How to fight for your rights and freedoms?
Following yesterday's article now, I am writing the current essay. We all know that having financial freedom is essential. Otherwise, you become a modern slave for your government or those around it. Freedom of speech and financial freedom both go hand in hand. If you haven't read the previous article, I invite you to it. Fight for your freedoms.
Let me make something apparent: I do not support violence against natural people or in the name of protest because it is not intelligent and because governments worldwide have a monopoly over violence. Each government on its territory can exercise violence against the citizen, sometimes with impunity. So I would say violence should be out of the question if protecting your rights and freedoms is your final goal. I must also declare that just because I don't believe in violence, I understand that exemplary citizens have to revolt and even remove a government. However, that should be like the nuclear option and only be considered after all venues are considered. You have 99% of the population behind whatever cause you are fighting. I am pretty sure you can't have 99% of your countryman behind your back if you are destroying their country with violence.
One, you must communicate to others how the government is infringing on your rights, not just for you but the public in general. Once people understand how they are affected by politicians' decisions, chances are if you live in a working democracy, you can remove those that seek to reduce your rights to nothing out of office.
Suppose your country is already under some soft dictatorship. You must seek to inform people of what is going on in your country if speaking against the government is not a capital offense, but always be prepared to leave that country. If the population gets kidnapped by a dictator like many nations are already, you can't escape. You have minimum resources; the best thing you could do is try to generate less economic value and, if possible, stop reproducing because there is nothing sadder than to bring a new soul right into government slavery and exploitation.
Do not promote tourism to nation-states that don't respect citizens' right to manifest peacefully or nations that are either a dictatorship or that, and I would say, encourage socialism and Marxist ideas.
If you can, try to have at least two passports so in case one nation falls under the spell of any ism, you can get away from it. And I would say try to keep your wealth as mobile as possible if your country is already in turmoil. You don't want to be the next Venezuelan that didn't have their passport ready to leave the country when things turn for the worst, and you want to have your papers prepared if you need to flee.
When speaking fails, and revolution is too expensive, the best solution will be to flee the nation and move into another. Here it is when having portable wealth becomes essential, and this is the nitch that cryptocurrencies can cover because your wealth is tied to a string of numbers and letters instead of a nation-state. It is much easier to move beyond borders because the beholder can memorize private keys, and your money will pop up on the other side.
You can't move tangible assets as fast as cryptocurrencies, and if your country is falling under political turmoil, chances are your Real state will lose value. Any precious metal could be confiscated by government decree.
And finally, I would say educate your loved one on how to preserve wealth not only in trying times but also if your land is prosperous. Having enough wealth facilitates many things in life, but having greater control over your wealth is a skill that most people be learned to ensure that future generations will grow up with your ideals. You must teach the next generation to protect the freedoms you fought for and plant the seed in the next generation.
I think these are some suggestions on how you can protect your freedom of speech and financial independence. If you would've something to add, please add it in the comment section below.