Don't discount your actions. You followed your own advice and moved.
I'm one of those lucky people living in a small-ish town that (for the most part) has ignored the Covidian insanity. Things are still pretty good around here. The economy has been BOOMING the past two years, despite (actually, as a result of) attempts to shame us for not locking down. As Ron Paul used to say, "freedom is popular" (not so popular as I would like, we now know, but for some people it obviously still matters), and we've had a huge influx of people fleeing from tyrannical cities and states. This presents the next issue. Are they coming to enjoy our quieter, freer, more self-reliant mindset, or coming to turn us into another shit-hole like the ones they've escaped? It's definitely creeping in, but there are some of us working to preserve our preferred way of life. Not that this is a new concern, but it's a relevant and significant part of the localism equation that presents its own challenges.
Absolutely. There is significant movement on that front. Hopefully it'll be enough, and in time. We're actually first faced with rooting out some of the dirty "good ol' boys" currently calling a lot of the shots in the area. Some success in the school board already, a little in the city council, but the Commissioner absolutely needs to go down in the next election, and preferably sooner. He's already being sued by one citizen for pulling some pretty ridiculous power stunts. He (the commissioner), the city's legal council, and most of the other council members have also been (apparently) colluding with some outside forces to create some onerous new P&Z regulations and pushing them through. Dirty stuff, and there's plenty more. It happens at all levels, unfortunately...
I’m in Georgia and my friends and I have seen a almost disappearance of certain things like chicken. What’s more scary my wife is a nurse and there is a blood shortage.
Don't discount your actions. You followed your own advice and moved.
I'm one of those lucky people living in a small-ish town that (for the most part) has ignored the Covidian insanity. Things are still pretty good around here. The economy has been BOOMING the past two years, despite (actually, as a result of) attempts to shame us for not locking down. As Ron Paul used to say, "freedom is popular" (not so popular as I would like, we now know, but for some people it obviously still matters), and we've had a huge influx of people fleeing from tyrannical cities and states. This presents the next issue. Are they coming to enjoy our quieter, freer, more self-reliant mindset, or coming to turn us into another shit-hole like the ones they've escaped? It's definitely creeping in, but there are some of us working to preserve our preferred way of life. Not that this is a new concern, but it's a relevant and significant part of the localism equation that presents its own challenges.
The answer to invasion is to control the reigns of power
Absolutely. There is significant movement on that front. Hopefully it'll be enough, and in time. We're actually first faced with rooting out some of the dirty "good ol' boys" currently calling a lot of the shots in the area. Some success in the school board already, a little in the city council, but the Commissioner absolutely needs to go down in the next election, and preferably sooner. He's already being sued by one citizen for pulling some pretty ridiculous power stunts. He (the commissioner), the city's legal council, and most of the other council members have also been (apparently) colluding with some outside forces to create some onerous new P&Z regulations and pushing them through. Dirty stuff, and there's plenty more. It happens at all levels, unfortunately...
I’m in Georgia and my friends and I have seen a almost disappearance of certain things like chicken. What’s more scary my wife is a nurse and there is a blood shortage.
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