Parallel Economy?
What is meant by the term "Parallel Economy" and why should you care?
A traditional definition of the term Parallel Economy is "a market for shares, currencies, etc., which works at the same time as the official market." In this general context, parallel economies are often thought of as "black markets."
In the context of current politics however, "Parallel Economy" refers to businesses, entities, and governments that refuse to violate the US Constitution or "bend the knee" to policy demands that center around "Woke Culture Activism."
Woke Culture Activism has spawned Corporate-Government partnerships that have resulted in flagrant violations of the United States Constitution. Easy-to-spew acronyms bandied about these days -- DEI, CRT, ESG, LBTGQ+ (definitions below) are foundational to the "Woke Culture Activism" playbook which threatens our American way of life. Such activism has lead to everything from censorship, an unequal justice system, limited access to financial institutions/transaction ability, an unchecked Pravda-style Press, instantiation of insane social policy regarding gender/pedophilia, horrific violations of individual rights with respect to healthcare decisions and more...
You likely already know some players in the "New" Parallel Economy. They include:
Technology firms like Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, Frank Speech...
Government policy responses against Woke Culture Activism as seen in Florida (Disney, Legislation to prevent inappropriate Sex education to children under age 11, COVID response); West Virginia AG action against ESG...
Financial firms/startups like Coign, Parallel Economy (payment processor owned by Rumble), GiveSendGo...
Mobile Cellular Service/Phone providers like Patriot Mobile, Freedom Phone
more...
We should all be looking for opportunities to support participants in the Parallel Economy because they are working to preserve our rights and American way of life.
Want to learn more? Here are a few interesting links to explore.
General overview available at IMGE
Quick and easy video on Youtube (references CPAC)
Dan Bongino Show (regularly discusses the topic)
Longer talk radio segment (Jesse Kelly Show)
Just some of the acronyms underpinning Woke Cultural Activism:
DEI - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (routinely leveraged to treat people differently based on race)
ESG - Environment, Social, Governmental (increasingly used as a catch-all for "scoring" entities along non-legislated dimensions thereby limiting or rewarding them in a manner not in compliance with the law, e.g., prevent equal access to financial services, more...)
CRT - Critical Race Theory (routinely used to undermine progress made with respect to equal rights for all and rewrite history when it comes to America's founding, slavery and more…)
LGBTQ+ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Trans, Queer, etc (currently being leveraged to foment gender dysphoria, destroy parents’ rights, promote the sexualization of children, erase Women, undermine women's safety in public spaces, undo Title IV, more…)
This post reprinted with permission from The Reluctant Californian’s Substack.