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Introduction to American Civics: Presented by Zero-L

Harvard Law School’s short introduction to American Law and Civics

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A course that has helped me prepare for my first year in law school. Appreciative of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School faculty getting our minds ready!

It's strange that we see "true" education and telling of a history, that is not imperialistic and one sided, is divisive. I recently have been introduced to the idea that what we consider our belief in our political system to be a framework that works is, or can be, a cult like belief prison. It seems to be very difficult for us (the citizens of the U.S. at least) to step outside of the archetypes we were born to believe and to look at how our world view can change or adapt based on information we didn't previously have access to.

What can engage public discourse that actually provokes inspiring changes to how we relate to our neighbors in our hood, city, state, nation, continent, planet, solar system...etc.?????

Both left and right, team blue and red, are living in a version of the past that is born out of dread for a negation of capital and economic hegemony.

The following article is just a peak into how we the power stays concentrated in the hands of a few and.

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

ProPublicaJesse Eisinger,Jeff Ernsthausen,Paul Kiel

So how do megabillionaires pay their megabills while opting for $1 salaries and hanging onto their stock? According to public documents and experts, the answer for some is borrowing money — lots of it.

For regular people, borrowing money is often something done out of necessity, say for a car or a home. But for the ultrawealthy, it can be a way to access billions without producing income, and thus, income tax.

The tax math provides a clear incentive for this. If you own a company and take a huge salary, you’ll pay 37% in income tax on the bulk of it. Sell stock and you’ll pay 20% in capital gains tax — and lose some control over your company. But take out a loan, and these days you’ll pay a single-digit interest rate and no tax; since loans must be paid back, the IRS doesn’t consider them income. Banks typically require collateral, but the wealthy have plenty of that.

The vast majority of the ultrawealthy’s loans do not appear in the tax records obtained by ProPublica since they are generally not disclosed to the IRS.

Work as play, producing prosperity.

Communication. What makes up most of our experience of reality. Everything is built on the exchange of information of what value is...it is what we term as currency currently. Blockchains are just valued information links; which could be called anything, but it might be one of the clearest abstractions of the information economy we find ourselves in.

NFTs are a static representation of the subjective belief of the value of related hubs of information nexuses.

Time is a value that we perceive to move in one direction. These "markets" of information generally follow that same principle, but also allow us to suspend our belief and practice of the direction of flow – as exchange can happen in many directions at once.

We stream our lives online. The metaverse is now our reality. This has been known, as everything has always been connected. We are just now creating the "tools" of omniscience.

I will share everything I have with anyone who is curious. I learn from teaching. I get excited about expanding my own knowledge and transferring to and observing from others. I think I'm addicted to learning. Endlessly curious, though I try not to let my curiosity harm me or others in my community.

I have started to formulate a plan to make this learning (and teaching) fun, accessible, flexible, and affordable...hopefully. Stay tuned for how things develop and expect to form a community to help iterate on the ideas I create.

Bless!

Yes, we're up. Updates to come on what I plan next ;)

Below relates. I love this state. Georgia, my Atlantis!

#Bee4G
#Bee4SoS

Bee For Secretary of State

Bee For Secretary of State

Will come back to this post to edit later, but thought is...is government about promoting growth, controlling growth, or stunting growth???

It's about getting done what you set forward to do. Not endlessly contemplating on the how, or logistics, or probability of success. Make mistakes and iterate. Don't get trapped in the application.

Staying focused is the muscle I need to build most. I find so many different things that interest me. Mind is already off into the next things as I sit down to write this. Sometimes I think a good part of my consciousness is just projecting from the future, to the me in the present.

Important conversations to follow...

I've been trying to exit corporate owned social media for years now, but it proves to be useful in at least staying remotely connected to a global community...even if we have to swim through the mass of ads, which rarely add value. I've become more motivated to take on more direct ownership of my assets and creation recently. If you are wondering how, please feel free to ask me and I'll share the resources I've found. Gotta keep some things private to stay secure, right?

All that being said, I start writing this post because I told myself that I would start to write more when I started  my journey through law school. Making a practice of writing more frequently will help me develop in many ways. My own "blog" allows me to use this platform as a creative outlet, document and share what I'm learning, and participate in the public commons by making sure my "voice" and perspective is heard.

Well, I've just been accepted into 1 of the 3 law schools I applied to! So happy right now :). I'll be a 1L fall of 2021! So far I've gotten one acceptance, one denial, and am waiting on the third law school to respond, but I am very hopeful of what's to come.

I've also been recently motivated to create and share more thanks to the 1729.com project by Balaji S. Srinivasan. This project is meant to motivate people to complete specific tasks that would allow you to learn something new or begin a practice that is beneficial for your health. If you complete the task you have a chance to earn #Bitcoin.

This sparked something in me when I listened to this prolific episode on the Tim Ferriss Show podcast. I feel like I'm in a new universe, as I believe each choice we make takes us on a path through the multi-verse that follows our intention. Peace and blessings. Light, life, and love.

This is a mad mad world. No one wants to behave rationally. It's all tragically comedic.

Words written above, but what is rational because even that is conceptual and not objective or understood independent of the human mind.

I have to do something. I'm capable of doing more. I don't have to explain myself or contain myself. I have a valuable point of view that deserves to be shared with anyone who would like to cohabit this creative space with me. I'm inspired. I'm alive. Even if I were dead, I'd still be affecting change on this plane and planet.

We grow everywhere from here. Stand tall, not still. See how the trees dance...

Screen and things make me scream. This virtual reality is abnormal. But, it makes you feel like you are going somewhere. These are borrowed powers. The only way to sustain them is through extraction of time and lithium. Batteries power everything...

Spirit

I'm trying to focus, but everything seems so out of focus. I want to slow down, but everything around me demands so much time, attention, energy. I've been here before though. And I've passed with flying colors. Rainbowed actually.

I'm trying to think about and put in to words how I'm feeling. Well, I'm always trying to do that. When I sit down to write though, I find it difficult to find a direction where it will end up. I like the ability to be able to freestyle how I'm expressing myself, but when I get some time to put my mind the rhyming my experience, I'm as lost as The Fool in a Tarot card pull.

So I just do this. Let it out in random spurts of mentation. Even if I hesitate, it's because the flow of consciousness is coming to me to flow through me. So it's all guided flow in some sense. Even if on the surface it doesn't make sense. So one day there will be more to it, but for now it's Untitled.

This election has shown me how much we need to communicate more of our deepest thoughts and feelings rather than shove them in a box where we allow others to delegate our energies. If/when I participate in this game it will be as an Independent. Why be beholden to any particular way of belief and being if you are trying to repesent a diverse community.

I've thankfully slowed down my social media and news consumption, so I do not feel the anxiety that others bemoan about during this election season. I am dedicated to shifting the perspective fully. Not to the left or right or center, but to the reality that we all experience a different spectrum of reality and we have to act and govern in ways that are sensitive to all of us. Systems that can positively react and mold solutions for all of us that doens't destroy one for the benefit of another are what is necessary and will come to pass.

This is the end of the oppressive patriarchy at large. Ignorance doesn't belong here.