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What To Do
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Our no-holds-barred list:
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1. Start producing. Pick something of value; pick anything of
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value; then start making or doing it. Show it to people who
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might want it. Trade with them.
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2. Walk away from TV. No... run away from TV. Watch a comedy
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or a ball game now and then if you like, but get the rest of it
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out of your life – it is a massive time waster and keeps your
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mind tied to the system that just spat you out. Do NOT watch
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the commercials.
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3. Get the system out of your head. Don't be like the battered
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woman who clings to her abuser no matter what – get the hell
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away from the system and stop looking to it for images of
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success and approval.
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4. Make your own images of success. Approve of your own self.
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5. Start reading books. Real books with real ideas in them. This is
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education; schools are watered-down substitutes. And you
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don't need their approval certificates; where have they gotten
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you?
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6. Get to know yourself. You are not “middle class.” You are not
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“a citizen.” You are not suited to any single description. You
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are a complex, unlimited person. Get to know YOU. Stop
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looking for boxes to fit into. Stop looking for people to tell you
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what you are.
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7. Stop doing what other people expect you to do; do what you
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think is right.
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8. You have a functional mind and you have every right to use it
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fully. Sure, it makes sense to get input from people with
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something valuable to say, but consider everything yourself:
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decide it's right; decide it's wrong; decide part is right and part
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is wrong; but decide for yourself. All the time.
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9. Do whatever works. You're already considered outcasts and
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lost causes, so what do you have to lose?
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10. Get copies of the (short-lived) TV show Firefly and the movie
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Serenity. Watch them. Dramatics aside, these are people like
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you.
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11. Read the Bible. There may be no more thorough and
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condensed set of ideas in the world. Believe if you think that is
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right or don't believe if you think that is right, but read the
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ideas in this book and make your own decisions about them.
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Do NOT compare what you read with anything that a religious
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person ever told you. Read the book itself.
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12. If you have some expertise in something, teach it to others.
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Hold informal lectures on economics, teach welding one
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morning per week, take people for sailing lessons on
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Saturdays, whatever. Pass-along what you know.
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13. Protect each other. Let's be honest, most policemen won't
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spend a lot of time protecting a tent city. Figure out how to
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protect yourselves. Forget the system's laws and do what you
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need to do. There are bad people out there and you have every
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right to protect yourselves. (If you do happen to find a good
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policeman, thank him and show him kindness.)
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14. Remember, your rights do NOT come from the government.
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Thomas Jefferson was right: they come from Nature and
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Nature's God. Governments trash them more than they protect
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them. You don't need an official to tell you what your rights
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are.
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15. Respect property. When people lose their property, they are
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losing the part of their life that worked for it.
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16. Forget “the news.” The very definition of news is “something
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that almost never happens.” When something is so common
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that it's no longer news (car crashes, IRS seizures, bogus
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speeding tickets) that's when you should worry about it.
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17. Get over any racial crap. It's what's inside people that matters,
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not the outer layer of skin. If they behave well, you treat them
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well. If they behave badly, you separate and protect. It doesn't
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matter what kinds of feelings you have; we are not instinctdriven beasts, we are thinking humans. Were you mad that
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welfare people got your money or that someone abused your
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great grandfather? Fine, but blame the system that enforced the
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crime and not someone who happens to have the same
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complexion as a bad guy. They are individuals, the same as
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you, and if you don't treat them as such, you are the barbarian.
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18. Learn about the common law. Forget the law produced by
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senators; learn about justice. That's what the common law was,
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and it is useful.
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19. Learn how to avoid the state. They will always want to steal
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your production – that is what they do. Once you have
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something again, they'll want it again. Don't go back to Egypt.
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20. Cooperate with others and build whatever you need. It doesn't
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matter what. Maybe, for example, you need a water supply. Get
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together with everyone else and start developing ideas: Can
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you get it from a nearby stream? Can you buy it from a
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business? Do you need to tap into municipal lines? Decide
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what is the right thing to do, then pay whatever the price may
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be and do it.
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21. Learn to play an instrument and make music with your friends.
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It's a lot more rewarding than plugging into an iPod and
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mindlessly bobbing your head for hours.
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22. Less talk, more action. People often talk to delay actions they
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fear. Ditch the endless arguments and do things.
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23. Adapt, improvise, overcome.
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24. Screw the rules – make your own.
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