First thing to do is stop investing your faith in "leaders."
I'm not saying to resist them, only to accept that they are profiting from a bad faith platform of habitually-broken promises.
They don't care about you, indeed it's likely that they actually hate you; it’s unhealthy to entertain a one-sided relationship with a person who doesn’t know that you exist.
Second thing is to enrich your collaborations with immediate neighbors and those within your trust circles.
Example:
Third thing to consider is an economic self-sufficiency that's grounded in your community.
For example, here's what hyper-local workforce development looks like if it's sponsored by a church, a neighborhood association, etc.
Example:
As preview of what your life might look like in the near future, this “what if?” article discusses city living when the federal government loses interest in subsidizing city living:
Here's what you can do NOW in the likely event that your government doesn't show up:
Fourth thing to consider is how to self-fund funky little cohorts of multi-generational residents, using renewable tech to reduce your cost of living. Here's what that might look like:
As I share in this short article, I’ve seen a preview of our future, and it’s a good one:
Our solutions don't have to be your only option; fortunately there's others who have been preparing.
However, I recommend that you avoid crypto; it's a Ponzi scheme built upon a foundation of dishonesty. It only works if they can manipulate you into buying something they intend to immediately sell, leaving you holding the bag.
Relax.
Humans have been able to navigate these waters into eras of prosperity for thousands of years.
We'll be fine as long as we can remember that the true wealth begins at home, typically right there at the kitchen table, as my friend Cheryl Gerace Bassitt teaches.
