BRETT PIKE: [Colonists were] incredibly independent and self-reliant people. These were farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and fishermen. They grew their food, raised their livestock, milked their cows, and turned their butter.

Brett Pike. 

People talk about 1776, but they fundamentally misunderstand the circumstances that made the American Revolution possible, and what made it possible was the manner in which the colonists lived their lives.  These were incredibly independent and self-reliant people.  These were farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and fishermen.  They grew their food, raised their livestock, milked their cows, and turned their butter.  They grew their own cotton and made their own clothing.  They cut down trees, milled their wood, and built their houses, and this self-reliance gave them leverage and control over their own supply chains.  And as the world recently learned, if you don't control your supply chains, you don't have power.  But the American colonists were rugged individualists held together by Christian community, and they controlled their supply chains.  This allowed their boycotts to be incredibly effective.  In fact, at the height of colonial boycotts, they only had to import two items from England.  They made everything else at home, and this is how they got the Sugar and Stamp Acts repealed.  English merchants demanded it because the boycotts were destroying their businesses.  But today, people can't even effectively boycott the grocery store because they don't control supply chains.  So, we have to get back to building our own stuff, growing our own food, raising our own livestock, [producing our own] grassroots media, social media, supporting mom and pop shots, homeschooling our kids, and competing with Disney, and that's what I do.  So check out my books on "How information is controlled," "Our rights," "fake news," "Corruption of systems," "Healthy living," and so much more @ classicallearner.com.