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Liberty groups need to take these steps to survive what’s
coming
There are tens of millions of conservative
preppers and liberty-minded people in the U.S. today. The expansion of the
liberty movement from when I began in 2006 to 2021 has been staggering, and it
continues to give me reason for optimism. Fifteen years ago, most of the
preparedness information and resources available today did not exist. Right
now, a person can access teachers and online guides to every vital step they
need to take to protect themselves and their families from crisis, and they can
do it in seconds.
However, even with all this information at our
fingertips and millions of fellow patriots to share it with, the Liberty
Movement continues to suffer from a perpetual weakness. That weakness is a lack
of effective organization.
To be fair, every effort has been made by the
establishment to frighten conservatives away from organizing. The propaganda is
endless. But this only shows us what they really fear, which is decentralized
conservative communities working together. The fact remains that we need
organization in order to fight back against the storm that is upon us.
Most readers are probably already aware, but
time is running out for preparedness. Right now, right in front of our faces,
everything the alternative media has warned about for a decade is happening. A
stagflationary event is growing out of control and prices of goods and raw
materials are rising across the board. Within a year I believe we will be
facing at least 50 percent price increases in all necessities, if not more, and
wages will not climb fast enough to keep up. For most households, this will be
a disaster unless they have a plan in place.
Supply chains are once again struggling and the
rumors I am hearing from business owners and freight experts is that by
Christmas many retailers will be dealing with empty shelves and will be scrambling
for product. Hopefully, these are just rumors, but I plan to be prepared
anyway.
Finally, Biden's covid vax mandates are leading
to either mass layoffs or mass walkouts by millions of people that refuse to
comply. We are seeing this now with airline companies and it's about to get
much worse. According to DoD estimates, around 25 percent of the military is
refusing to get the vax, and losing this many personnel at one time could be
debilitating to U.S. defense. This has to happen in order for conservatives to
combat the authoritarian mandates, but we also must recognize that pain is
going to be felt as the country divides into two distinct camps:
The
people who want to control everyone else. The people that simply want to
be free.
Turmoil and crisis are inevitable, but any
crisis is manageable if you are prepared for it. Community organization is a
key part of that. Many communities have taken steps toward organization already
and these actions are commendable. What I want to talk about briefly though are
some steps you can take to increase your effectiveness and thereby increase
your security.
Something I have seen many times with liberty
groups is a tendency to run regular meetings, which is good, but they never
seem to take any steps beyond just talking about what they should do. And keep
in mind that leadership can only do so much. They can make suggestions for
action, but if the community doesn't run with those suggestions and make things
happen then the situation will stagnate.
The worst-case scenario is that a disaster or
threat appears and your community is caught without contingencies in place and
everyone is isolated from everyone else. For example, what if there was a
cyberattack on internet cloud providers or the electrical grid tomorrow? What
if phones and email and social media are down? How would you communicate with
each other and organize?
Would you be able to coordinate, or would each
person be stuck at home not knowing how to connect with the others? And, if you
are able to connect, do you have a plan to do this securely if you need to so
that unwanted parties cannot interfere?
What if the supply chain completely breaks down and stores shut
down for days or weeks at a time waiting for sparse shipments? Or, what if
there is an attempt by a majority of big box stores in the area to enforce vax
passports at the behest of the federal government? Do you have an alternative
system in place to trade goods and services with each other? Do you have a
barter market structure or a meeting place for trading? This could help greatly
in getting items you might need even if the stores are closed, or you are
battling COVID restrictions.
Overall, I predict that we have one year give or take a few months
before we are facing extreme system breakdown or an aggressive attempt by Biden
and his handlers to put boots on the ground to enforce the vax passports. Here
are a few steps I suggest taking right now (if you have not already) to prepare
for this:
1) Establish a regular comms network: Set up a day and time at
least once a week for a dedicated preparedness comms net. Pick a main frequency
and a backup frequency. Every person that has a ham license can participate in
this, but you should pick at least two people in your group with ham radio
experience to run it, and you should make these people your designated comms
team. This team needs to follow through with the network project, and if they
can't then they should step down and find a replacement.
People who don't have ham licenses should still buy a radio of
their own and listen in on the net.
2) Set up comms contacts with other groups in other towns or
counties: You might need an HF radio to do this, but there needs to be
some kind of contact between groups that are spread across the state in order
to share basic intel and just to let each other know that they are not alone.
3) Your radio team should have the ability to send encrypted
messages: This can be done with ham radio, a ham modem and a laptop with the
right software. I do recommend everyone download an open-source encryption
program or a basic encryption software package for text in word documents and
emails.
4) Next, you might want to pick a person who can organize a barter
market effort: I know that some people prefer to keep their trading
discreet, but there needs to be some kind of system in place so that two people
can meet up to exchange goods. I suggest a bulletin board that is brought to
your meetings that people can post cards to. They can write the items they have
to trade or the items they are looking for along with a secure email if they
want to remain anonymous. You can also just have a regular barter day. If the
internet is down, you would need a physical place to set up secure trading.
5) Finally, I suggest a monthly range day for able-bodied members: This should be
mainly for practicing team movement and team tactics or sharing more complex
training that is harder to learn at home. Anyone can do basic marksmanship on
their own time, but team tactics require the help of others and it's important
to get to know the people around you.
I also suggest that training days be managed by a different person
each time. This helps prevent people with a little too much ambition from
taking too much ownership of the training and it allows each member to share
their knowledge.
In the event of a crisis, a command structure for security can be
formed, and this will be easier to do because the group will know each other’s
abilities. In the American Revolution, militiamen often reserved the right to
vote on and pick their officers. I think this is a solid way for modern
security groups to establish structure. Security leadership should be kept
separate from community leadership. But both should be working together toward
the same goals.
I often hear the argument that this level of organization is too
difficult and there are just not enough people to accomplish much. But look at
it this way... each person at a liberty meeting likely represents a half dozen
to a dozen people that don't regularly attend. Each person has friends, family
and neighbors that are on the same page as you in terms of principles and
ideals. And, even if they are not on the same page, many of them will be as the national
situation becomes more and more unstable. As crisis grows, people you know will
be coming to you for answers on what to do.
The group efforts you pursue today can act as a kind of skeleton
or building frame that others can connect to. If there is no frame, there can
be no building when disaster strikes. You need to act as that frame and be
ready to lead when the time comes.
If you can do this and enact the steps I've listed, you will have
the ability to protect each other, to protect your neighborhood, town and
perhaps even your state and beyond. All movements to freedom start in small
ways until they become an avalanche. It all starts with those of you reading
this article right now and the actions you take from this day forward.
To truth and knowledge,
Brandon Smith
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There’s a lot of “romance” surrounding the
idea of the lone wolf prepper. We’ve all seen “reality TV shows” where
some survivalist is pitting themselves against nature, supposedly on their own,
while the cameras watch and record. Going back before such programs exist, we
have the legacy of Grizzly Adams to foster this same idea. Pitting ourselves
alone against nature seems to be the ultimate test for the survivalist,
allowing us to prove that nature has nothing tougher than us.
There’s just one thing… attempting such a thing might make for
great television, especially when there are emergency personnel standing by;
but it’s also a great way to get yourself killed. There are just too many
things that need to be done in order to survive, especially for any prolonged
period of time. There are also too many things that can happen, such as an
injury, which will drop our chances of survival to right around zero.
Besides the amount of work required to survive, there’s the
issue of self-defense. You can be sure that there will be those who gang
together in order to take advantage of whomever they can, stealing supplies and
killing the innocent. While you may be able to defend yourself against two or
three assailants, there’s no way that any of us can defend ourselves against a
gang. The press of sheer numbers and superior firepower will ultimately give
them the victory; maybe not the first time, but eventually...
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I once shared an article on Facebook about the potential for an
economic collapse in the near future, and someone left a comment saying, “Why
do I keep hearing this warning over and over and over for years, and yet
nothing ever happens?” Good question. When people keep saying that the sky is
falling and it never does, it’s hard not to be skeptical.
As
I said in my response to him, “After the stock market crash in 2008, everyone
started claiming an economic collapse was about to happen, but what they didn’t
realize is that it DID happen… in 2008. Since then, the economy has slowly been
recovering. But the systemic problems that led to the crash were never
corrected, and the bubble has been re-inflating. It can’t re-inflate forever.”
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and not enough wealth. Meanwhile, the stock market has soared to new heights,
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I’ve
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over time? How often should I check or recharge them?
-From
Chris D.
Answer: A quality
power bank can hold a charge for up to 6 months.
The thing
is, most power banks will slowly lose charge over time depending on the temperature
the power bank is stored at.
In
addition, lithium-ion, and lithium-polymer batteries used in power banks
eventually lose their capacity (typically between 200 up to 1000 cycles
depending on the battery cell quality.)
The
bigger the battery is, the less cycles you will need to charge it and the
longer it will last. But, I would check them every 6 months if I were you.
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