{"id":18537,"date":"2016-03-06T16:19:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T21:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18537"},"modified":"2016-03-06T16:19:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T21:19:38","slug":"the-self-reliance-manifesto-more-than-300-resources-to-guide-you-on-the-path-to-radical-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18537","title":{"rendered":"The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources to Guide You on the Path to Radical Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/the-self-reliance-manifesto-more-than-300-resources-to-guide-you-on-the-path-to-freedom-03022016\">The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources to Guide You on the Path to Radical Freedom<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fwI\" title=\"The Self Reliance Manifesto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Self-Reliance-Manifesto.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_top\"><\/div>\n<p>Self-Reliance. It\u2019s a revolutionary word these days and I thought it deserved a manifesto.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Manifesto<\/strong>:\u00a0<span class=\"main-attr\">noun<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"word-syllables\">man\u00b7i\u00b7fes\u00b7to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"pr\">\\\u02ccma-n\u0259-\u02c8fes-(\u02cc)t\u014d\\<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Have you happened to notice that our society is out of balance?<\/p>\n<p>The consumers outnumber the producers at such a rapid clip that we can\u2019t possibly continue like this. But who has time to produce when they are indebted and working overtime to finance their current lifestyles in the hopes that they will finally be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Y2w9nd\" target=\"_blank\">able to buy \u201cenough\u201d to be happy, fulfilled, and loved<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>We live in a society made up mostly of rabid consumers. \u00a0As soon as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Y2w1UL\" target=\"_blank\">the advertising pros on Madison Avenue point them in a given direction<\/a>, people flock to it like the zombies on The Walking Dead lurch toward a fresh human, completely oblivious to everything else. \u00a0They yearn for these things that are produced across the world and then delivered at a cheap price. \u00a0They fill up on cheap food that has been government subsidized, making it unrealistically inexpensive. \u00a0They are enslaved as they work to pay for it, or in some cases, accept a handout to pay for it.\u00a0More people are deeply in debt than ever, living a fancy First World Lifestyle that would crumble with one missed paycheck. They\u00a0are slaves and they don\u2019t even know it.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t care that the newest clothing and gadgets were\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Y2wRkm\" target=\"_blank\">produced in sweatshops across the world<\/a>. They don\u2019t care that some items are produced by slave labor. They don\u2019t care about the processed offerings at the grocery store, the pesticide-laden produce raised by corporations instead of farmers, or even the feedlots that are the scenes of the worst animal abuse in the country, completely free from prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources to Guide You on the Path to Radical Freedom Self-Reliance. It\u2019s a revolutionary word these days and I thought it deserved a manifesto. Manifesto:\u00a0noun\u00a0man\u00b7i\u00b7fes\u00b7to\u00a0\\\u02ccma-n\u0259-\u02c8fes-(\u02cc)t\u014d\\ A\u00a0declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer. ~~~~~ Have you happened to notice that our society is out of balance? 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