Solutions: Boycotts and Buycotts. Stop Feeding into the System

[RunningDeer]

“We are actively cooperating and complicit in feeding the beast that we rage against when we use their systems.” More from James Corbett found on thread, “James Corbett of CorbettReport.com”

Solutions: Boycotts and Buycotts

James Corbett of the Corbettreport.com

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3vdhQIUHjlo

Published on Jul 12, 2013

SHOW NOTES AND MP3: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=7679



The battle against the New World Order is designed to demoralize us. No matter how we vote, no matter what politician we vote for, no matter what legislation gets passed, no matter what rallies people attend, nothing seems to fundamentally change. If anything, things only seem to be getting worse and worse. So how can we effectively fight back against the powers that shouldn't be. The answer, it turns out, might be remarkably simple: stop feeding the beast. Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we explore the power of the boycott.

Quick Links to Video:

Simple ways to stop feeding into the system. Simply stop using the technology- privacy from NSA @ 5:39

Tim Kilkenny of revelationsradionews.com @ 10:43 easy ways to switch to open source download software: most popular is ubuntu.com

prism-break.org @ 13:40

“Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program. Stop the American government from spying on you by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.”

Some examples:

Why pay Microsoft, Apple, etc. to spy on us? Opensource.com - What is open source operating systems and software?

What is open source?

The term "open source" refers to something that can be modified because its design is publicly accessible.

While it originated in the context of computer software development, today the term "open source" designates a set of values—what we call "the open source way.” In general, open source projects, products, or initiatives are those that embrace and celebrate open exchange, collaborative participation, rapid prototyping, transparency, meritocracy, and community development.

What is open source software?

Open source software is software whose source code is available for modification or enhancement by anyone. "Source code" is the part of software that most computer users don't ever see; it's the code computer programmers can use to change how a piece of software works. Programmers who have access to a computer program's source code can improve that program by adding features to it or fixing parts that don't always work correctly.

What's the difference between open source software and other types of software?

Some software has source code that cannot be modified by anyone but the person, team, or organization who created it and maintains exclusive control over it. This kind of software is frequently called "proprietary software" or "closed source" software, because its source code is the property of its original authors, who are the only ones legally allowed to copy or modify it. Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop are examples of proprietary software. In order to use proprietary software, computer users must agree (usually by signing a license displayed the first time they run this software) that they will not do anything with the software that the software's authors have not expressly permitted. [continued]

libreoffice-calc @ 13:50 - Open Office rather than Microsoft Word & Excel

Startpage

Google & NSA @ 16:30

startpage.com @ 18:08 with Dr. Katherine Albrecht - Startpage is a private portal to access Google results.

Private Features:

• anything that identifies you is striped out
• Startpage submits it themselves from their servers to Google
• The result come back from Google and Startpage page strips out tracking cookies, and serve only the pure results
• Startpage delete all records of your visit, erase your ip address
• At the end of the day, Startpage wipes clean all searches so no one can hack or required Startpage to turn over search results. There’s nothing in their servers to obtain.

“A sickened and defeated population is one that is easily controlled and colonized.” @ 25:05

“Food can be used as a weapon against the people.” We see that with the biotech agenda being rolled out through Monsanto, and Dow Chemicals, GMOs, chemicals, and processed foods that are being inserted into our foods.”

“If you are paying the companies that are creating this for the privilege of eating their crap that is making us sick then in a ...”

How to go about change in eating and purchasing habits with James Pilato of MediaMonarch.com & Cassie Cohn of cassiecohn.com @ 28:05

Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton of TruthstreamMedia.com @ 34:20

How boycott and buycott. Give your money to a company or local business that you do support rather than withhold or to withdraw our support to the people that are creating the problems @ 41:39

Central issue boycotting the Federal Reserve. Support an alternative economy: “How to Solve Our Economical Problems by Creating an Alternative Source Economy”

[ponda]

Great thread Paula


Startpage are in the process of getting a private secure email service started.It's called 'startmail'.

Link: https://startmail.com/

The prism-break link: https://prism-break.org/

[Bubu]

good post Paula I was thinking of starting a thread that is titled " The more you use money the more you are being use" maybe we can discuss it here.

[Another1]

Non-GMO lettuce here costs $2.80 per head more than the poison stuff. Just for giggles I made a scene about the price difference last week, played hard of hearing and stupid which allowed the grocery store worker to raise their voice and enlighten me. No poison costs more. *LOL*

Open source software is good stuff. There's a place out here called download.com where one can find most anything they need for free. You can support the coders you like by hitting their donate button and sending a few $s - win-win-win The self employed coder gets beer money, you get good software that works and the big books get squat.

For spending money, when possible, I work to share the money with people I can respect. Walmart gets damn near nothing from me anymore while the office supply shop on main street gets my business even if their prices are slightly higher. When I need a ride somewhere I give money to neighbor for gas instead of calling a taxi.

The only way I know to fully disconnect and not feed the system is to die but we can make small efforts to starve em.

[william r sanford72]

Short of going Amish..thats something i say alott around here.good job with post and thread..double bump.

[mosquito]

I agree with you Paula, my aim, (if I ever find myself in the position of having a permanent home, ), is to be 100% free of microsoft etc.
Wold anyone in their right mind put up with car manufacturers (for example) making the wheels square ? Or moving the brake pedal to the back seat and then demanding that customers change the way they drive ? ANY company that complies with U.S. spy laws should be boycotted. And that includes everyone's little darling - apple.

But ......... (and I don't want to offend anyone here, honestly), isn't it all just a hollow gesture while you continue to pay tax to the U.S. government ?

[RunningDeer]

Posted by mariposafe (here)
I agree with you Paula, my aim, (if I ever find myself in the position of having a permanent home, ), is to be 100% free of microsoft etc.
Wold anyone in their right mind put up with car manufacturers (for example) making the wheels square ? Or moving the brake pedal to the back seat and then demanding that customers change the way they drive ? ANY company that complies with U.S. spy laws should be boycotted. And that includes everyone's little darling - apple.

But ......... (and I don't want to offend anyone here, honestly), isn't it all just a hollow gesture while you continue to pay tax to the U.S. government ?

But ......... (and I don't want to offend anyone here, honestly), isn't it all just a hollow gesture while you continue to pay tax to the U.S. government ?

Good point(s) mariposafe.

What may seem like a hollow gesture to one, it's a wake up call for another. Yes, I pay taxes to US government. To get from here to there is made with small steps from all angles from the 99%. How that begins is to offer alternative solutions.

The way I see it is even small gestures from many speaks volumes. Like no more drive through dinners or dinner in a bucket. Shop the outer isle in grocery stores with the money you would have spent at the Micky D's drive by. Purchase pre-paid cell minutes rather than long term contracts. Watch how the companies scramble to meet our needs and not the other way around. Raises the ethical vibration for starters.

Small incremental change encourages even more change in all areas of one's life. And when other's around you begin to change? That's a bonus for us all. Time for a relearn. Time to take expectation up a notch.

Peace,
Paula

[Another1]

Posted by mariposafe (here)
I agree with you Paula, my aim, (if I ever find myself in the position of having a permanent home, ), is to be 100% free of microsoft etc.
Wold anyone in their right mind put up with car manufacturers (for example) making the wheels square ? Or moving the brake pedal to the back seat and then demanding that customers change the way they drive ? ANY company that complies with U.S. spy laws should be boycotted. And that includes everyone's little darling - apple.

But ......... (and I don't want to offend anyone here, honestly), isn't it all just a hollow gesture while you continue to pay tax to the U.S. government ?

The way they are tanking the economy and wiping out jobs on us, they are getting less and less income tax from many each year. Sales taxes are dumping on them too because we don't have money to buy stuff or are going alternative like barter and flea markets.

They couldn't finance a copy machine on what they get from myself or perhaps 70 million other individual Americans today.