Have a Plan

Things are looking particularly dire these days. I honestly don't know what to post anymore because there are so many terrible narratives, hardly believable only a few months ago, yet in light of recent events, entirely plausible.

I've seen a lot of arguing from many different websites, videos, and tweets about "so-and-so" being disinfo agents because of this, that, and the other. People are always going to see an event from their own unique perspective, or honestly be flat-out mistaken or mislead. But infighting is counterproductive. It's like early theologians arguing over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, ignoring the infinitly more relevant question, "do I love my neighbor as myself?" And "what's the most important thing I should focus on right now, that I actually can do something about?"

I hesitate to report on any scary speculation right now because I honestly don't know what's happening in Australia, the Middle East, or even Portland. Unless I'm there and can see it with my own eyes, WTF do I know? It all might be staged to stoke real hatred and spark a real civil war. Think Jussie Smollett and his failed attempt to start a riot in Chicago over a scene from a scripted reality show.

The best thing I can think to tell you is "don't panic." When people panic they don't know what to do. When they don't know what to do, they tend to get swept along with the herd being corralled to the slaughterhouse. Having a plan is the opposite of panic.

It doesn't take a genius to see bad things are coming. Australia and New Zealand are trial balloons for a fascist lockdown (their winter flu season being the Northern Hemisphere's summer). The United States presidential election will be hotly contested no matter what. Preparing and having a plan will help you respond intelligently to whatever they throw at you, rather than react in a way that makes things worse.