IMA: Preparing To Fight Back And Insulate Yourself From Technological Control

Sep 5, 2025

A panel dives into the pressing concerns of technological control and authoritarian measures shaping our society. They discuss the risks of cashless transactions and digital IDs, emphasizing the need for alternatives that protect individual freedoms. Strategies for resisting mainstream technology and enhancing personal privacy are explored. The conversation highlights community initiatives, like VOIP-enabled public payphones, to strengthen connections. Amid rising surveillance, finding a balance between embracing technology and safeguarding autonomy is deemed crucial.

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INSIGHT

Mandate By Proxy Explained

Akeem highlights "mandate by proxy": governments shift coercion onto private service providers.
Digital ID uptake is driven by making services require verification, not direct legal compulsion.

ADVICE

Choose Alternatives And Vote With Dollars

Cultivate alternatives and vote with your dollar to align daily actions with principles.
Build and support services that avoid reliance on centralized tech to retain choice.

ANECDOTE

Cashless Travel Wake-Up Call

James describes becoming alienated by cashless, QR-driven services while traveling in Malaysia.
He warns that public participation is shifting to subscription-style digital access that excludes those without tech.

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Today the Independent Media Alliance (IMA) brings you a panel discussing the rapidly evolving technological world and the choices ahead of each and every one of us. We discuss the many ways in which our world -- for better or worse -- is changing around us, and how we can potentially effect that change and/or insulate ourselves from the parts that seem inevitable, while considering the pros and cons of leaning into the elements that could be used to fight back. We also discuss the many problems arising around this technological transition, how power structures are already rationalizing alarmingly authoritarian and dystopian control measures throughout, and what we can do to stop it. !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2q643"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble"); Rumble("play", {"video":"v6wcrss","div":"rumble_v6wcrss"}); Source Links: IMA Archives - The Last American Vagabond New Tab Episode 473 - Algocracy: Government for the New World Order | The Corbett Report New Tab Take Back Our Tech - #SolutionsWatch | The Corbett Report Opting Out of Technocracy - #SolutionsWatch | The Corbett Report Low-tech / No-tech - #SolutionsWatch | The Corbett Report New Tab You searched for tech - The Last American Vagabond The Technocratic Tiptoe - The Last American Vagabond New Tab Trump administration announces new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help | AP News The Palantir Panopticon & Trump's New Big Tech-Led "Private Health Tracking System" w/ 7Sees New Tab Take Back Our Tech Bitcoin Donations Are Appreciated: www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/bitcoin-donation (3FSozj9gQ1UniHvEiRmkPnXzHSVMc68U9f)