention.
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Remember how I was going to leave conspiracy...LOL that's over, you can't forget what you know. It is ironic to me so many things I and others warned about is happening now. Many "conspiracies" came true. They even said vaxpasses were a conspiracy in 2020, they are just wrong. It's not easy being into conspiracy, you know things that are hard to know.
DeleteI guess I always felt somewhat on the edge economically after 2008 so I never looked at the economic conspiracies because I didn't need more anxiety. But now, it just seems so obvious. They are pushing it. It's already collapsed for some people. Were not doing that great at the moment.
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Sue
I've already gone through 2 economic personal collapses in my life, I saw past rural small town collapse. Sorry to hear you are not doing well Sue. Yeah unemployment is over here. My household has disability still coming in--yeah I worry about what will happen with that and husband has SOME work, but I know of people where there's none. The homeless numbers have to be skyrocketing. I know I glance at supply chain news, but it freaks me out thinking about medicines and mechanical needs.
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ReplyDeleteI was thinking about why the IRS would want to know about $600. transactions in every American's bank account? Then all the health workers in New York being forced to get vaccinated or step down, which led to 7400 known to have quit or been fired so far, told me the story. These workers will go on to look for private freelance work, caring for those needing home care. They want to have the ability to track and tax them. Same for the police officers, who will go after private security jobs. Also the teachers, maybe doing private tutoring. Lots of people at home earning money from their computer (which they are encouraging) but they want the tax revenue. But doesn't one pay taxes in exchange for these very essential services, such as hospital care, firemen, policemen, teachers etc. Someone is throwing the baby out with the bath water here! And they outsourced the American Industry a long time back, hence the difficulty many Americans have getting jobs. And of course the heavy reliance on imported goods. I wonder what these crazy (and Un American) vax passports might have to do with the 100 ships being held up from offloading? Every where you look it's insanity! I see what you meant Peeps, when you said you get up every day to see where the insanity is going to go next? It's worse than that reporter commenting on the Hindinberg disaster, when he cried and said, "Oh, the hummanity," for those souls being burned. I feel like I'm looking into the flames everyday. Must be why I'm not motivated to ecercize. I'm petrified where I stand! I never imagined I would witness anything like this in my lifetime. I am so sad about it all.
Chelle
Hi Chelle, I wonder why they want to nose into our bank accounts too. Are they going to ding people like if a friend gives them 10 bucks for a lunch or something? The level of control is growing insane out there. Also wouldn't this push people to say screw banks, keep cash at home. You know if they got cashless then they can control every dime. That's one reason some are into the cryptos, but always had thought they could just shut off the internet or cut you from it and you lose all your crypto money. I never got into crypto, thought about it, but didn't have time, and nowhere to learn.
DeleteWhy are they firing so many refusing the clot shot? They probably want people to starve, no underground economy or help from others or side hustles allowed.
OH they already have you pay taxes on gig employment and computer work. Remember you get paid via computer it's all known. There's a reason our taxes are hellish via husband's gig employment. Part of me wondering why do they have to snoop in the bank accounts, they already know what you get via Pay Pal, and other places. It's all so strange.
Yeah it was a very very very bad idea to send all our manufacturing overseas, many warned about this back in 80s and 90s and how many essentials were being sent overseas, and this gave China too much power over us. Some say China is winning WWIII against us, makes you wonder...
I think they want to put pressure and starve etc, people out. They really want people to take those non-working vaxxes and that just grows my suspicions at the nefarious nature of them, all the bullying, coercion love bombing is nuts. If the vaxxes worked and actually solved a problem and were safe would we have this constant pressure and insanity?
A starving desperate population with all the economic moorings removed is going to be a more compliant population and won't rebel. They probably want people to blame those who refused the vaxx as "destroying the economy" when the elite dismantled it all. I want to gag seeing that constant Orwellian term "misinformation" thrown around.
Yeah I feel like I am that dog in the burning room, yes this is like the Hindenberg, but instead am shouting and trying to warn, and no one is listening, and they are sitting at the table doing nothing. I feel sad too. I am sick and scared too to be living in dystopian hell, war time, chaos, etc. Things aren't bad RIGHT NOW, I have medicine, food, rent is paid, things are being fixed in my apt. But I really don't expect that to last if that makes sense. The empty store is and was a wake up call. One thing I am noticing is the Covid believers seem to be minimizing things. I can understand people not wanting to panic or freak out and remaining calm, but it's odd, like they aren't reacting and they believe so much in the system, they think it's going to protect them. I've read too many history books, to see how this all goes.
Hi Peep,
DeleteI’m very freaked out about that IRS into my bank account nonsense. What happened to our rights to privacy?
I hope that you and hubby are surviving ok in this crazy mess.
They’re requiring vaccines for my workplace as we’re considered “federal workers” even though we work for a company.
Jess
Hi Jess.
DeleteTry this website on how to get exemptions, medical and religious and finding lawyers. Health is not worth losing for any job. They have tons of legal and other information listed. What is wrong with these bosses and why are all brainwashed types? Aren't any of them refusing?
https://nojabforme.info/
We have been surviving so far, economically things a bit on edge as he lost work and unemployment ended. I'm trying to get as much medical stuff in as possible while I can.
Try and get your co-workers to refuse too. Biden is a monster.
I have heard rumblings they are going to try to mandate this for people on disability, rumor now, but rumors and conspiracies have come true. I guess I better start writing my own legal petitions too. Courts probably are all owned and sold out, but need to stand up if that happens.
The IRS prying into the banks, I wonder if this a door they plan to open to just take money from the unvaxxed, this is a way so they have everyone's bank account number.
Peep,
ReplyDeleteHave you seen this article? https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-applied-to-60-jobs-got-one-interview-labor-shortage-2021-10
One of the most evil schemes I have seen from giant corporations. It's their way of getting more power, and blackmailing government to give them money to stay afloat.
What I'm saying is that the Dollar store might be doing this on purpose.
I instinctively knew that supporting large corporations was not a good idea, that it would lead us to a depression so desperate as to make The Great Depression seem like a walk in the park. The worst thing about it is that when the government subsidizes big corporations, they go in debt ... mainly to China, the country buying the debt. They will want to cash in at some point, maybe even at our lowest point. They could even say that we could pay off the debt by giving them the entire west coast, and if we didn't capitulate, take us over.
People just have to get smart and start buying from their local farmers, local makers and local business people. And perhaps even start local currencies (like the Massachusetts Berkshires did with Berkshares).
My area is increasingly overtaking the "old economy" with a "buy local" economy. I was in early, buying meat, eggs and even fish from locals. I go to "pick your own" farms, buy clothes from local makers (they cost more, but they practically last a life time, and look 100 percent better - so worth it). As a result, the town has not been gutted, and the businesses in it are thriving.
Food is the most important thing to buy local. It's insane how many tractor trailers drive from the west coast (which is experiencing crop failure due to climate change) all over the country. If some foreign power takes oil away, we could all starve to death, thus the absolute necessity of supporting local growers and farmer's markets.
Hi Lise thanks for sharing that article. I find myself as I wrote here wondering if they are lying to hide the sinking ships, laying off staff as they say they are desperate. of course the draconian vaxx mandates are messing things up, people want to stay alive, not risk their health even for a job. One theory I have too, is that if all the fun, social engagement, stuff to look forward to or enjoy is wiped away where's the motivation to work? Some may say house and food is enough, but some may check out and go move in with family or find lower level work to do or just be done with all of it. I can seriously see some checking out to the streets at this rate after 2 years of masks, abuse, rising prices, and society seeming to fall apart. People don't believe in the system anymore I know I don't. The billionaires and sociopaths running this place just seem to want to destroy us all.
DeleteThe large corporations are the problem, I believe Covid is an invested attempt to destroy small business to consolidate big corporate power. The quality of all our lives will sink to nothing. The middle and upper middle class will disappear as small business most often unless they were higher rank in a corporation gave them their wealth and property.
I can see them all getting money again out of government and tax payers, it worked for the bankers during the bank bail-outs right?
Yeah I can agree with your theory about the Dollar Tree Store. Oh when I plan to go back want to take pictures in there. Want to show people how bad it is. I may look at other stores too. It's frightening where I live honestly.
In the Great Depression people had stronger social ties, more know-how to get food off the land, growing, gardening hunting, more resources, closer knit families and extended families, this depression is going to be far worse. I am even concerned about my own household if they do funny business with disability or gig employees.
Yes this whole country is in debt to China and the corporations are basically owning and controlling govt. We have Pfizer lackeys as leaders.
Some say China is winning WWIII, and we have traitors in our govt that have sold this place out, and now they are going to starve us into submission. I keep thinking about how mRNA is being pushed on Westerners while China has different vaccines for Covid, and that's bugging me too.
I agree about getting to know local farmers, makers and business. I am going to make it a point to get to know more local farms, I know a few and purchase more things directly from them.
I am glad your area has more buy local resources. I have used veggie stands, one thing our farms are invested in selling to the wealthy of a big metro city around 100 miles away, so that was sometimes a barrier, but there certainly has to be some alternatives beyond that.
Clothing from local makers I would love, home sewn and lasting far longer. I need to see if we have any of those.
I am glad your town has not been gutted. This place may be in trouble in town there is far too many corporate places. Peak oil people always talked about how the collapse of oil could bring starvation, I agree with your concerns. Yeah I am going to make more of an effort to get to know farmers. I wanted to move to a more rural area and even back to my old town [that place is rejecting vaxx mandates etc] but husband doesn't agree with this worried about the medical resources we both need, which I understand his argument too, but I seriously do worry about survival here. Most of our social contacts here believe in the traditional system.
During the Great Depression 30 percent of the country was in farming, and most were small family farms. Farming AND ranching is only 1.2 percent of the population now, and big agriculture is subsidized by the government. So that is why the food supply did not collapse during the Great Depression (although the drought of Oklahoma was a climate disaster).
ReplyDeleteAlso during the Great Depression, small businesses were the standard across the land, many of them located in the center of cities. Most of our citizens got their goods from small businesses, and the small businesses got their goods from small factories. When business is spread around, then if one business goes under, they don't all go under.
In the present economy, if one giant bank or corporation goes under, it can have a super domino effect.
As for getting to know farmers, I have loved it. I've gotten to know their families, how they view what they do (very passionate about it), and so many of them buy local in return. The whole thing is fascinating. Last summer I spoke with a farmer who purchased some bumblebees to pollinate his plants. I went there to photograph them. Unlike honey bees, they will fly a much longer distance to get their food, and there are white faced bumbles as well as black faced ones. And they were all over the flowers, just swarms of them, and they were so into flowers, they didn't pay me any attention.
I love shopping through local farmers - way better than the boring grocery store, and the connections and sense of community is fantastic in the farming world. I think you'll love it.