Remember back in the heydey of alternative media when one of the prevailing theories was that under the auspices of Agenda 21, we'd all be herded into cities, live in shoebox apartments, and not be able to leave? And if you said that to anyone who wasn't into this stuff, they'd roll their eyes and walk away thinking you were crazy?

Welp, like a lot of those things, it turns out this theory wasn't so crazy after all. While it's not unfolding precisely as we imagined in the early 2000s, there are a lot of things happening that prove us right once again.

Take Smart Cities, for example.

Smart Cities aren’t a "conspiracy theory." They’re engineering projects in the works for a quite a while now, and they're LOADED with mass surveillance and the tools for control. Marie put together an article jam-packed with links showing exactly how they're being instituted.

LINK: https://www.theorganicprepper.com/smart-cities/

What are your thoughts about Smart Cities? Are they real or just another conspiracy theory? Do you think there will be a push to move us all into them or will they just be available for those who choose to live there? What do you see as the pros and cons? Do you believe plans for Smart Cities are behind some of the horrific disasters that have been occurring? What about the massive land purchases?

Let's discuss it in the comments section.

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This can’t really be called a cookbook as much as it is a "hodgepodge of thrifty ideas about food." You can substitute ingredients in just about every recipe based on what you have on hand. The flexibility is what helps to make it so frugal. The foods you’ll make are truly YOUR meals, based on what you have, what you’ll eat, and what you can afford.

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Loss of access to maternity services is part of the slow-burning SHTF that is Thirdworldization, but there could be a more dramatic SHTF event, too. Hurricanes and wildfires don’t change course because of someone with a birth plan. As long as there are people, babies will show up, too.

Coming up with an ideal birth plan is important. New mothers and fathers need to have these discussions. But it’s good to have backup pregnancy preps, too, in case something happens that you can’t control and you find yourself laboring in a less-than-ideal setting.

LINK: https://mind4survival.com/pregnancy-preps/