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 Here is a more productive way than memes to increase your sovereignty, freedom, liberty or whatever they're spinning it as these days... You know, the "go away and leave me alone, tranquility" thing...  

Economics is just slow war by another name.  They will throw increasingly long duration "events" at you in order to acheive their goals.  Will you be able to outlast and overcome their plans?  As the state begins to architect many coincidental "circumstances" to see how many they can shake out of freedom and into their care, will you be able to escape their clutches?

Do you have the wealth of time?  Can you outlast another spamdemic without special proclamations from the Ministry of Administration?  The crippling burden of no job, no reserves and no benefits can drive one into destitution at the hands of the state.  Do you have enough time to buy back your home from the government?

Lower your time preference on the best shot you have at making it through life in these perilous times...  Your home!  You can live in a state that will give you 4 years to pay off their taxes or you can live in a state, like CT, that is dying to kick you out in as little as 60 days if some suits, downtown deem your property to be "abandoned".  What if you're out of town or in a coma when this happens?  Some places like AK, CA, FL, MI and many others give you absolutely NO TIME to redeem your property from a tax sale.

Plan for the worst.

https://www.taxtitleservices.com/redemption-periods-for-tax-sales/