The Path Forward

Though in many ways everything has now changed, in principle very little has. The steps to saving the world, as outlined on the main page, are the same: help others, be progressive, divest from evildoers, treat servants accordingly, question sources, and avoid fossil fuel waste. The main difference is that these steps will now become much harder to achieve.

The greatest change is to step 4. The US has demonstrated imminent systematic failure, and soon there will be few or no public servants remaining, instead criminals in the guise of servants. As such, treating them appropriately will be highly dangerous, and in most situations it will be best to avoid them entirely. There may be local servants who manage to maintain their posts honorably, and these can and should be assisted if you trust them.

In the long term, as I have previously maintained, we will need to create a new system that can fill our governmental needs and that can replace the failed system eventually. This will be far harder than it would previously have been, and it is far less likely that it can be achieved peacefully, but it may become much easier to convince others that it is necessary.

Right now, I think the most useful steps to focus on are 1 and 3.

1: Help others. Many are in need this time of year, and helping them now will ease the burden later. They may be able to help the cause themselves eventually if given aid in the present.

3: Divest from the wicked. It is a time of year characterized by frivolous spending for the purposes of holiday festivity. This motivation is not evil, but consumerism and corporate corruption mean that such activities have horrendous net costs for the world. That has never been more true than now.

Spend as little as you can manage to justify in this time period. Not only do you need to save money for the struggles ahead, but keeping money out of the pockets of corporations can do a lot of good. In particular I advise avoiding Black Friday sales. Corporations depend on income from this day in particular, and disappointing them can help destabilize their power.