"It would have to start with teaching people that they can make things."

This is why I'm trying to set up a maker space, where people can access these table top technologies and learn their ins and outs, so they can make informed decisions about what to adopt in their circumstances, at least at first.

I have literally met people that don't know how to change light bulbs. It's too tragic to be funny.

"...they will go after anyone who tries in the slightest to exit the modern-day system of control."

Yes. I often mention the Holodomor in which the cadres stripped the storerooms, barns, and cupboards bare, leaving millions that would not join collective farms to starve. There will be, IMHO, a neoHolodomor, salting gardens, ripping solar panels off roofs, cutting down windmills, and etc. I have always advocated cryptic solutions, indoor aquaponics, covert application as far as possible of every productive asset.

I do not think 99% of people grasp conditions in Gaza, that will be stamped across the West soon.

Thanks!