Intro
The world is changing faster than ever it seems. Maybe that’s because of social media and, as a result, we can be plugged into events around the world 24/7. Or maybe the Mayans were right and instead of the world ending in 2012, we simply shifted into a different timeline and we’re living in some quasi-afterlife. But that’s for another post entirely.
In these ever-changing times it’s more important than ever to be nimble. To be able to adapt to the various changes. The days of working 40 years for the same company and retiring with a pension are far behind us now. As I often say, we’re not 13th Century peasants forced to marry and do business in the small village we’re born and die in.
For all the faults of technology, it’s a double-edged sword and we should use it to our advantage where possible. We can bank, have relationships, and/or register a business all over the world.
Certain countries, for example, have earned reputations for being world-class at various things. Singapore for banking, the Cayman Islands for sheltering wealth, and Dubai for running a business highlight this concept. Even individual countries offer the same idea – there’s a reason why people that care about getting extorted as little as possible by the State move to Florida and other zero-income tax states.
As governments continue to destroy their currencies while drastically increasing their national debts, they’ll be looking at further ways to make up the difference. Taxes will certainly increase, freedoms will be further restricted, and surveillance of its citizens will only get worse. Don’t forget that the US government forbade ownership of gold at one point – I think this and similar measures could very well be coming, particularly to the ‘rich’ western nations as they go broke.
In this article I’ll discuss why it’s more critical than ever to utilize such a strategy to be as diversified as possible in all areas of life. In these times I firmly believe that those that are most diversified will be better off as we exit the other side.
Why diversify?
In this section I’ll review the various areas I recommend diversification. It’s not all-encompassing but will provide a head start against 99% of the population that, from experience, don’t think about these strategies at all.
Flag theory
As I mentioned above, using technology can allow us to increase our freedoms in various ways. Tech has allowed the rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to quickly and easily send funds across the world without a bank / middleman. Various countries are offering digital nomad visas for those working remotely and that want to live in a given country beyond the typical 90 day period. Internet infrastructure allows one to set up a business in a tax-friendly jurisdiction while doing business across the world.
Flag theory is the embodiment of these ideas. It’s about ‘planting flags’ all over the world to take advantage of what various countries excel at. It’s not by accident that Singapore and Switzerland are known for banking. Similarly, it’s not by accident that various Caribbean Islands are known tax-havens, and so on.
Sticking to one place limits one’s wealth and personal freedom. There’s no ‘plan B’ for the various forces at work in the world – it’s more about praying/hoping that the eggs held in this particular basket don’t spoil. I think this is an antiquated way of operating in today’s world.
It’s very possible to pay single digit percentages on business taxes/income if one handles their affairs appropriately. It’s possible to set up a business in one country with an attractive tax scheme, have multiple foreign residencies that don’t tax on funds earned outside of their jurisdiction, and ultimately be extorted less for one’s hard-earned money. Better yet, if one can earn in a strong currency and live/spend in countries with relatively weaker currencies, this only increases the purchasing power – it’s a real cheat code for life.
Flag theory allows one to buy foreign real estate and other assets as a further hedge against their home countries’ stupidity. Emerging markets are everywhere so taking the risk of purchasing something in an upcoming area could be worth exponentially more in the coming years.
An example of flag theory in practice means that you do your banking in Singapore, have your business registered in Dubai, have your primary residence in a tax-friendly country, keep the majority of your assets in a country friendly to capital gains and that has a reputation for privacy.
The free market, if really left to its own devices, is all about competition and filling a market need – over time these countries have gained reputations for their niche. The market dictated that there was a need for such products and services, and capital stepped forward to offer it. This is the beauty of the free market. No central planners with fancy titles needed to direct anything.
This also gives me hope for the future because I think that there will always be countries vying to fill these gaps. It’s the reason why many nations allow a lump sum (say, $100,000 USD) to shortcut residency. Many countries grant residency similarly for opening up a business in their country.
Various governments, particularly the bloated western ones, will try to crack down on this to ensure everyone ‘is paying their fair share’ or some other fake slogan, which the AOC’s of the world are doing. There’s already been a massive propaganda campaign as of late that is targeted at capitalists – mainly the ‘evil white’ ones of course. The masters don’t want the slaves leaving the plantation, after all.
The surveillance state
As I mentioned earlier, tech is a double-edged sword. What enables some of these freedoms can also be used as a tool for enslavement. The further along tech is in a given region or country, the closer the governments of those areas to enabling a tech-dystopia, a digital prison. This is one reason why the developing world is attractive if not for a home base, at least for your flag theory approach.
Governments around the world are in cahoots together to spy on their citizens, without their consent. If a domestic policy doesn’t allow it, then they’ll work with a ‘partner agency’ as a middleman – they can spy on us all day long and share it with the home country as part of a ‘national security’ strategy. This spying will only become more intrusive - just look at how the US government is outright attacking anyone that goes against their dictates as of late. The useful idiots will say “well I don’t have anything to hide so I don’t care” and that we shouldn’t either. They are clueless to what’s coming.
CBDCs
Governments and central banks are actively testing or implementing their Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). The dollar’s global reserve status is dying and various countries and trading blocs are working towards a replacement. Here’s a tracker for statuses of this effort around the world.
China is a blueprint that we can learn from and hope it doesn’t continue in this direction. From cato.org,
Although the alleged purpose of supplying a digital yuan is to reduce transaction costs and make the payments system more efficient, the Chinese people themselves have good reasons for not sharing that sanguine opinion. The real intent of introducing a digital yuan is more likely to be to increase state control of the payments system and to closely monitor transactions and even personal behavior.
The financial system is the head of the snake in many respects. Giving this level of surveillance and control over monetary policy, and thus the populace, will be their ultimate control mechanism to stamp out bad behavior.
The article from Cato continues,
Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, has recognized the danger to financial freedom and privacy inherent in central bank digital currency (CBDC), especially in repressive regimes like China. According to Gladstein, “The end of cash and the insta‐analysis of financial transactions enable surveillance, state control, and, eventually, social engineering on a scale never thought possible.” He points to China’s social credit system, in conjunction with a digital yuan, as paving the way toward “financial omniscience.” Thus,
When the government can take financial privileges away for posting the wrong word on social media, saying the wrong thing in a call to parents, or sending the wrong photo to relatives, individuals self‐censor and exercise extreme caution. In this way, control over money can create a social chilling effect.
Think back to Canada and the Trucker Protests. People that simply donated to the effort had their accounts frozen. Before the cerveza sickness I thought Canada was a relatively free country to be honest, but the stooges in charge showed how quickly freedoms can be erased. Now consider what is possible with a digital currency with full transparency on a blockchain controlled by these same psychopaths. It effectively ends individual sovereignty.
Embracing a flag theory lifestyle can allow multiple options, different places to live that either don’t have this infrastructure or have gaping loopholes to skirt around the system.
Digital IDs
Tying into the CBDCs will likely be some form of digital ID. This will enable real-time tracking of your exact whereabouts at all times. You’ll need this to function in society essentially. There are plans to roll this into a social credit system as well.
Again, here ‘they’ use fancy and friendly sounding language such as needing to reach the underprivileged. That it’s a fundamental human right when the truth is they have no understanding of what actual human rights are (hint: they don’t come from other humans who get together and sign pieces of paper giving them rights to tell you what rights you have, citizen).
Tie this into the CBDC and it’s truly a digital prison for anyone that dissents against the state. It’s already been tested in China. From Digital Dystopia’s Substack,
We can imagine a consolidation of who you are, within your Digital ID. Digital ID is linked to everything. It will know everything about you, from birth to death1. Forget about leaving your mistakes in the past. Forget about being able to speak your mind without being doxxed. Everyone will be permanently doxxed. So you can forget about protesting government policies, they will have the power to freeze your money, and affect you in ways we can’t imagine yet.
In September 2021, Japan experimented with such a system led by the newly created Digital Agency. This was an expansion of the My Number system launched in 2015. This was an effort to, you may have guessed it, to cut down on tax evasion which is really just an excuse for more control (and extortion of the plebs).
But post-Covid, the (My Number) scheme has been given a new lease of life, as well as a new sponsor – the Digital Agency. And this time, instead of a cute character and a popular celebrity, a juicy carrot is being dangled. Anyone signing up for the card (soon to be an app) and integrating it with their health insurance and cashless-payment provider will earn points that can be redeemed against future purchases.
However, there is also, ominously, a rather sharp stick. Anyone wanting a smartphone-based vaccine passport (currently required for international travel but possibly set to be expanded) will only be able to get one if they present their My Number identification. In other words, participation in the My Number system will soon be a requirement for those wanting to travel overseas. Even more concerningly, once a member of the scheme, you may be obliged to provide ever more personal information in order to stay one, including your driving licence and resident status. And everyone is a target: the Digital Agency is aiming for ‘almost’ 100 per cent take-up by the end of 2022.
As I write these articles I try to use a variety of sources, and sources showing how the various agendas I’m discussing are essentially all the same as I expanded on in my Trojan Horse article. The social engineers are in cahoots with each other using the same playbook. Whether it’s this example in Japan, or China, or Canada, it’s all moving away from true sovereignty and freedom. They want everything centralized into government or quasi government systems so that they can better control people. It’s sick and twisted but this is who these bureaucrats really are at a core level. Good, benevolent people don’t really get into politics – those that crave control do because the system is set up to reward them.
These psychos don’t want free movement of people. They don’t want people bartering with their neighbors away from the prying eyes of the CBDC blockchain and losing out on taxes they can give to their cronies. They want full control of every aspect of your life. Being diversified doesn’t solve the problem but it sure makes you better off than the other 99%.
Relationships
This section might ruffle some feathers.
Upon returning from a trip to Europe a few years ago, I made a few commitments to myself. One was to save money like crazy and ‘escape’ the west.
During this trip my eyes were opened to an alien world – different languages, different cultural nuances, history dating back centuries, different foods, and wildly different dynamics between the sexes.
I noticed that women still behaved, well, like women, and likewise for men. In the US, the most common attire for women to wear outside is yoga pants and a T-shirt or hoodie. It’s lazy, unfeminine, and shows lack of self-respect.
This is just one aspect of what makes dating in the west, and particular the US, so rigged. Guys are forced to settle for pantsuit wearing ‘boss babes’ that emulate masculine traits in order to compete with men in the corporate world. They’ve traded their maternal qualities such as raising good kids in favor of soulless corporate jobs and handing their kids over to the state indoctrination camps.
What they don’t realize is that this was a plot by the eugenicists in the world. Not only does it give the kids over to the state nearly full-time for their indoctrination, but it also increases tax revenue, decreases the population because women wait until age 32 to have kids instead of 22, and further pushes along the agenda to create an androgynous population. Healthy sexual dynamics leads to women behaving like women and men behaving like men – and when the latter embody these characteristics they pose the biggest threat to the small group of parasites at the top.
I’ve had several of these American pantsuit women tell me how much they don’t like acting this way. Many of these ‘alpha’ women hate that they feel forced to act this way, then in private don’t want to make any decisions because they make decisions all day. It’s unnatural and also textbook cognitive dissonance – they hold one thought that society says women must behave this way, but their inherent feminine qualities and intuitions know it’s completely unnatural. Many American women are on SSRIs and I think this is a by-product of existing in the system as it is.
I plan to expand on this topic more in the future, as polarizing as it might be, because many don’t see the reality of the western dating scene. For the purposes of this article, I outlined this point to highlight that in many ‘less developed’ countries it’s the complete opposite on these points. Western propaganda has permeated the larger cities but it’s maybe 10-20 years behind schedule. Diversifying my relationships has been a very positive move.
I’m a resident of a LatAm country and rarely see women outside in yoga pants, unless they’re going to an actual yoga class…what a concept right? The exception being the fat western tourists that think this style of dress is acceptable.
The women here rarely have blue hair or are full of tattoos. They still have a respect for behaving like their true feminine nature. They have a vibrancy to them, unhindered by SSRIs and birth control like the zombified women in the west. They don’t have the same bad attitude as western women in all aspects of life. They’re not nearly as entitled either. Many American women can’t cook, don’t offer traditional feminine qualities that men want, and given that they initiate 75% of all divorces, they aren’t that loyal either. No-fault divorces and a rigged court system further enslave these poor bastards that hitch their wagon to the western apparatus.
A Golden Retriever is a better partner for many guys but the game they’re playing is so rigged they don’t realize it and are forced to settle. They have no diversification in their dating life.
I suggest they exit the system to where the game is much more fun to play.
Business Opportunities / Networking
With the western empire in clear decline, I also look abroad now for opportunities.
The BRICS nations (primarily Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) have been centers of growth in recent times and more countries such as Argentina are looking to jump in with this group. I think that Brazil is too corrupt and that South Africa will have myriad internal problems in the years to come, but others in this group are looking to create their own parallel systems to western hegemony.
Countries that back their currencies with commodities such as gold will excel. The fiat monetary system is coming to an end. I think countries that embrace Bitcoin to some extent will also thrive.
True, sound money solves so many problems of the world. Endless and meaningless wars are possible only by this fiat standard we have – the central banks can simply create the currency from nothing because some of the priest class (I mean, politicians) signed some papers to kill people on the other side of the world.
With China in terrible economic shape and a growing middle class, I think surrounding countries like Cambodia and Vietnam will continue attracting a lot of business.
Parts of LatAm are ripe for economic expansion too. Mexico already provides a ton of manufacturing support for US companies and the US market more broadly. Colombia has drastically cleaned up its act since the Pablo Escobar days and has a lot of foreign money flooding in. Real estate in many of these markets are seemingly underestimated.
Eastern Europe has a high percentage of English speakers and is well-educated. The wages are very low as well, so this is another area I recommend.
The dollar and other western currencies are collapsing, meanwhile the Russian Ruble is only gaining strength. Get in with these markets, cultivate a network of like-minded people, and I think one will be much better positioned to weather the various storms.
Investments
Money can be made during times of great change if one can spot the trends and opportunities. In these times we’re forced to be speculators rather than investors. Traditional investments such as an index fund aren’t going to cut it anymore.
This, and everything I write, isn’t investment advice but I think it’s required to change tactics. Investing in commodities such as gold, silver, miners, uranium, and other funds backed or involved with commodities is a good buy. Every investor should have some Bitcoin too – after that some Monero or other cryptos that match one’s risk profile.
Housing is about to crash soon, and hard. Most Americans have too much of their net worth tied up in their primary residence too, so things could get really interesting soon. They look at these as investments but many have pointed out otherwise. This is a long excerpt from JL Collins but it points out the many fallacies in home ownership as an investment.
“Hey I’ve got an idea. We’re always talking about good investments. What if we came up with the worst possible investment we can construct? What might that look like?”
Well, let’s see now (pulling out our lined yellow pad), let’s make a list. To be really terrible:
It should be not just an initial, but if we do it right, a relentlessly ongoing drain on the cash reserves of the owner.
It should be illiquid. We’ll make it something that takes weeks, no – wait – even better, months of time and effort to buy or sell.
It should be expensive to buy and sell. We’ll add very high transaction costs. Let’s say 5% commissions on the deal, coming and going.
It should be complex to buy or sell. That way we can ladle on lots of extra fees and reports and documents we can charge for.
It should generate low returns. Certainly no more than the inflation rate. Maybe a bit less.
It should be leveraged! Oh, oh this one is great! This is how we’ll get people to swallow those low returns! If the price goes up a little bit, leverage will magnify this and people will convince themselves it’s actually a good investment! Nah, don’t worry about it. Most will never even consider that leverage is also very high risk and could just as easily wipe them out.
It should be mortgaged! Another beauty of leverage. We can charge interest on the loans. Yep, and with just a little more effort we should easily be able to persuade people who buy this thing to borrow money against it more than once.
It should be unproductive. While we’re talking about interest, let’s be sure this investment we are creating never pays any. No dividends either, of course.
It should be immobile. If we can fix it to one geographical spot we can be sure at any given time only a tiny group of potential buyers for it will exist. Sometimes and in some places, none at all!
It should be subject to the fortunes of one country, one state, one city, one town…No! One neighborhood! Imagine if our investment could somehow tie its owner to the fate of one narrow location. The risk could be enormous! A plant closes. A street gang moves in. A government goes crazy with taxes. An environmental disaster happens nearby. We could have an investment that not only crushes it’s owner’s net worth, but does so even as they are losing their job and income!
It should be something that locks its owner in one geographical area. That’ll limit their options and keep ’em docile for their employers!
It should be expensive. Ideally we’ll make it so expensive that it will represent a disproportionate percentage of a person’s net worth. Nothing like squeezing out diversification to increase risk!
It should be expensive to own, too! Let’s make sure this investment requires an endless parade of repairs and maintenance without which it will crumble into dust.
It should be fragile and easily damaged by weather, fire, vandalism and the like! Now we can add-on expensive insurance to cover these risks. Making sure, of course, that the bad things that are most likely to happen aren’t actually covered. Don’t worry, we’ll bury that in the fine print or maybe just charge extra for it.
It should be heavily taxed, too! Let’s get the Feds in on this. If it should go up in value, we’ll go ahead and tax that gain. If it goes down in value should we offer a balancing tax deduction on the loss like with other investments? Nah.
It should be taxed even more! Let’s not forget our state and local governments. Why wait till this investment is sold? Unlike other investments, let’s tax it each and every year. Oh, and let’s raise those taxes anytime it goes up in value. Lower them when it goes down? Don’t be silly.
It should be something you can never really own. Since we are going to give the government the power to tax this investment every year, “owning” it will be just like sharecropping. We’ll let them work it, maintain it, pay all the cost associated with it and, as long as they pay their annual rent (oops, I mean taxes) we’ll let ’em stay in it. Unless we decide we want it.
For that, we’ll make it subject to eminent domain. You know, in case we decide that instead of getting our rent (damn! I mean taxes) we’d rather just take it away from them.
Rental properties are a different story. Recurring revenue with a good property management team and in a desirable area is a great investment strategy. It’s relatively passive income as well once the systems are set up. This is a better use of the term investment. It’s more of a business at this point too and can actually be used to show proof of income to qualify for foreign residencies.
For the upcoming devaluing of assets across the board, having cash on hand is also a great idea. They’ll be fantastic deals to be had for those with patient hands. Some say that in the coming months the stock market will drop up to 50%. The ‘everything bubble’ can’t continue to be propped up so it’s just a matter of time when things implode. Then savvy investors will scoop up assets for pennies on the dollar (if the dollar is still around – kidding [slightly]).
I think another good idea is an Airbnb or properties in an up and coming foreign location as well. During the cerveza sickness Americans flocked down to Mexico and the entire real estate market exploded. Having an Airbnb in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City for example would’ve resulted in a fantastic investment. As funds flow away from the west and into these other markets, finding the right opportunity could be an absolute gold mine. Tread carefully though as there are many scams out there too.
Conclusion
Point being, if one is well-diversified geographically and in a variety of investments, or better yet have parallel systems set up, what one tyrant does in their fiefdom won’t really affect them nearly the same way. The flag theory strategy is the best way to prepare for this.
The average Joe that doesn’t have any of the diversification outlined in this article will be at the mercy to use the central planners’ systems to function in society. COVID and ‘showing papers’ to live their lives was a teaser. Check out my Parallel Structures article for further reading and ideas on how to opt out in various ways.
Start thinking about these strategies and how you can use them for your personal situation. You don’t need to get a 2nd residency in a foreign country, but it’s imperative to at least start diversifying assets/investments. Macroeconomic signs are pointing to a global downturn mixed with a deflationary environment – this means bonds in particular will be devastated. Look into commodities instead.
And don’t forget to think beyond your borders – whether city/county/state/national – for opportunities to embrace aspects of flag theory to increase your freedom in an unfree world.
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