@Red_Hat @Humpleupagus @Vivernu
Yes. There is a reason, why globohomo is limiting self-sufficiency and small entrepreneurship as much as they do, and the main reason is, that it helps them keep all the power.
If you cannot even grow your own food, you have a single option left. Work for Amazon, and hope the money you'll get will be enough to buy the food you need.
If you have wrong think and they know who you are, you will lose your job. Here in the U.S., every wignat would be a walking HR nightmare even if they followed every rule just because allegations of discrimination, even if false, could cost a lot of money and cause PR problems. Thus, expressing political opinions could make people unemployable.
That's what they want though. It's a new form of slavery, and one that is almost impossible to escape because the critical mass of people necessary to cause change will be unwilling, or even unable (due to ignorance of political options from a lack of political communication), to express the opinions necessary to escape the servitude.