Quiet Revolution

Peter Oborne has pretty much nailed the problems that we face.

boudicca's response rounded it off beautifully:

I agree with this article.  The emergence of a financially superior and detatched class, often not British, but using the UK as a base and not contributing towards society is a dangerous development.  The fact that many of these individuals are directly responsible for the banking crisis and forced austerity on the rest of society, makes it even more volatile.

But we mustn't forget that our political elite are also culpable.  They have courted these immensely rich people and made themselver subservient to the demands of high finance and big business.  They no longer even listen to the demands of the ordinary taxpayer, let alone respond to them.

Hence we find the UK trapped inside the EU because the globalists of Big Business want it.  We have to suffer mass immigration because Big Business wants an unlimited stream of low-paid workhorses.  At the same time, the elite from all sides (banking, business, politics) cushion themselves from the effects of their avariciou,s mutually beneficial policies.

The British people are far too tolerant.  We have never had a revolution because, ultimately, we believe that order and proper  government is better for all.  But if things carry on as they are, we will increasingly see social breakdown and violent rejection of the elite's construct.  And they will deserve it.

The British people are effectively disenfranchised.  We can vote.... but voting changes nothing.   We are still in the EU; immigration continues unchecked; taxes rise for the workers but not for the rich; politicians are remote and unaccountable (the EU even more so); Bankers collect their bonuses; Big Business raises its charges and so do the local authorities.

A revolution is long overdue.

So how do we go about it?  Who do we go after?

I propose starving the beast: the corporations and their co-parasites, the Treasury.

Start with this:

• Close accounts in global banks (e.g., Lloyds, RBS) - instead use local Mutual.
• Boycott the supermarkets (e.g., Tesco, Lidl) - instead use Mom & Pop stores. They can do with the business, because the government is killing them.
• Pay down debt (e.g., credit card, mortgage) -  ASAP and never take on more.
• Reduce consumption and buy only goods that last, preferably from neighbours, car boot sales or other non-establishment outlets.
• Don't buy what you can make, yourself.
• Barter.
• Pay cash wherever possible - foil their tracking systems which enable them to target taxation finely at the middle classes, based on data mining info fed to them by the banks.
• Grow your own food. Who needs the toxins in the nutrient-deficient junk that the supermarkets sell, anyway! Else, buy from a local farm and pay cash. I bet the farmer could use the money.
• Walk or cycle more often. Don't use public transport or your car, where possible. 
• Make plans to get off the grid (water, electricity, gas, etc.).
• Avoid government levies wherever possible.
• Buy gold and be sure to take immediate physical delivery of it.

Generate other ideas for shrinking their empire - and get others to do the same.

I'd wager that a 10% drop in profits will be enough to kill many blood-sucking corporations off.

Hundreds of individual actions by individual people all over the world, slowly chipping away at their wealth by the simple withdrawal of custom: take your custom to those who you think deserve it.

Think of an ant's nest. Ants are tiny but, en-masse, they can wipe the forest floor clean and devour species many times their size. Whilst we may be small individually, mass action would be an unstoppable force.

It doesn’t even require large scale organisation. Each person acting in isolation adds to the weight of the power we can collectively wield.

The simple action of only using cash is the easiest place to start.

Politicians and financial elites underestimate us “lower beings”, we’re adaptable, resourceful and much, much tougher than we are given credit for.

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