I would just add that it may be time to consider moving to a free state whose demographic (and by extension its leadership) is unlikely to succumb/comply/acquiesce to impending lefty federal mandates. The Montanas, Wyomings, Alaskas, Idahos, and Utahs if you are a western outdoorsy kinda guy like me...or many of the southern states if that’s your flavor.
At no time in my life have I ever been an extremist, a survivalist, a prepper, etc. I’ve been a conservative-libertarian individualist in deep blue collectivists bastions like Seattle and Portland. I’ve lived among them, been educated in their agenda-soaked institutions, and worked with, employed, and mentored them. These people have no interest in leaving you alone or abiding independent choices. They function entirely to build and guard the hive. It seems they have now finally dispensed with the incrementalism and moved on to the full court press.
So here I am...their functional, ideological, and political enemy. There is no gratitude within them and no humility. No temperance and no introspection. They don’t weigh facts. They don’t care that the productive entrepreneur created opportunities, employed them, created and funded the very tax base that is distributed back to them. The parasite inevitably turns on the host.
My eyes were always open. It has merely now become time to execute. We are remaining in place until summer 2022. Then, we move. I am fortunate that I built and grew a company from just me to 400+ people, and then was able to sell it in 2015 as 54% owner. We are very much set - as are our children...and it is carefully deployed in such a way that the cockeyed sloths can’t get to it.
I am very thankful for many things - not the least of which is that evil doesn’t necessarily translate to smarts or talent. This too I learned living a lifetime among the herd.