In the Englandof 1763, King George III, increasingly worried about stability in the colonies, deployed 10,000 red coat soldiers to North America, followed by many more, to assert control.
The "ungrateful colonists" were costing the British crown treasure it never planned to expend.
Imagine if the not-so-good-king possessed the technologies we have today, to enforce his will upon a colonized people?
At a fraction of the cost, upstart cities would have a camera on every street corner: complete with facial, voice, and fingerprint recognition software.
These cameras could collect data via infrared heat detection, sending collected information back to a command center, so profiles of those observed could be created — and stored permanently. Retained with no chance of ever being subjected to a court order, to see what information is contained therein.
Bank accounts of dissenters would be depleted and prominent rebel landowners, taxed out of their holdings. The Sons of Liberty tavern network, led by Sam the Publican (Sam Adams) would be all but impossible.
The tech to standup "Smart Cities" in those days would have made 1776 just another year of slavery under unelected, inbred rich guys.
No shots fired. Hopes for a future called America, dashed.
Fast-forward to Davos 2023:
The unelected rich guys, and now gals, from Europe and beyond have multiplied.
There are thousands, not hundreds, and their wealth is incomprehensible.
The dangerous commonality with the crowns of old is that they wield unimaginable power.
Every year their most visible and revealing gathering is in the polished gem called Davos, Switzerland. These elites of the World Economic Forum (WEF) represent the old money of the royal houses, billionaires, top bankers, and legions of disciples.
Smart cities are the 21st century version of the "have and have nots."
Like the feudal period, landed lords and their cities dominated citizens and serfs alike, to toil and labor for the lord’s benefit. This was known as feudal mercantilism.
We left this system of "owning nothing and being happy" long ago.
Now the elites plan to bring this back with force if necessary, leveraging the latest tech as their weaponry.
Calling on the false gods of climate change to gain control of energy production and distribution, they wield the sword of pseudo-medical science in the Stalinist pandemic response to create social control, and equity justice to destroy the family unit, all while installing their dystopian Marxist dreams.
They seek a 21st century version of eugenics to justify removing people they feel are "useless eaters" or "overpopulators."
The endgame goal that sits above all others? Smart cities.
America 2023.
The current administration is the most recent incarnation of acolytes to the WEF.
They are no different than the loyalists to the crown when the red coats were bearing down on Bunker Hill.
For Team Biden, value is found in your pedigree of Ivy League schooling, prestigious fellowships, roles in government and above all, your connectivity to other elites who part with generous donations to the "correct-think," Marxist causes.
Meeting that standard is a start, but to truly standout, one must show how talented they are in adapting to the WEF’s "hive mind."
It isn’t that hard.
These useful pawns need only memorize the entirety of the WEF website and its library of correct-think reports.
And the results? (Sorry Founders).
It’s not easy to enslave America.
We the People have become accustomed to our "free range" lives that we thought were guaranteed. It starts with big WEF friends who, through massive private equity banks who control the board rooms of the media and tech companies while donating on both sides of the aisle to compel compliance or at a minimum, silence.
Government and media will create the perception of election integrity while encouraging cheating in national elections.
Massive printing of money will devalue everyday American’s savings and investments.
Uncle Sam’s "benefits" will lull people into a trap of entitlement and dependency that will permit the government to turn off your heat, ration your cash, and prevent personal travel they don’t like.
Coming in 2025: Government remote kill-switches in cars.
Americans will see the pure implementation of socialism the left has been planning as part of the Build Back Better global efforts; all led by the shadowy WEF overlords.
In cities across America, of the so called $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Act, $500 million went to "smart surveillance technologies" to monitor citizens when Smart Cities are stood up.
Want a road or bridge?
Install these cameras and it’s yours. There are likely cameras in your town already.
Where is this going? (Just watch China and how the CCP has enslaved over a billion.)
Eventually the technology will support carving up your town or city into "15 minute zones" where citizens can access all needed goods and services within a 15-minute walk or bike ride.
Oxford, England has already signed up, and we are next.
When Central Bank Digital Currency is established on your phone, guiding you to "smart choices," controlling you will be a breeze.
"A republic if you can keep it," said Ben Franklin. He was talking to you.
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer (ret) is a retired DoD senior intelligence operations officer and President Project Sentinel & the London Center for Policy Research.
Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (retired) is a co-founder of Restore Liberty, a former deputy representative to NATO, a lifetime member on the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Newsmax contributor. The views presented are those of the author and do not represent the views of the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, or its components. Read Gen. Holt's reports — More Here.