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100 Ways To Undermine The Machine

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- In a similar vein, set up local transmitting devices to broadcast pre-recorded anti-civilization messages on public frequencies.

- Remove commercial promotional and sponsored materials from schools.

- Refuse to vote. Encourage others not to vote either. If voting is compulsory, spoil your paper.

- Don't do any unpaid work at all for any commercial organisation. Discourage others from doing so too.

- If you work for a school board or educational body, insert anti-civilization messages into materials, curricula and advisory notes. Remove references to things that encourage children to take part in civilized society / commercial activities.

- If you work for a company that sends out commercial materials to schools, accidentally "lose" the materials or alter them to give a contrary message.

- If you are calling a radio station about something, rather than tell them you want to give an anti-system message, start talking about something conventional, then change without warning to saying what you really want to say. Don't swear, you will be cut off.

- Post articles or make comments on web sites suggesting that "Company X" is in financial trouble. There are all sorts of variations on this to create a lack of public / investor confidence.

- Remove adverts from public transport.

- Pretend you work for a company, and call up radio and TV stations to speak on their behalf. Expose the truth behind the company.

- Call up politicians posing as company representatives, offering them funding in exchange for political favours. Record the conversations and if they suggest impropriety, send them anonymously to media outlets.

- Buy the domain name of a fictional PR company, and send out "fake" press releases (giving real, damaging information) on behalf of companies, politicians etc. from a mail server with that domain name.

- Even easier, send out fake press releases from a webmail account (gmail, yahoo etc) with the account name of your fake PR company. Lots of people will still be taken in.

- Only use words like "consumer", "civilized", "progress" and "development" in negative terms, with the appropriate inflection. Make a habit of reminding others how bad these things are.

- If shopping mall, supermarket etc. car parks are locked up overnight, add your own padlocks and chains. Do the same for shopfronts / roller blinds if they are already locked.

- If you are a member of an activist group, discourage members from taking part in symbolic "actions" like marches, petitions, letter-writing and rallies. Keep asking them, "What will this achieve."

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Keith Farnish is a writer, volunteer and activist who, in a former life, was economically viable. He lives in Southern Scotland with his wife and two children, making, growing, organising, listening, talking and being.

He has been involved in environmental issues for many years, initially specialising in energy supply, transport and climate change, and now as a campaigner against the system we call Industrial Civilization. He is continually striving to minimise his impact on the natural world but, more importantly, accepts that what we now take for granted will no longer be around (more...)
 

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