"The divide that appears to be emerging is one between those who trust the state to look after their welfare on the one hand and on the other, those who trust people acting as individuals or collectively to decide what’s best for them".
3/5
"If anyone was looking to the left to stand up for liberty against the imposition of the restrictions we’ve been subjected to, we would hope that the experience of the last year has disabused them of that somewhat naïve hope".
4/5
"We are living through historic times. We will be judged by history for what we do now and over the coming months".
"If we want a future that’s worth living in, where we can live freely, we have to see this one out, regardless of the sacrifices we may be called upon to make".
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"The Evil Impactorship wants to own and control us, our bodies and every moment of our lives. It wants to own and control every square inch of our world".
3/8
"They want to herd us into smart cities, strap us with wearable technology, monitor and control our every movement and interaction".
"Why is it that otherwise perfectly intelligent, thoughtful and rationally minded people baulk at the suggestion that sociopaths are conspiring to manipulate and deceive them?"
"The conspiracy denier will attack any suggestion that the caregiving archetype is no longer present – that sociopaths are behind the barred door, who hold us all in utter contempt or disregard us completely"
3/5
"The infant has never matured, and, because they are not conscious of this, other than as a deep attachment to their personal security, they will fiercely attack any threat to this unconscious and central aspect of their worldview"
In 2013 many UK anarchists received an email from Sophie Pritchard of Edge Fund looking for "groups that need funding for their work to bring about justice and equality".
Edge Fund has gone on to fund various antifascists and anarchists, plus Black Lives Matter and Rising Up (the network behind Extinction Rebellion) and many "intersectional" groups.
3/9
Edge Fund is closely linked to EDGE Funders Alliance (Engaged Donors for Global Equity) in the USA, whose sponsors include the Rockefeller Foundation.
Utkarsh Amitab is "passionate about public–private partnerships" and involved with artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and cyber-security.
3/6
Mitali Nikore is totally on board with Klaus Schwab’s #GreatReset, promoting: “smart infrastructure" "for the fourth industrial revolution" so Indians "can leapfrog to their new normal”.