Most people have no idea how important they are! (I’m not talking about any orificer, I mean in general)
Today? Towards that specific customs orificer? Not important at all!
But tomorrow you might be, towards someone else. Maybe the “thought Police”
someone rings your door
TP: “did you have contact with Miss-X back in 2027?”
you: “Miss-who?”
TP: “The anti-vax advocate who’s on our terrorist list”, “show us your laptop”
you log in using your honey-pot password
TP: “What is this?” pointing to some pictures of naked animals
you: “well, to be honest I am a trans-alien LGBTQXYZ who’s into bestiality, please don’t tell my wife”
TP: “Oh, why didn’t you say so immediately, have a good day sir”
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
and
“History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”
Luckily now we have Qubes… something the dissidents in Mao/Stalin/Hitler’s time didn’t have.
And it doesn’t even have to go that way… what about the teenager that wants to hide his porn collection and his dirty chats?
mom: “what’s your computer password?”
son: “but mom, that’s my private space.”
mom: “son, as long as you live under my roof, you are not allowed to keep secrets from me”
son: “ok mom…” logging in with the honey-pot password
Or didn’t you have any secrets for your parents when you were young?
All that to say… it’s not about border crossings, the (for now) fictitious treat of an orificers is an opportunity to make an awesome product called, Qubes, even better.
Sure. But how about helping the OP with her original question instead of discouraging others to help her because of the “why”
stranger A: “excuse me sir, could you help me with my flat tire?”
stranger B: “why”
stranger A: “ergh”, pointing at the flat tire, “because it’s flat”
stranger B: “global warming … electrical car … blah blah”
stranger C: “Here, I’ll help you”
stranger A: “Oh thank you”
stranger B: towards stranger C “this guy should take the train”
How is that helpful?
why would “sharing information/idea’s” have to “bite into your consciousness”?
The reason why we are - globally - in the mess we are in to today is because of Morality (or the lack thereof). As the OP mentioned, many blame the full dystopian psychopathic (global-)government. But that’s merely ‘the effect’, it’s not ‘the cause’. The cause is that we, the people, have been duped into believing “we can give away personal responsibility”, and, on the other hand, we have been duped into believing that we “have to take on responsibility that is not ours to take”.
@enmus Why would you be responsible for what someone else does with the information you share?
Your body is your property. And hence you are responsible for your property (and everything your property does).
In other words, you are responsible for your actions.
If you share information and someone else acts upon that information… are you responsible for the actions that other person took? No! (s)he is! You are only responsible for the information you shared (is it truthful? how is it worded? any typo’s? etc)
Similarly: If a politician gives an order to kill an enemy. And a soldier missed the target, killing an innocent child instead. Who is responsible for death that innocent child? The soldier? Or the politician?
The politician just spoke/wrote words, just like you and I do now, he did not act upon his own words.
So to come back to …
… there is no such thing as “misinformation”! There is only “information” and the freedom of choice of the one receiving the information. Freedom to do with that information how (s)he sees fit. Their actions are not your responsibility and thus no reason for you to feel bad in any way. (Unless you choose to feel bad about it but then that’s your choice, your action and as a consequence you will feel bad for something you have no reason to feel bad about. (yes… everything in life (and I mean everything!) IS a choice. Don’t blame others if you feel bad, or if you don’t like your life, just make different choices.))
The best way to counteract so-called “misinformation” is by responding with truthful information. And then let everyone decide for themselves which of the two is correct. Of course the low IQ brainwashed sheeple won’t accept the truth, but I don’t think they would use Qubes in the first place.
Free to visit uninhabited islands, or to go diving in that submerged atoll in the middle of the Pacific… enjoying a ‘forced’ very-long-holiday… while the rest of the world is locked up inside, forced to take a picture of themselves every hour to prove that they wear a mask inside their own home, only allowed to go grocery shopping on Tuesdays (your next-door neighbor on Wednesday, and the other one on Thursdays).
Our only way out of this mess is Civil Disobedience!
Civil Disobedience: whatever you tell me I have to do… I’m not doing it! I will find something else to do instead. Of course my choices are limited as I am not able to just stroll in a park, because of evil men with badges. But I have the freedom to choose an alternative.
And yes, I enjoy my humble, simple, minimalistic life.
Do you really think that when I give a low-threat-model solution, someone in a high-threat-situation is not intelligent enough to realize my advice is not applicable to him/her?
I like it how @unman says it:
When I give advice: I never presume to think for the one asking advice. I only think for myself and I allow others to think for themselves.
To sum it up for me: I always tend to give as much advice as I can, without considering consequences.
Why?
If you want freedom, you have to give freedom. I want the freedom to make my own choices, so I give others the freedom to make their own choices. And thus it is not up to me to tell them what they can, or can not do! (by withholding information) And thus the best thing I can do is offer all the different advice I can think of so others can pick and chose one of them, or even discard all my advice and do whatever they want. Because in the end: All I do is share information, whatever someone else does with that information is none of my business!
Not the quote I was looking for but it applies here:
“In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.”
And isn’t “telling the truth”, and “helping others in the full capacity that you can” the right thing to do? Regardless whether the advice applied wrongly, or in the wrong situation, might become harmful. If it’s the truth, then it is useful in the right situation, applied correctly, and thus the only right thing to do is give responsibility to the one that IS responsible: (s)he who applies your advice.
Or said differently: Freedom is about giving “the freedom of choice”, which includes “giving someone the freedom to make a mistake”. Because if you don’t, then you imply that you are “their master” and they are “your slave”. Which is fine in a parent-child relationship. But not when dealing with your fellow humans who are supposed to be your equal.
Oh, this is the quote I was looking for:
“Love Will Always Do What It Knows to Be Right. Love Does Not Consider Consequences.”
If you really love someone (unconditionally), you let that person be who they are. As soon as you “force” (or “deny”) a choice upon them, you are basically saying: “I love you, but only if you change into < insert my choice >”. Which actually means you don’t love them, as you only love the changes you imposed on them version of themselves.
Example: I love a cars… but only if you remove the wheels, make them float and call it a boat. => Do I real love cars then?
Btw, @enmus, if it seems like I’m attacking you… I am not. “Freedom of choice” is just my pet-peeve. I like your input on this forum (mostly). One way (of many) humanity is enslaved is by others constantly questioning the validity of our personal motives, while that is not their responsibility.
Anyway… what I write here also applies to this post: all I do is share information, what you do with this information is none of my business. So feel free to discard it and continue making “freedom limiting remarks”. As I truly love all of you. Unconditionally! (but I also love myself… and my pet-peeve, so I’m sure we’ll have more fun in a next conversation ;-))
Oh… and don’t forget: you ARE important!