“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We did not love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
It's akin to the activation of the red and blue lists that were discussed in the late 1990's. Although, at the time, I thought those red and blue lists were going to be used in conjunction of the un's (they don't deserve capitalization) re-wilding project. I believe that project was thought up after agenda 21 and before agenda 30. Either way and regardless of previous context - the theme stays the same. Always trust your gut. If something seems a little off - GET AWAY. It reminds me of a famous Ronald Reagan quote: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Thank you, Mr. President. Those are words to live by.
Alternative is like Andy Capp in court. His defense was I thought he was going to hit me so I hit him back first.
Songpinganq in PRC told me his friends were Covid Camp inmates & were charged $41.00 US equivalent per day per person with no set release criteria. Average wage is $20. Even minimum of 2 week vacation stay will leave many people debt slaves to the govt. Multiply that by millions of people. No wonder zero tolerance was government policy. As I told him, no help is coming from the west, it's up to Chinese citizens. Well, they stood up finally , far more forcefully than media showed & Xi backed down, for now...
My relatives were German living in Russia during the war . The authorizes came to the war my relatives were told to grab what you could carry . They were put on a train one of them detained never to be seen again . Off they went to a town in Germany 7 of them . They lived in a one bedroom apartment and my great grandfather rode a bike. 17 miles to work and back everyday .
My grandma said it was the best of times and the worst of times . Togetherness joy music playing cards reading together and cooking eating together . They appreciated the great things each other . Laughter . Finding joy in each together and being there for each other .
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“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We did not love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The second rule is keep your powder dry.✝️🇺🇸
It's akin to the activation of the red and blue lists that were discussed in the late 1990's. Although, at the time, I thought those red and blue lists were going to be used in conjunction of the un's (they don't deserve capitalization) re-wilding project. I believe that project was thought up after agenda 21 and before agenda 30. Either way and regardless of previous context - the theme stays the same. Always trust your gut. If something seems a little off - GET AWAY. It reminds me of a famous Ronald Reagan quote: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Thank you, Mr. President. Those are words to live by.
Alternative is like Andy Capp in court. His defense was I thought he was going to hit me so I hit him back first.
Songpinganq in PRC told me his friends were Covid Camp inmates & were charged $41.00 US equivalent per day per person with no set release criteria. Average wage is $20. Even minimum of 2 week vacation stay will leave many people debt slaves to the govt. Multiply that by millions of people. No wonder zero tolerance was government policy. As I told him, no help is coming from the west, it's up to Chinese citizens. Well, they stood up finally , far more forcefully than media showed & Xi backed down, for now...
My relatives were German living in Russia during the war . The authorizes came to the war my relatives were told to grab what you could carry . They were put on a train one of them detained never to be seen again . Off they went to a town in Germany 7 of them . They lived in a one bedroom apartment and my great grandfather rode a bike. 17 miles to work and back everyday .
My grandma said it was the best of times and the worst of times . Togetherness joy music playing cards reading together and cooking eating together . They appreciated the great things each other . Laughter . Finding joy in each together and being there for each other .
Anyone know what exactly is happening here? Any additional info or context?
You will surely notice that, thematically, totalitarians always usher humans into boxcars of trains to ‘move them around’
What you want is avoid the miserable fate that awaits beyond the train at all costs
So never step foot on the train
Hope that helps