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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Franklin O'Kanu

I’m tired of voting for the “lesser of 2 evils. We just dance with a two faced devil now--they just take turns “leading” I’m out. I had decided that some time ago. I just cannot support this corrupt and dangerous system anymore.

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Aug 30, 2023Liked by Franklin O'Kanu

Janet, I absolutely agree with you. After what happened to stolen election in 2020, illegally allowing Biden as President, I will no longer vote in these Presidential elections. I no longer want to give them any credibility as both parties are one and the same. Any Presidential candidate running has been selected by the global elites. Our votes don't and never counted and elections have been rigged for decades. Our govt is now lawless, corrupt and criminal to the core. They do not and never worked for us.

Great article Franklin.

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Thank you, thank you kindly!

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Then you have to vote for a 3rd party with NO corporate money involved.

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I wish local was also the answer, but as school boards get money from state and federal government for complying with mandates, I am afraid it is all corrupt. I think the only way out to exit completely. Parents should home school or create home school co-ops. Focus on manifesting positive things for ourselves and our families, period. Freedom is already ours. We just need to claim it.

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100% agree w/ this: "Freedom is already ours. We just need to claim it."

Also agree that school boards get money from state and government to comply w/ mandates. I have it in me to write a topic of decentralization. Within the article, we have two aspects: 1) small "community-ment [think government but actually works] and 2) no federal powers - essentially, your community-ment is as big as any "governing" body would get.

the point is that state should be as big as we go. and if, lets say the next 5-10 years, we have alot of "florida's" running around, we slowly begin to loosen the grip on the federal.

this would definitely be a long term play, vs short one. and i beleive we can do it while still exiting.

let me know your thoughts! great comment!

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I don't know how we continue to vote while still exiting. Nafohatep Speaks has a stack article about this topic. I think a critical mass needs to stop voting before something new can be introduced. We already have a good system in place. It has just been stolen and corrupted. No one has power over us unless we consent. Voting is consenting. Not voting is NOT CONSENTING. "They" need our votes.

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Aug 30, 2023Liked by Franklin O'Kanu

A none of the above choice would win most elections.

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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Franklin O'Kanu

My husband has been saying he’s no longer voting in national elections for a while now. I admit I’m struggling to make that same declaration. But I agree that local is where it’s at. Good article - thanks.

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thank you! i appreciate this comment! great minds think alike w/ your husband!

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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Franklin O'Kanu

i wonder if it would be better if we could vote from the whole group of candidates. or if the pres and vice pres were of different parties. I could imagine something like DeSantis and Kennedy. But after all they are all straw men with bigmoney making the rules

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Not voting will not change the system. If you want to manifest a different reality you have to accept the solutions your “manifesting technique” offers. It’s like that old joke about wanting to win the lottery & blaming god when you don’t until god says “you have to do your part & buy a ticket”. You are HERE in this system. You CAN “not vote”, but you’re still affected by those who do. You can put your head in the sand, you can move to a better country but there will still be issues - just different.

By not voting you don’t change the system, you just let others decide for you. If you really want to change the system you’ll need to become an activist or run for an elected position yourself. Or you can just ignore politics & your manifesting will enable you personally to be “unaffected”, but it won’t change “the system”.

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So my idea behind booting is based on the idea of “don’t bite off more than you can chew”

We focus so much on solving the country’s problems we forget that our backyard is on fire.

Let’s solve the backyard issue first, then take on the whole neighborhood-- let’s vote locally and once those changes occur across the country, the country will naturally fix itself since it reflects the views of those individual states

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The two go hand in hand. I’m glad the “local” fixes Florida had come up with are not yet nationwide. Hopefully they can be reversed now that more people are aware of what’s going on.

I don’t see how changing your personal neighborhood will naturally fix the country as a whole.

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Not voting doesn’t change the system but it may help electing the worse candidate.

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Sep 3, 2023·edited Sep 4, 2023

Ok, I buy it. Let’s assume all readers of this blog stop voting. What would happen next?

Would anything change? Would not the elites behind the candidates find a way to get necessary number/% of votes to get their candidates in the office?

Is the purpose to just stop voting or something else? What is it? Have I missed it in the article please?

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Sep 4, 2023Liked by Franklin O'Kanu

No, I assumed nothing of the kind. You assumed that I assumed 😉🙂

My question was simple and straightforward: what is the act of not voting attempting to accomplish? If we don’t vote, what would change?

Even if none of us, I mean ALL of people don’t vote, elites will produce necessary numbers/% to claim victory. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Hey, you're exactly right! If no one voted, they elites could still produce numbers to claim victory and all.

But what happens is that no one actually PARTICIPATED in their ritual.

the idea is that if NO ONE votes means we all KNOW this is a scam and that we're not buying into it. the problem is A LOT of us still buy into it and still support them. but if NOBODY bought into it, they'd have to leave it alone.

ex: sars, anthrax, etc. the technology was around to produce mass hysteria. but w/ the cell phones and people buying into the fear (ie. tacking actions to mask up with the ritual), covid literally came to life. covid doesn't happen unless we bought into it.

they had the same statics with sars and anthrax, but people simply didn't buy into it so they couldn't support any mandates.

before i go any further, let me know if im making sense here or not

ps: here's an article i wrote about magic. i think we need to seriously consider its effects on reality which is taking action in simple things (ie. masking, voting, etc)

https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-reality-of-magic

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As much as I agree the bulk of our energy should be spent on local races, the truth is this is short-sited. Presidents & Governors have a huge impact on our local life....taxes, gas prices, schools, etc are unfortunately no longer controlled locally.

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Hey! I'd agree here as well that ultimately, we'd need to get the governments in control. I don't forsee this happening, which is why i focused on state. i'll be working on an article on decentralization and the biggest an entity like a "government" should get is at the state level.

i think desantis in FL was a good idea of what a state looks like that opposes federal regimes to the best possible. i believe montana might have been another example. and I think the more states we get, not all, but little by little, if we do, who knows how this country might shift into a more freedom state(s) with bans against things such as mandates and cbdcs.

let me know your thoughts!

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Nobody is perfect, but RFK, Jr. is the best Presidential candidate of my lifetime, so yeah I'm voting. I think he would make a substantial difference. I do agree that focusing on local elections is probably more productive, but local politics is tied to national politics as local politicians make decisions in order to receive money from the federal government.

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You are missing his point. You are giving your power away when you vote. True about local politics. It is all corrupt. Vote for yourself. There are no saviors.

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I don't think there are saviors either, but I don't consider marking a vote giving away my power. Unless you are living in the woods and truly fending for yourself on all counts, like it or not, you are embedded in the system.

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Yes, that is a Realist's point of view, but this Stack is trying to explain that Reality is actually what you are manifesting. In order to manifest something different, you have to Believe something different. You have power. Claim it.

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Aug 30, 2023Liked by Franklin O'Kanu

I like a lot of pieces on this Substack, but I do live in reality and I need to be able to go to the grocery store tomorrow and buy some food. "Manifesting" is not going to create an entirely new system by the next time I need to eat.

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hey! appreciate this comment!

so yea, totally get that manifesting doesn't work overnight. there's levels to be overcome (e..g, reality inertia which i discuss further in my book).

one thing i talk about is how each action is almost like a ripple into a new reality. and with each action we take, we either upkeep a new reality or create a reality.

when someone says they're not going to vote, more times than none, they've essentially stated that they know the system is flawed and they're no longer doing to participate. they're consciously choosing to create a new reality by consciously choosing NOT to create in a fabricated illusion.

now doing this act overtime, breaking away from the their reality, we're slowly manfiesting our reality. rome wasn't built in a day so it's going to take time to build our rome.

hoping that makes sense, but let me know your thoughts.

ps: don't know if you've read my article on magic, but here it is

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I understand your viewpoint, but I think that since RFK, Jr. is the best candidate I've come across in my lifetime, I am going to cast a vote this time, if he makes it to the ballot (even if he doesn't, I will probably write him in). I'm feeling less and less optimistic though. At first my pessimism centered on the unlikelihood of the system letting him win; now it is centered around the fact that for a lot of people, RFK, Jr. is the most egregious conspiracy theorist to ever walk the planet (I assume those people never turn off NPR).

The debate we are having was captured pretty well here--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOLe4C5-q_k&t=4483s

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As Red said it in the Shawshank Redemption, “We are institutionalized.”

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“You are missing his point. You are giving your power away when you vote.”

You are right, I am missing the point. How am I giving my power away when I vote?

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So you support reparations, abortion on demand and climate “emergency” mandates? He is a hard NO

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I agree that we shouldn't vote for the lesser of 2 evils. But I don't agree that NOT voting is the answer.

I went through the cringe worthy presidential election in Georgia in 2020. I educated myself on all the ways corruption was taking

place. I watched the 2000 Mules and Rigged documentaries. I watched the video of what went on in the State Farm Arena after most of the poll workers and watchers were sent home. I listened to many hours of hearings conducted by a few brave state senators about the shenanigans that went on statewide. So, I'm here to attest to what has been working in Georgia. We have gotten our legislators to make monumental changes in voting laws. And even more will be put into place this year.

The key is that you and I have to take action. In our state, we have people and groups that have taken to court the constitutionality of the voting machines. We have people who monitor the laws that are being written in the legislature and sound the alarm if a law is unconstitutional or hurtful to We the People. Then we contact our senators and representatives to tell them not to vote for that law or to change it. And we don't just vote along party lines anymore. We have to do a deep dive into the candidates that are on our ballots and try to determine if they have the right values and can be trusted to uphold the will of the people.

Do you realize that our republic has been corrupted for the last 150 years by the cabal? We have a lot of catching up to do.

Our Backs Are Against the Wall. Are We Going to Cave or Are We Going to Fight?

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I agree, but our emphasis on localism continues to be less and less relevant as we are subsumed by increasing federal power and scope. I don’t know how to fix that without involvement/participation in federal elections.

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You don't mention Marianne Williamson in your list and she is the one that actually makes sense. Have you listened to her? We must set aside our prejudices and stop blindly following the lead of our 'favorite pundits' who mostly have disdain and mock Marianne. They clearly have not listened to her.

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She an Oprah deciple and a true nutcase.

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ALL politics are LOCAL! The philosophy promoted in local communities influences the thinking into the state and federal levels. WHAT DOES YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATE STAND FOR? Look into the thinking of your school board, town judges decisions, where does your community spend their money?

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This is the dumbest idea I’ve heard in a long time, but since many here seem completely uninformed, maybe it’s best if uninformed constituents are convinced they shouldn’t vote. Even thinking someone like DeSatan is “good because he makes us think about different possibilities” is disgusting. He’s governor of Florida because too many people are apathetic & too many people are uninformed. Wake up before your neighborhood becomes like Tibet. Those monks were doing their “manifesting thing” while the Chinese came in with guns.

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The problem with voting is that while we get our hopes for one candidate, every 4 years, nothing as a whole changes.

Here’s one example: since 1913, the value of the dollar has decreased every single year. And no president has addressed this? Why so?

Every day you and I have to work twice as hard since the value decreases over time. I think this is something that can be solved - yet chooses not to be

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Everything can be changed. Not voting doesn’t change anything.

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DeSantis is a wonderful governor

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