QUIETLY, QUIETLY, THE REVOLUTION ARRIVES

QUIETLY, QUIETLY, THE REVOLUTION ARRIVES
by Wendy McElroy

http://wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.4546



The Revolution is rapping on my door. And, in response, I garden.

I live down a gravel road on a 40 acre farm in Canada...and the Revolution still finds me. It is everywhere. Blogs. Forums. Twitter. Conversations overheard in the grocery store. The rebellion against governments is all-present even though the most important front may not be obvious to some. The deepest Revolution in North America is the quiet and largely invisible withdrawal of people from dependency on 'the system' into self-sufficiency.

By “dependency” I do not mean people who receive tax-funded entitlements such as welfare. I mean people who work hard, pay their own bills and are now so disillusioned with 'the system' that they no longer trust government data like inflation, government promises like social security, government 'services' like the public schools. And least of all, they trust politicians.The mass of disillusioned fall into two general camps: those who still trust the political method and those who realize politics can bring no value to their lives. The politicos join the Tea Party or its like and campaign to elect the One Man Fit to Rule Us All. The non-politicos realize that no one man is fit to rule and, so, they take control of their own lives. They often do so silently because many of the peaceful, productive activities are illegal or could otherwise rouse the resentment of the bureaucracies they eschew.

It is illegal to sell food or meals you prepare without permission. It is illegal to repair or extend your own home without government inspection. The taxman eyes barter as tax avoidance. Home businesses must be reported and income assessed. Homeschooling is under attack. And the fight to own a gun in self-protection seems never to end.

No wonder self-sufficiency is a quiet Revolution. Speaking of it leaves you vulnerable not merely to the authorities but to anyone who bears a grudge, who envies you or who simply is a righteous busybody. But a Revolution it is.

And, so, I garden. Or rather, with March snow still covering the farm, I plan out my garden for Spring and contemplate when to start the indoor seeding so that I can relocate healthy little plants into the warm soil. Soon there will be rows of tiny pots under the grow lights that I bought one at a time so the hardware stores would not report me to the police as a possible marijuana grower. If we build a greenhouse or other construction this year, I will go to the store in a town farther away because the local one comments on cash transactions; one clerk murmurs “no paper trail” under his breath and has a tendency to 'talk' to the local building inspector.

No wonder self-sufficiency is a quiet Revolution. This makes it not less but more of a rebellion. It means that people understand the risks of minding and taking care of their own business in a society where everything is taxed at one level or another, all activities are regulated and all dissent is suspect.

And, so, unobtrusively I will grow my own tomatoes and peppers, green onions and herbs, garlic and zucchini... When food prices soar in the stores due to inflation, I will be largely out of 'the system' and feasting on preserved goods. I will be part of the Revolution merely by minding my own business.

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Comment by youhavetoforgiveme on March 7, 2012 at 4:21am

Threat of prison (for not paying taxes) doesn't count. It's more than that. Any "legitimate" employer who can hire more than six people is *forced* to collect taxes from our wages to give to those jackals before we ever see it. If they don't, they lose their business-- their livelihood. Peer pressure plays another part. If you don't pay your taxes, you may as well be a terrorist. You are not "doing right" by contributing to the common good of society to pay for the benefits that you receive-- police and fire protection, serviceable roads, mass transit, etc. Another form of peer pressure is "because everyone else is paying their taxes". About once every ten years, someone (or someone is "planted") decides to resist the IRS and it's splattered all over the news the truly ugly fate that happens to him to keep the rest of the peasants in line.

Comment by Central Scrutinizer on March 6, 2012 at 7:47pm

I don't pay these pricks doodly, since 2001 when they raped me and lost me stuff (house, cars, bikes, boat,land)

Who wants to support these criminals????..........NOT I !!!

Comment by DTOM on March 6, 2012 at 7:30pm

Suzie, when people finally realise that taxation (paying 'tribute' to those that deem themselves authority) is coercion and theft.

Comment by suzie on March 6, 2012 at 7:13pm

everyone complains about taxes ..   why do we continue to pay them??

Comment by suzie on March 6, 2012 at 7:11pm

watch the twilight zone i posted... It is 1984 ..   its all coming true

the brave new world...  like they all knew ..

http://12160.info/video/twilight-zone-the-obsolete-man-episode-is-c...

Comment by krys on March 6, 2012 at 3:20pm

Before it's over everyone will be accused of something or other so they can walk in and take everyting.

"Destroying the New World Order"

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