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Yesterday I went to a Bastrop City Council workshop because Flock cameras were on the agenda. Was the first time I've engaged a local or state government in a LONG time. It was a packed house. The council said it was the most people they'd ever had at one of these workshops. Person after person got up to speak against Flock. Exactly one person registered in favor, and they didn't even speak. I got the chance to speak twice during citizens communication, and I'm playing both of those videos on today's show. Here's what most people don't realize about these cameras. According to the DeFlock website there are around 30 Flock cameras in Bastrop, and only 12 of them are actually controlled by the Bastrop Police Department. And "controlled" is doing a lot of work in that sentence, because cities don't own these things. They lease them from Flock. All the data flows up to Flock, and Flock uses it to train their AI models. On today's show: The full footage of both times I addressed the councilWhat actually happened in that room and what the police chief had to sayMy honest take on engaging at the local level, when it's worth your energy and when it isn'tHow to push back on Flock in your own townAnd the exit and build solutions that matter more than any of it Also this week: Tomorrow at 12:00 pm Central we're going live for the free Trifecta Effect webinar with Sacred Honor Educational Fellowship. Trusts, private membership associations, and ministries, and how they fit together.https://divinepma.com/trifecta And if you're planning to come to Exit & Build 6, now is the time. Ticket prices go up August 31st at midnight. November 5th through 8th at Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas.https://exitandbuild.com

Joel Skousen has spent nearly five decades helping people answer one question: where should you live when the systems around you start to fail? This talk has never been available publicly. Joel delivered it at Exit & Build 2, and we're releasing it now for the first time. In it he walks through the core of his life's work: Strategic relocation and how to evaluate where you live right now. Population density, prevailing winds, nuclear and military target proximity, water access, growing season, state law, and the neighbors you'd actually be depending on. Joel breaks down why he looks west of the Mississippi, which states he's changed his mind about, and the mistakes people make when they relocate for the wrong reasons. Home and retreat security. Joel is an architect who's designed high security residences across North America, Canada, and Latin America. He gets into secure room design, EMP-protected power, water and food storage, and what actually holds up versus what just feels safe. And the honest assessment of the threats. Grid failure, EMP, economic collapse, war, and the long-term consolidation of surveillance and control. Joel doesn't sugarcoat any of it, and he'll tell you why he refuses to. His view is that optimism is what keeps people from preparing. About Joel Skousen Former Navy and Marine Corps fighter pilot turned architect. He began writing The Secure Home in 1979, making him one of the genuine pioneers of the modern preparedness movement. He's the author of Strategic Relocation: North American Guide to Safe Places, still the definitive reference on threat-based relocation, and co-author of The High Security Shelter Book with his son, a structural engineer. He has published the World Affairs Brief every week for decades. Joel is speaking at Exit & Build 6 We just announced it. Joel is joining us in person at Exit & Build 6, November 5 through 8, 2026, at Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas. He's giving a full talk plus a hands-on workshop, going deeper than he could in the time he had here. Nuclear and fallout protection, secure water and food storage, EMP-protected long-term power, evading social unrest, and the secure room design he's spent a career refining. You'll be able to walk up and ask him about your own property, your own plan, your own situation. Exit & Build 6 is four days on a working regenerative ranch in the Texas Hill Country with speakers and builders across the counter-economy, decentralized tech, private realm structures, food and land, and lawful remedy. The whole event is built around implementation zones, where you don't just take notes. You leave with your crypto wallet funded, your privacy gaps closed, your land or community plan drawn up, and your private realm pathway mapped. Ticket prices go up August 31st. Get your ticket: https://exitandbuild.com Brought to you by Live Free Academy. Stay free out there.

Sal the Agorist is joining us at the Exit and Build Virtual Summit 2 on August 8th... so we're replaying one of our best conversations with him to get you ready. In this episode we get into what agorism actually means and why Sal thinks politics can't ever produce freedom, no matter who wins the next election. He breaks down the counter-economy... entrepreneurial noncompliance... and why every regulation they pass just creates ten new ways around it. Sal will be one of our speakers at the Exit and Build Virtual Summit 2 — Strategy Edition, happening online August 8th. Register free below. 🔗 Register for the Virtual Summit: exitandbuild.com/virtual🔗 Join the daily newsletter: livefree.academy/newsletter🔗 Sal the Agorist: saltheagorist.com | x.com/SallyMayweather Topics covered: agorism, counter-economy, opting out of the statist economy, Bitcoin Cash vs Monero, buying crypto without KYC, entrepreneurship and infopreneurship, financial privacy, decentralized exchanges, Exit and Build Virtual Summit 2.