Thank you! I've been able to improve my articulation and punctuation significantly with the assistance of my GPT-4 subscription. Don't get me wrong – the core ideas and writing are entirely my own. GPT-4 just helps me polish them a bit more.

Never lose hope! They're counting on our despair. I agree, it's a fucking brutally insane, dog-eat-dog world. It often feels like we'll be trampled upon before we can pry anything away from those greedy fuckers hands.

The way you feel is understandable. We are, after all, in what can be called a 'post-failure' era (this is by one of the guys who started the occupy wall street movement).

I've moved beyond the tinfoil hat metaphor. I now jokingly say that I wear a tinfoil suit. 😄 The powers that be have been establishing their stronghold since before the Industrial Revolution. It's no wonder we feel overwhelmed, seeing how they've shaped our societal functions, thought processes, and actions. Our laws, daily routines, and even our beliefs have been influenced by their interference.

I've spent considerable time pondering potential solutions. Here are some broad concepts I believe could lead us out of our current predicament. I've written more about the concept here, but here are the broad strokes:

1. Establish a Global Network of City-States: These would be independent entities scattered around the world.
2. Cryptography & Algocracy: Each city-state would be governed by unbreakable cryptographic systems and algocracy, ensuring that those with ulterior motives can't manipulate the system. Built-in safeguards would prevent undue influence.
3. Resource Sharing: These city-states would cooperate and share resources, within reasonable limits, to benefit the collective. (I intend to write articles about how they could operate their own independent global shipping system, and have one semi-related concept for a quasi-workable communication system).
4. Open-Source Ethos: Embracing an "information-wants-to-be-free" mindset would be paramount. This approach could potentially lead these city-states closer to a technological singularity, especially when compared to global states that might be on the path to deglobalization and de-industrialization.
5. Independent Economy: These city-states would operate their own economy, rendering the wealth accumulated in our current system irrelevant within their borders.
6. Scalability & Incremental Implementation: The design would be modular and scalable, much like open-source architecture with containerized modules. Everything would be freely available, ensuring that individual contributions benefit the whole.

There is a bunch of more concepts that tie into the above such as Degrowth but due to me being a slave to the rat race, I don't have all the time I wished I had to write about all of these as well.

Don't lose hope comrade!