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 One important thing I learned is that if your livelihood is dependent on others doing the right thing, then you need to work on becoming more self sufficient. Your wellbeing cannot be dependent on people standing against tyranny. You are way too vulnerable if that’s the case. And I totally respect your efforts to try and wake people up to the bullshit governments are doing but the reality is that most people will never listen. The only ones that do listen are already actively looking for that. So they’re already awake to some extent and will find the answers whether you provide them or not. 
 Its not about self sufficiency or being dependent on anyone. And I gave up on trying to wake them up long ago. Its about a many many friends of 3 decades not even caring or even once calling to ask how I was/am doing. No invites to anything anymore. No calls to go out for a drink or a meal. Just nothing at all whatsoever.  
 What caused that?