Freedom of Movement’s destruction will usher in the dawn of a New Slavery.

Freedom of movement is a fundamental human right that is essential for the realization of other rights and for promoting human dignity (United Nations, 1948). It enables individuals to travel, reside, and work in different locations, and is crucial for the development of a vibrant and diverse society. However, numerous governments are implementing policies and practices that restrict or even destroy this basic right. Without Freedom of movement, no other human right is possible. Freedom of speech, bodily autonomy, due process and even the right to arms don’t happen in a closed society, where travel is controlled. Freedom of movement, stimulates individual thought, thereby encouraging the exchange of ideas, or learning other ways of life through personal experience. It also breaks the back of traditional censorship tactics because information passes by word of mouth.

Governments worldwide are imposing restrictions on this essential liberty, ostensibly for reasons such as national security, public health, and environmental protection. The restrictions on freedom of movement imposed by governments around the world represent a disturbing trend towards overreach and control. This overreach is particularly concerning when it comes to career politicians, who may be using these restrictions as a means to consolidate power and maintain their grip on society.

The imposition of these restrictions can be seen as a form of mass enslavement, where individuals are no longer free to make fundamental decisions about their own lives. As long as whom you speak to and where you are allowed to go is limited, people can be corralled like livestock. What’s more, they trample the outliers who try to break from the herd and go their own way. Instead, they become subject to the whims of those in power, who can dictate where they live, work, and travel. This insidious form of control is often cloaked in the guise of public safety, health, or environmental protection (Source 1).

Border Controls and Immigration Policies

Governments have implemented strict border controls and immigration policies, regulating the movement of people across their borders. These restrictions are often said to be justified in order to protect national security, and maintain cultural cohesion. However, people who seek power tend to have the desire to control and dominate the population. As it stands only the very wealthy, who can literally purchase multiple passports/citizenship and those who claim refugee status (and absolute dependence on the government) are able to go where they want. Any hardworking regular person, must return within a short term to their “owners”.

Played out there are several examples globally of this overreach. Nationalist ideologies often emphasize the importance of maintaining cultural and ethnic homogeneity, which can lead to policies that limit immigration and freedom of movement (Mudde & Kaltwasser, 2017). The United States’ travel ban, which restricts entry for citizens of several Muslim-majority countries, is a prime example of how nationalist and populist rhetoric can translate into policy (DHS, 2020). Another tactic is in the name of security, where governments implement stringent border controls and immigration policies, arguing that these measures are necessary to protect their citizens from potential threats (Neal et al., 2018). These measures often disproportionately impact innocent individuals seeking to exercise their right to freedom of movement. For example: The European Union’s External Border Management Policy, has been criticized for limiting freedom of movement and imposing additional hardships on refugees and asylum seekers (European Commission, 2020).

Resource Management

Some argument could even be made that this global practice of border control and stringent immigration policies, isn’t really to keep fresh minds out as much as it is to keep citizens home. The reasoning being that citizens, particularity the working class are part of a country’s resources. Concerns resource scarcity are also used to justify restrictions on freedom of movement. Australia’s strict immigration policies, which are often justified on environmental and resource scarcity grounds, have been criticized for limiting freedom of movement and failing to address the root causes of migration (Baker, 2012). While managing resources and addressing environmental challenges are crucial, these concerns should not be used as a pretext for limiting the fundamental rights of individuals.

Economic factors play a significant role in driving restrictions on freedom of movement. Some governments believe that limiting immigration is necessary to protect domestic labor markets and ensure employment opportunities for their citizens (Friedberg, 2001). These concerns can lead to policies that restrict the movement of workers, such as, the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Which was driven in part by concerns about immigration and labor market competition, now has led to increased restrictions on the freedom of movement for both British and EU citizens (Jones et al., 2018). Post Brexit only the those with at least half a million euros in investment capital can purchase their freedom and an EU passport. (source 4)

Travel Restrictions and Quarantines

In response to public health crises, governments have imposed travel restrictions and quarantines. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant curtailment of freedom of movement around the world. Governments implemented travel restrictions, border closures, and quarantine measures in an attempt to control the spread of the virus (WHO, 2020). While many in the medical community have good intentions, there is a growing body of both rumors and evidence which point that the health crisis was a pretext for a political power grab. A soft coup carried out by career politicians, high-level political bureaucrats and their billionaire allies to impose draconian authoritarianism by limiting freedom of movement.

The closure of international borders and implementation of strict quarantine measures in countries such as New Zealand and Australia severely limited freedom of movement, even for citizens and permanent residents (Hufbauer et al., 2020). Looking back, the use of quarantines and lock-downs were a form of mass imprisonment, stripping individuals of their basic rights and liberties.

Throughout history, restricting freedom of movement has often preceded episodes of mass enslavement and oppression. For example, the Nazi regime in Germany began by imposing restrictions on the movement of Jews and other minorities, eventually leading to the Holocaust (Source 2). In the United States, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed for the capture and return of escaped slaves, severely limiting the freedom of movement for African Americans and perpetuating their enslavement (Source 3).

The restrictions on freedom of movement have far-reaching implications for society as a whole. They stifle the exchange of ideas, culture, and knowledge, as people are prevented from interacting with one another on a global scale. This isolation can lead to increased xenophobia, as individuals are less exposed to diverse perspectives and experiences. Moreover, these restrictions can have devastating economic consequences, as individuals are unable to pursue job opportunities or engage in international trade. This can lead to increased poverty, inequality, and social unrest, as people become more desperate to provide for their basic needs.

Freedom of movement is a fundamental human right that is under significant pressure from various governmental actions around the world. From nationalism and populism to security concerns and economic factors, governments are implementing policies that restrict or even destroy this basic right. It is crucial that we remain vigilant and continue to advocate for the protection of freedom of movement, both in our own countries and on the global stage. Only by doing so can we ensure that this fundamental human right is preserved for future generations.

It’s your future… It’s your children’s future… It’s your grandchildren’s future… Use your voices today or your guns tomorrow. What your future will be depends on what you do today.

Also read : The Dumbing Down of Society

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3. “The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.” (n.d.). Retrieved from <https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=10&title.raw=Fugitive%20Slave%20Act%20of%201850>
4. “EU Passport for non-EU citizens:” (2024) <https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/how-to-get-an-eu-passport-for-uk-citizens-after-brexit/>
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Fuck project 25, because it’s time pornographers stop behaving like crows sitting on a fence. Our current situation is that there is no shortage of people who are making massive sums of money from the porn industry by promising to either destroy it or protect it. Ambitious politicians and anti-porn lobbyists are becoming billionaires by promising to destroy porn. Meanwhile, free speech activists are equally getting rich by promising to defend us. In the middle are the porn consumers who don’t give a damn as long as they don’t have to pay to watch adult content.

The Rise of Censorship and Regulation in the US Market

The adult entertainment industry, long a haven for free expression and entrepreneurship, faces mounting pressure from regulators, censors, and societal norms. Project 25, a series of guidelines designed to combat human trafficking, will have stifling consequences for pornographers and content creators. Monopolizing on the media’s willful ignorance and bias, the porn industry has been portrayed as the largest source of human trafficking. Porn creators and performers have become a scapegoat. A convenient way to hide the fact that ruling class and wealthy elites have openly engaged in this inhumane criminal activity, with very little public scrutiny.

Famous celebrities and elites such as P Diddy, R. Kelly and Jeffery Epstein have been recently exposed for abuses which seem to have been perpetrated for more than 3 decades. However, in the same way the names on Jeffery Epstein’s client list have never been exposed, the people who helped these men commit their crimes will never be known. Each time the public becomes vocal about knowing the truth, the porn industry is thrust into the spotlight by the media, to play the role of the boogie man.

While the intentions behind Project 25 are may appear to be noble, the restrictions will make it increasingly difficult for those who depend on the adult industry to earn a living. And it should be noted that for every inroad made to censor “adult content”, the tools are being perfected to censor any unwanted voice, video or dissension from any social media user. Monetization is how things are ultimately controlled, precluding already certain vocabulary in an Orwellian sort of reality. Terms like Seggs and un-alive wouldn’t exist if not for the over-censorship. Not to mention that this entire industry sounds like agricultural professionals, having to use terms like corn, eggplant and even pineapples for porn, penis and swingers.

Moreover, major credit card companies have imposed strict limitations on transactions and what kind of porn can be monetized. This makes it challenging for creators to receive payment for their work and fueled the in-pouring of creators to fan platforms. The list of what’s permitted to be shown regularly changes based on the whims of the payment processors. In 1980 a movie called Taboo showed mother and son incest. Despite the fact that neither Kay Parker nor her co-star, Mike Ranger, were related and high demand, similar modern videos are far less likely to be produced. Instead, the bulk of them are labeled as “Step-mother and step-son” in order to avoid censorship and monetization problems.

Crypto as a Solution for Monetization

In response to these challenges, pornographers and content creators should turn to cryptocurrencies as a means of monetizing their work. Crypto offers several advantages over traditional payment methods, including increased anonymity, reducing transaction fees and providing an international currency. By using crypto, creators can bypass the restrictions imposed by credit card companies, enabling them to continue producing and distributing independently their adult products.

The benefit to the consumer is they will no longer face re-occurring billing, as each crypto transaction must be initiated by the purchaser, not the vendor. Therefore fraudulent credit card “banging” would also become a thing of the past. Furthermore, there’s a greater degree of privacy as once crypto is in an anonymous wallet, the banking system cannot see what is being purchased and the porn site can not see who is making the purchase. Which means, for example, a Christian minister who’s career depends on him being heterosexual, can secretly indulge his desires to see gay sex, with far less fear of discovery.

Exploiting Foreign Markets: A World of Opportunity

Hosting a website outside of U.S. jurisdiction can offer significant benefits, particularly in avoiding censorship. Many countries have more lenient regulations regarding freedom of speech, allowing content creators to express themselves without the constant threat of suppression. By choosing a host in a jurisdiction with stronger protections for free expression, individuals can safeguard their websites from arbitrary take-downs and governmental interference. This not only promotes a more open exchange of ideas, but also encourages innovation and creativity, as people feel empowered to share diverse perspectives. Additionally, hosting abroad can provide a layer of anonymity and privacy, further protecting users from surveillance and censorship efforts. Overall, opting for offshore hosting can be a strategic move for those seeking to maintain their voice in an increasingly regulated digital landscape.

As the US market becomes increasingly hostile to adult content creators, foreign markets should be considered to expand their audience and increase revenue. By creating content tailored to the tastes and preferences of foreign cultures, pornographers and content creators can efficiently exploit these untapped markets. One key to success in foreign markets is the adaptation of content to local languages and cultural norms. By producing adult content in multiple languages and catering to the diverse preferences of global audiences, creators can significantly increase their potential customer base.

The adult entertainment industry faces significant challenges due to increasing regulation and censorship. However, there is hope in the form of crypto-based solutions and the untapped potential of foreign markets. By embracing these opportunities, the industry can continue to thrive and innovate, ensuring that adult content creators can continue to express themselves freely and profitably. It is time for the industry to abandon the restrictive confines of the US market and explore the global potential of adult entertainment. Ironically, this maybe a win-win scenario for those who are currently trying to restructure western culture. By sanctioning what is acceptable pornography, they are asking those who want to make or see something other than copy-cat content to leave.

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Medieval society was divided into three different groups of people, – those who pray, such as priests and monks; those who work, like carpenters; and those who fight, like mercenaries, soldiers and knights. This concept of society organizing itself into three orders is not something you find in the Bible, or for that matter, in any classical sources. The closest iteration of this concept comes from a seventh-century encyclopedia writer named, Isidore of Seville, who referenced that the Romans had divided themselves into three groups: senators, soldiers and plebeians. .

To use the vernacular, we live in a severely fucked up world. Never before in all of human history has so many people been lifted out of poverty and suffering. Yet, ironically, there has never been more mental illness, stress and anger, as we have today. It’s as if human beings can’t be happy unless we’re fighting against something. The more comforts and luxuries we possess, the more we blame others for the imperfections of life and empower megalomaniacs to fix them. In doing so, we’re turning our species into animals. Once again there are again 3 different groups of people, only this time we’re not praying, working or fighting. – We’re just angry and hateful or fearful of what is otherwise a beautiful existence.

Predator, Prey or Livestock

Predators in the wild are easy to describe. In the different groups of people, these individuals are like wolves who hunt weaker animals for their for sustenance. Highly intelligent, curios and ruthless opportunists. They go for easy kills, focusing on the very old, the young and the weak. Human predators use the same strategies and stalk people that are easy to manipulate. Most often they’re psychopaths such as many CEOs of banks and large corporations, heads of state and also serial killers. It’s their lack of empathy, that leads many of them to believe that they’re somehow superior or even a different species than other human beings.

In America, many of our politicians are 75 years old or older and yet they continue to pursue prestige, money and power. They’re near the end of their live expectancy, they have reached the pinnacle of wealth, power and influence, and yet they refuse to step away from their dogmas, let someone else take charge. There is so much this world has to offer, so much to see, to learn, to experience and enjoy, these individuals have the means to do anything or go anywhere. But like Midas, being granted a wish, their insatiable greed gets the better of them. It can only be speculated that this is some sort of bizarre combination of narcissism and megalomania. Or, at the very least, it’s sanctimonious arrogance that borders on having a god complex. However, from a pragmatic perspective, these people are not the most dangerous category among the different groups of people.

Prey are the meal that wolves depend on. An animal example is elk, who are instinctively aware that they’re hunted. At the first hint of possible trouble they run and when cornered, they can even stand their ground and assail a predator with hard sharp edge hooves. The point is that they don’t make killing them easy and at no time do they trust trust those that want to devour them.

The Prey of society is perhaps the smallest and rarest are the people. Those who distance themselves. The easiest to identify are the preppers and off-griders. These people are often branded as crazies and anti-social, but as the world continues its downward spiral, there is a growing interest in their lifestyles. Even pursing homesteading and tiny house living are becoming attractive alternatives to mainstream society. In France, there are large numbers of people that have chosen to live in yurts to escape the oppressive French bureaucracy.

The sad truth.

Most people almost never see themselves as prey, liking to believe that on some level they’re proud predators. But, the truth is that most people are neither predator nor prey. In the 3 different groups of people, they belong to the category of barnyard animal. The food and comfort has been made plentiful to the point that people are dying from malnutrition, while simultaneously being morbidly obese. Like pigs in a pen, huge swaths of civilization gorge themselves on food, made to fatten and calm them, while doing little or no physical activity.

They go from air conditioned homes, to air conditioned cars and into air conditioned buildings. Their jobs are manufacturers of meaningless garbage that no one truly needs, such as social media moderators. The number of people who are still doing any hard physical labor is shrinking and as it does, perhaps at some point it’ll become obvious that most people are just fattened livestock who are destined, in some form, to be served on a dinner plate. In the meantime like cows being milked or chickens laying eggs, these unhealthy hoards keep the economy booming with their dependency on the medical community and pharmaceuticals to get through each day.

Farmers are the most extreme apex predators in existence. They have found a way to remove the need to hunt for their meat and instead literally raise animals for the purpose of eating them. When looking at different groups of people, 90% of humanity most probably falls into this category of livestock. They have all the fear instincts of herd animals, but instead of running or facing the predator, they look towards them for protection and comfort. When someone in their barn disappears, almost all of them simply go back to eating and praising the farmer for his kindness. Of all the different groups of people, these are the most dangerous, because they will do anything to protect their blissfully ignorant lifestyle. – Never trust anyone who lives comfortable and always smiles.

Neither Optimist nor Pessimist

Pragmatism doesn’t see a glass of water in terms of half-full (optimism) or half-empty (pessimism.) It simply says that there is half a glass of water. For the pragmatist, the situation is the situation and when a problem arises, they implement solutions without concern to how they’ll be viewed, either positive or negative. Like fighter pilots engaged in a dog fight, their forte is situational awareness and in the different groups of people, it’s the one quality shared by both predator and prey. The problem is far too many people make the choice to be livestock because it’s easier than having to face life on its terms. There are risks and because life gives no guarantees, many of those risks can be fatal or worse. Therefore, it really comes down to a question of what category in the different groups of people does someone want to be? Predator, prey or livestock?

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In an era of political correctness and anti-hatred, age discrimination is both the highly profitable and the dumbest openly perpetuated prejudice . It’s absolutely moronic to discriminate against someone that’s older than us, because everyone one of us is aging and sooner or later, we’ll eventually be part of that rejected generation. Segregation based on age elevates the unrealistic optimism and innocence of youth, while negating the experience and wisdom that comes with time. Governments use divide and conquer politics to keep the youth from learning from those that are older, while corporations use ageism to sell their products and services.

The way age discrimination is used by the porn industry is both good and bad. One argument can be made that the business demonstrates that someone over 60 can still be very physically attractive and very sexual. However, the age represented is NOT always the age of the performer; pornographers are creating a fantasy, and rarely worry about truth in their story-lines. The other side of the debate is that teen and barely legal porn often encourages attraction to the prepubescent look. But since we are all over 18, it is also coincidentally the only legal release for such obsessions. Therefore, whatever beneficial aspects pornography might have, are always offset by its negative opposite and there’s always at least one negative.

We’re in the midst of a societal revolution or, depending on your point of view, a cultural war. Wokeism is openly violent and oppressive, defending its desire to destroy thousands of years of hard learned social wisdom. From the moment our mothers’ drop us off at daycare, our age divisions commence. They follow us through school, and as we reach adulthood, social groups and government programs abound which continue this separation. It’s no wonder that age discrimination has become ingrained into society, we have so little interaction across the generations, that we fail to relate to one another. As the focus continues to shift from family and individual success to group identity, the governments’ self-serving policies exacerbate the social problems that it claims to be addressing. Only the unintelligent or someone purposely choosing to not see the manipulation by the mass media and politicians would have the gall to say that they weren’t always aware of the situation, even before the arrival of the woke conflict.

Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water

They protest racism, they protest sexism, they protest for gay rights and they protest for body autonomy. Young plus sized females got the cover of Cosmopolitan in February 2021. However, if you want to see a female athlete in her 60s similarly celebrated, you’ll have to turn to Senior Marketed magazines. Age discrimination affects all races and sexes; only the most wealthy are able to escape its societal isolation. Even when the government does seem to make recompense to the older population, when it comes to things like the housing problem (created in part by the ever growing government who contributes to general inflation with poor fiscal practices, while subjecting home-owners to skyrocketing property taxes to cover their own bureaucratic paychecks); retirees can find themselves sequestered in communities purposely designed to accommodate their age group. I am not talking about nursing homes, I am speaking of the HUD regulated properties which prevent grandparents from raising their own grandchildren because where they are allowed to live, children are not welcome. When a government sanctions programs by age they are practicing ageism and they are further isolating and making vulnerable the older population.

Society has come to think of the elderly as losing their cognitive function (a documented consequence of isolation), having poor physical health, and being past their ability to make a substantial contribution to the workforce. But when the elderly are given purpose, have always taken responsibility for their physical health and have nurturing relationships with their family and communities, these problems are rarely evident; an 80 year old can have the same vitality as a 30 year old. Just as we expect less in physical and mental health of individuals as they age; we similarly expect less maturity and independence from minors than we did even a generation or two ago. Unfortunately, people will live up to those inadequate expectations. Too many people have been led to believe that we should expect less from ourselves as we age, that we should slow down and strive less, and believing this fallacy, it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The tremendous consequences of age discrimination, are felt in throughout a society which has culturally embraced them, and the subsequent list of hypocrisies is exhaustively long and poorly documented, despite being well known.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. With that in mind, it’s also true that history repeats itself. Therefore, we live in a mad world and nothing is going to get better until we stop destroying millennia old human knowledge and learn from it. This will never happen as long as we allow the media, the entertainment industry and government to create a culture that praises the inexperience of youth, fears aging and shuns everyone over a certain age. In a moral society, we see each other as individuals and not by categories. Group identity politics is utterly the most bigoted evolution of society. Ultimately, the only things that should be scrutinized or weighted as important are someone’s knowledge, their skills and accomplishments. So if a 60 year old can pass ALL the required tests to join the military, that a healthy 20 year old must… They should be allowed to sign up and age discrimination be dammed!

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Taking a selfie, along with copies of your government ID is now being requested by sites for affiliate programs. Business with those who make you uncomfortable is best minimized, or avoided altogether. While moronic behavior has long been a sign of an unsafe business venture. Without a doubt, each of these sites are able to “justify” and provide “reasons” why they’re requiring selfies, but bureaucrats can find reasons and justifications for literally everything that they do. Regardless of if they are employed by the government or in private sector, creating excuses for their idiotic bureaucracy is the one skill that all functionaries have in common.

Any businessperson with an iota of commonsense will quickly point out that paperwork eats in to their profits. For the intelligent, it’s a question of how much should they tolerate before they move on to easier and more profitable people to work with. So for many, taking a selfie can very much be where they draw the line, and they will dump companies making such a requirement. Unfortunately, alternative options are dwindling, as Big Tech’s oligarchy grows.

Our options become even more limited when you consider that there is no shortage of people in developing nations willing jump through hoops, taking a selfie, or whatever else is requested for a fraction of the payoff we expect. The 3rd world sees the Internet like a promised land of potential revenue, and many companies are happy to replace each Western partner lost with dozens more in non-occidental nations. Long term, they’ll be able to pay these new colleagues less money, thereby increasing their profits. No doubt that many international government circles are betting that they can turn impoverished nations into richer ones and when they become too expensive, they’ll turn their eyes back towards us, who in desperation will cooperate with whatever they ask.

The backbone of tyranny is bureaucratic policies. They may be simply doing business, but they are creating serfdom for society. Tyrants, including private sector ones, are short sighted morons because they seldom look towards creating anything of quality or endurance, in either their products or commercial endeavors. The lure of easy money and prestige is hard to refuse, but it’s a game that the majority of players end up losing. Cooperating with tyranny is perhaps even more short-sighted and stupid because your role as only a pawn has been made abundantly clear. Perhaps taking a selfie “for security reasons” is an innocuous request, but it’s not going to stop there, so don’t be surprised when they demand bio-metric data or worse. You’re in control today; be careful what you give away, or you may lose that control.

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It seems like the save-a-whore gang can’t resist asking sex workers if they’re victims of sex trafficking or how bad their criminal record is. Amazingly, there are many of us that were never victims of sex trafficking and we don’t have criminal records. Unfortunately, most of the time, no matter what you say to the virtue signalling brigade, there’s nothing that will convince them that you’re not covering up for someone or lying. A certain mega church has proven that with pamphlets stuck in my mailbox and a weekly prayer meetup (now) in their parking lot. Such groups don’t want to accept anything that differs from the popular narrative, more so especially when that reality differs greatly from the one that puts large sums of money in their pockets. – Sadly, there is no shortage of schemes to make a dollar on the backs of sex workers.

There are many paths that lead to the sex industry. Addictions, sexual abuse and yes, even sex trafficking but those are by no means inclusive of everyone. My path is directly attributable to a college debt and equity hiring practices. On what can only be described as a fortunate set of circumstances, I became a male stripper, first in handful of specialty events catering only to women and then later in gay strip bars because there was more work and the money was better. Interestingly, the majority of my co-workers were both heterosexuals and fathers trying to support their child/ren. My experiences show that the hardest substance consumed by most of the dancers was marijuana. In those days, the only addiction I saw was among the actual homosexuals, but it was for steroids.

People with substance addiction problems, abuse issues and financial desperation exist in every industry. Human trafficking only becomes sex trafficking because of the sexual element. However, agricultural workers are trafficked and construction workers are also trafficked. An example is how human trafficking syndicates in Dubai lure Filipinos with training programs and then ship them to jobs in Iraq when their tourist visas expire. No one however, seems to talk too much about them; because “saving-a-whore” and specifically targeting sex trafficking is far more salacious in the public’s mind. As a consequence it earns virtue signalling groups more money, while pushing its advocates higher up the political ladder.

Sex work is work.

Porn workers aren’t all that different from professional athletes. Often what happens on camera entails a lot of physical effort. Also, many of us put a huge investment in our bodies by working out and taking supplements. The point is the majority of sex workers are not victims of sex trafficking and they don’t need to be saved. What’s needed is the decriminalization of sex work, because it double victimizes those who turn to this industry because they have no other options which satisfy their particular circumstance. There is an independence that sex work affords us, a self direction of how we spend our time and energy. It pays well, and accommodates those with extreme personalities or time-consuming responsibilities. For all these reasons, this decriminalization must come with continued independence. To legalize it, then require of us some certification and registration or that we work within the confines of some government sanctioned institution, just removes the very freedoms that make the job worthwhile. We’d all be much happier if the government and NGOs just disappeared; their resources could be better used elsewhere, and maybe just maybe they might prevent some from the situation that causes this work to become an option in the first place.

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It’s been said to me that learning to live again isn’t easy because it takes an act of defiance, a decision to face one’s fears. By comparison, cowardice is easy and requires almost no effort, save for repeating the same lies until you believe them wholeheartedly. The lying to yourself is a vital because almost no one wants to admit to being a coward, especially to his/herself. So instead, fearfulness gets disguised as a virtuous act of bravery and the world has seen a lot of that in the past 2 years.

My childhood was filled with abuse perpetrated by many but mostly by my grade school teachers, government goons (aka. Law Enforcement) and even the medical system. Needless to say, that I have a lot of emotional baggage and know first hand, what learning to live again entails. First they punished me for my own good and later they punished me for the good of others. To this day, other than being born, I don’t know what my crimes were. What kind of crimes can any child between that of a newborn to adolescence commit? A soft spoke polite child that wasn’t violent or stole anything from anyone? But like millions, perhaps billions, of other children I was convicted without a trial or proof of any wrong doing.

There are monsters who disguise themselves as humans

Since 2019, we have all been battered by the media and government(s) with a non-stop fear mongering message of death. They told us that it’s brave to hide in our homes and that it’s virtuous to hate anyone who questions their authority. This is why we must start learning to live again, because since 2019, we’ve been waiting for death. Unfortunately the war we are caught up in is incomparable to anything in our known history, neither like Nazi Germany, nor the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Our enemy is now our neighbors, friends and even family members. Everyone who fails to conform 100% to the new normal, we are told, is a murderous saboteur against all that is good. – But this outcry for public safety is truly nothing more than the offspring of a political lust for power and corporate greed that isn’t satisfied by the $1000 made ever single second.

Fortunately, just as the darkest night has its dawn and every war must eventually end. The things that went bump in the night are never as scary as we let ourselves believe. When the sun rises, we can either use it to see the beauty of life or let it burn us as it illuminates the depths of our paranoia. When learning to live again, you must accept that the brave bathe themselves in glory, while the coward recoils in horror in recognition of the atrocities s/he has committed.

2022 is a new year with a new opportunity to be brave. This year our enemy isn’t Covid, but fascism, a mental illness that no doctor can treat. Its only cure is a bitter pill called truth! It doesn’t matter who you are because time will write your eulogy and it’ll either record you as brave or a coward. Which will depend on which side of history you chose to be on and that depends on if you’re learning to live again or continuing to wait for death…it comes for all of us, but how much better is the life lived than that feared?

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Morgan Freeman said that the way to stop racism was to stop talking about racism. Now there are lots of good reasons why we’re programed to be suspicious and fearful of different people. Humanity is a species that competes for food, to procreate, etc. Whoever, is different is unknown and the unknown might be a threat, therefore our evolutionary tendency is to hate what we fear. Add our 2nd tendency which is to be selfishly self-serving and we have the perfect manipulable social mix. A fearful populace calling out for a hero and it’s self-serving leaders that are empowered by social ignorance. Henceforth, the reason we need to stop talking about racism is because we’re helping government to create it and profit from it.

Either intellectually or emotionally it’s difficult to be a fan of any government in this world. The city of Nineveh was founded in 6000 BC, in Mesopotamia; that means government has had approximately 8k years to solve our social problems, including racism, and it has repeatedly failed. We must ask, if there were a workable government solution to racism, wouldn’t it have been implemented by now? If roughly 8,000 years hasn’t been enough to fix the problem then maybe we need to stop talking about racism and focus on why government has never been the solution.

Godwin’s law says that any online debate will eventually justify it’s arguments with analogies to Nazi Germany. But the fact is that the overwhelming vast majority of people don’t really care about their neighbor’s race or ethnicity. All anyone really wants is a safe and quiet place to live with hopefully occasional polite conversation. Leading up to world war 2 the Nazi government delivered a message of mistrust and hatred, with the German people either complying or willingly participating in industrial scale atrocities that murdered 11 million people. We need to stop talking about racism because it’s decisive. History has shown that the individuals who comprise our governmental bodies can easily maintain control despite inadequacies if they push an us versus them agenda . Unfortunately, the general public only stops complying and empowering a regime when the inhuman horrors become common knowledge.

My childhood was spent growing up in a gutter.

Gutters are areas located behind heavy industrial factories where alcoholism and domestic abuse are considered normal. I used to think that ghettos were somehow better because they had government programs and handouts for people who lived in them. Whereas we weren’t even acknowledged because gutters are few and its people were difficult to categorize as one distinguishable group. We need to stop talking about racism because it’s an exploitation problem. Both gutters and ghettos are rotten places to live, but as we shifted from a production based economy to a service based one, the gutters have disappeared. The problems never went away; they just moved to a new location.

Our governments will never put an end to ghettos because they benefit far too much from them. They tell the citizenry that it’s because of someone’s skin color or ethnicity that these areas exist, but the reality is that the majority of people that who live in a ghetto are there because of addictions, lack of intelligence and /or they’ve embraced a culture of defeatism and these factors hit all races. Ghettos have become both generational and a form of soft eugenics. We need to stop talking about racism and start talking about things like; Why is junk food is so popular among the poor? Why there is a reluctance to establish community watch programs? Why are there so many fatherless children? Or conversely, why do so many women willingly have unprotected sex with men they know won’t stick around?

Junk food is cheap and it leads to obesity, self-esteem problems and even lower intelligence because of malnutrition and difficulties concentrating. The solution to crime is individuals patrolling their neighborhoods and the solution to fatherless children is empowering men when they’re still little boys and teaching them to be responsible for their actions. Overall, the best way to get people out of a ghetto is the same way to get people born in a gutter out and that’s with easy access to apprenticeship programs in the trades. And that’s by waiting to get married to have children. We need to stop taking about racism because it breeds victim-hood mentalities and makes people dependent upon those who exploit them. Unfortunately though government is all about GDP and protecting corporate profits.

The ghetto creates an area full of boogie-men that they can use to terrify the voting public. It also justifies the salaries of the medical industry, as obese people, drug addicts and crime victims require treatment, often ongoing care. Law enforcement, the legal system and prison system depend on a steady flow of criminals in order to remain profitable. And broken families require social services and a public education system. All of those add up to a huge percentage of the Gross Domestic Product, so perhaps we need to stop talking about racism and start talking about how ghettos are government endorsed factories for producing community ills to keep this service based economy functioning.

Socialist or capitalist, regardless of system or label, no government is anyone’s friend. It exploits human being for its own benefit and slowly murders its citizens. By comparison the Mafia at least has the morally merciful approach to quickly kill someone and not play as governments do like some demonic cat does with it’s prey. We need to stop talking about racism and recognize who the true enemy of humanity is and that it’s not each other.

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