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 Why is it so important for conservatives to get off Big Tech?

(Linux, degoogled phone, decentralized social, ect)

1) Your enemy controls your means of finding news and publishing your content

2) Your enemy oversees everything you’re doing and can later jail you.  Even if you think you're doing nothing wrong, some complex cryptocurrency transaction tax can be used years later to silence you.  Look at Roger Ver who was jailed a decade later for Bitcoin taxes, even after renouncing US citizenship.

3) You have lack the technical infrastructure to resist during a crisis.  The next "covid" situation will endanger you and your family because you can't get a fake vaccine passport without being watched.

4) You're a target to the woke radical left to get you fired because your political speech is tied to you.  Look at NixOS, he just got ousted by Transgenders just for saying "let's all be equal"

5) You're overpaying for new electronics.  Microsoft and Apple products have planned obsolescence, which is to purposefully force users to buy new products, by having them break down quickly.  While as Linux often allows older PCs to work longer.

6) You don't believe your own political beliefs.  If you really thought there was a deep state out to silence, kill, and control us all, then you wouldn't be blabbing about it on Twitter tied to your real name's family bank account with your life savings.

In summary, if you continue with Big Tech:
1) You're silenced
2) You're propagandized
3) You're fired
4) You're poor
5) You're a hypocrite, you don't believe your own positions.

Some people think Linux, DeGoogled Phones, or having your own VPS is complex or beyond them.  But I am here to tell you that it's not that different than what you’re already used to.  And the only real obstacle is in your mind.  Learn what you can from our site, and reach out for help if you need it.  Help me, help you. 
 Very true, we can live with principles like the Amish but still use tech, freedom tech.