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You may have seen my 'inflammatory' SN post last week about where markets are today. TLDR: they are going lower from here.
As Lyn Alden recently shared in her newsletter, volatility both politically and financially is here to stay.
During War times, all logic goes out the window. Laws get rewritten, 'visible' choice will be limited and disobedience will be punished.
We're all aware of the "political-ganda" that exists today and what the shock of 2020 unleashed on the world.
Coordinated or not, with tensions worldwide on the rise, with protests, mass migration, joblessness, homelessness and with financial liquidity at it's lowest in recent years, volatility will be abounds.
Under these circumstances, truth must be suppressed to maintain control.
Any tool that empowers individuals to find such truth, and retain value amidst the chaos is likely to see some headwinds.
But that doesn't mean to be deterred. We may need to be smarter about using these tools.
The reason I am saying these things is not to get all doomsday - it is more to prepare in advance for some crazy policies, from those that pretend to 'govern'.

Get an open-source 2nd mobile device setup. Buy it in cash and install GrapheneOS. Secure yourself some additional surplus resources. Do it tomorrow.
Run your own node, duh. So you can at the very least retain some control of capital.
Have a bootable backup or copy of software pre-2019 (particularly Apple software), for stuff you can't do on a mobile device.
Start keeping an inventory of consumables. Not to be a prepper, but in the eventuality they may not always be available day to day.
Consider your exit plans.