On Friday, December 12, 2025, at 12:19 AM, Quan Tesla wrote: > You're already free, but you don't even know it. Your prison must therefore > be your own mind. What have you done with so much freedom? Bought the very > gadgets as lifestyle you now lament? Could be, you're dissatisifed because > you've had it all for far too long. Do you really desire the opposite of what > you've had a lifetime to enjoy and benefit from? > > For hundreds of years, all the "moral" citizens enjoyed the benefits of their > lifestyles, morality intact. Only those who did the killing carried the > scars, but the greater majority benefitted. This is a historical pattern for > this civilization. The empire now wants control of its citizens. Many have > become anti-imperial. If your empire lost the battle for its own existence > within, it would lose it without.
Just in your mind? People are literally herded sheep. When I was younger, I’m 60, we would test something called free-walking. Pick out a target a few miles away in a suburban area, and walk straight there. Go through fences, yards, businesses, etc. See what happens, greet and negotiate. You could usually get there. Now? It’s rare. You’ll be attacked, shot-at, robbed, arrested as a threat with hundreds of cameras and alarms notifying authorities so they can literally send SWAT teams and helicopters. The schools? They’re like prisons, physical and mental. Sneak out and they come hunting you down, parents get cited, investigated, charged. There's AI monitoring for deviant units who get diagnosed, counseled, registered and drugged which many are. Unauthorized, unsupervised and undocumented sports are strictly prohibited. Gatherings? Everyone is hiding afraid to get sued. Unregistered, uninsured, non-conformist gatherings you’ll be summoned or arrested. I could go on and on. Everything is locked down, mind, body as long as you stay within the space that you’re dictated to be in at particular times with proper authorization and behavior following written laws and guidelines while paying designated fees with monitoring and insurance after passing pre-crime analysis. “It’s for your safety.” Slips away generation by generation unless people who know what it used to be like or should be like, do something, and there are… but many will say it’s all fine or deny it. Conformists, control freaks and sheep love it. If you resist you become the target, drop out you’re the disease, unhappy you’re the problem. I survive and thrive, I’m just describing reality and outcomes while taking action for many who don’t have the energy, willpower, stayingpower, capability or cajones. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7ff992c51cca9e36-Mba37f82a30706c239955f880 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
