corporate control-freakishness<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\u201cFor freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.\u201d \u2013 Galatians 5:1<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2026is not nearly enough to stop Caesar from erecting a vast police state face recognition system to keep an eye on you. Because it\u2019s our Ruling Class vs. the rest of us. Why not spend your money so they can keep you under their thumb? It\u2019s no skin off their noses. We\u2019re reaching the point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,60],"class_list":["post-38111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-our-ruling-class-vs-the-rest-of-us","tag-the-growing-police-state"],"yoast_head":"\n
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