3 Means of Waging Personal Financial Revolution Against the BankstersBy Dylan Charles Corrupt and patently unsustainable, the worlds currencies and financial markets are rigged, and an economic collapse is inevitable at some point. Sad but true, and theongoing dramatic narrative of the interplay between engineered boom and engineered bustis a chief psychological tool in sustaining the popular beliefthatthis monetary realityas the only monetary reality possible.The truth, however, is that as long as this economic reality is thereality then we will be slaves to debt economics, and the pursuit of endless growth is certain to consumeeverything on the planet. The good news is that the task of migrating an entire civilization from one economic system to another is so enormous that as individuals we dont haveto feel encumbered by the pressure of having to come up with theone and only solutionto save all of human civilization. We can instead be empowered by the knowledge that any meaningful adjustment we make in our personal lives is a contribution to the future realization of a greater shift for the better, sometime in the future. Our role is merely to be the trim tabs, and when enough momentum builds, watch the ship change its course. Something hit me very hard once, thinking about what one little man could do. Think of the Queen Mary the whole ship goes by and then comes the rudder. And theres a tiny thing at the edge of the rudder called a trimtab. Its a miniature rudder. Just moving the little trim tab builds a low pressure that pulls the rudder around. Takes almost no effort at all. So I said that the little individual can be a trimtab. Society thinks its going right by you, that its left you altogether. But if youre doing dynamic things mentally, the fact is that you can just put your foot out like that and the whole big ship of state is going to go. So I said, call me Trimtab. R. Buckminster Fuller Someday the combined good efforts of millions and millions of people will pay off and the human race will buck the financial criminals that suck so much or our resources and spirit. Until that day comes, though, we may as well enjoy being creative and active in envisioningan alternative future. To that end, here are 3 critical things you can do to wage personal financial revolution against thebanksters and 1%ers. Personal debt has balloonedto mind-bendingly absurd levels. The average consumer now owes a combined $205kin credit cards, student loans and mortgages, for a national total of nearly $12 trillion in consumer debt. This isboth a physical and metaphysical prison that restricts freedomand feeds psychological duress, coloring the rest of life with undue stress. Using credit and accruing debt is a matter of personal choice, of course, albeit choices can at times be limited by circumstance. Credit companies do deliberately entrap people in many clever ways and the student loan industry is clearly predatory, but no matter who you choose to point the finger at, and no matter how this has come to be, consumer debt is highly profitable to banks, and highly restrictiveto individuals. Revolt against this madness by getting yourself out of debt. Its one of the most important things you can do for your quality of life and personal freedom, while revolting against the financial powers that be. Easier said than done, to be sure, but this message is not intended to be a how-to. A how-to is of no use without first mustering the willpower and resolve to face a challenge as massive as overcoming personal debt. The message is here is more important than a how-to, because it aims at inspiring you to try, and at reminding you that any obstacle can be overcome with willpower, commitment, spirit and a plan. In a time of universal debt, being debt-free is revolutionary act. For the past half centuryor so weve been socially programmed to accept consumerism as the new cultural paradigm, thus changing the way that people interact and relate to one another, and even to themselves. Now, the individual is easily lost in the angry seas of corporatemarketing, propaganda, promotions, gimmicks and sponsors.This is a place where the egocan have a field day, but also a place where detachment from reality is itself a preferred new form of reality. We are constantly being primed to compare, compete with, criticize, judge and out-do each other. As a pissing ground to prove ourselves to one another, we are offered a rather astonishing spread of consumer products, lifestyle options and services. Choices in the marketplace become critical to the fabrication of self-identity. Any effort that you can make to withdraw your consent and tacit support of the current system is another chink in the armor of the Gods of Money, and opportunities to undermine these crooks are abundant. Pay cash whenever you can, buy a used car, toss your credit cards, re-use stuff, try living without money, abandon big banks, divest from the Ponzi scheme stock markets. Use payment intermediaries like PayPal to bypass banks, invest in physical assets like precious metals or land, and develop independent streams of income for yourself. Have you ever tried bartering to acquire something you really wanted? Do you have a Bitcoin purse or know much about Ubuntu andthe giving economy? Have you checked if anyone in your area has already started an independent currency, or have you thought about time-banking as a means of getting your roof or some other big project completed without even using cash? Anything is possible, and if energy is withdrawn from supporting the status quo and re-directed to the imagination and practice of creating something better, then over time alternatives will emerge that will bring us closer to an equitable economy. Human beings are graced with abundant creativity and ingenuity, and if we detach from the current system, even in little ways, we weaken its grip on our reality. Financial freedom doesnt mean you must have more money than you can spend, it simply means that you have the freedom to choose for whom you work and to determinehow your money is spent. There will be no direct or easy route to the liberation of the human race from the debt-driven economic system that presently enslaves us, so wed better get busy experimenting with possibilities. Being born a human being on this abundant planet should not be an automatic life sentence of involuntary servitude to banks forunreasonable debts fraudulently incurred by others. Sources: http://www.sovereignlife.com/essays/revolt-against-banks.html Image Credit Dylan Charlesis a student and teacher of Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Qi Gong, a practitioner of Yoga and Taoist arts, and an activist and idealist passionately engaged in the struggle for a more sustainable and just world for future generations. He is the editor ofWakingTimes.com, the proprietor ofOffgridOutpost.com, a grateful father and a man who seeks to enlighten others with the power of inspiring information and action. He may be contacted atwakingtimes@gmail.com. Excellent advice. Do not let the money-worshipping tribe exploit your libido and your materialism. As far as Im aware, you cannot use PayPal to bypass banks. Under anti money-laundering legislation, they wont shift your funds unless theres a bank account attached to the PayPal account. 4. Plant FREE wiki-fruit-trees, veges along roads, in parks in a gerrilla way and create FREE food to all 7 billion people turn our planet into a free garden that is paradise 4. the Johnny Appleseed tactic. I LIKE IT!! 