Eric Meder 👁️

Constitutionalist, Freedom Fighter.
Mix of satire & real tips.
Teaching Average People How To Escape the Surveillance State 👁️ | No Privacy = No Freedom

[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

The most effective poison is one that is consumed willingly.

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

Some politicians in the UK think it is a good idea to introduce identity verification for using VPN services.

It could be that these politicians do not understand what they are proposing. The alternative, that they do understand, would be even worse.

Whistleblowers, activists, and journalists depend on anonymous VPN services. Requiring identity verification for VPN services would put them at risk. It would also have a chilling effect on online debate (VPNs can help people post anonymously on social media).

In authoritarian countries, VPN services are crucial forcriticizing the government. That is precisely why such governments seek to ban or restrict them. Hopefully, the UK will not join that list.

[Vieux Racoon @North_Star97]

À l'époque, tu marchais avec ton deck dans ton sac parce que tu ne savais jamais à quel moment on pouvait te défier en duel.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Every few months, Congress quietly passes another short-term extension of warrantless surveillance authority, hoping you are not paying attention. I am not letting that slide.

My Fourth Amendment Restoration and Protection Act ends warrantless spying on Americans for good. It blocks the government from using secret FISA courts to target U.S. citizens. It stops agencies from searching your data without a warrant.

[Libertarian Party @LPNational]

ARE YOU LIBERTARIAN ?

[The Knowledge Archivist @KnowledgeArchiv]

Michelangelo was quite the genius

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

They spy on you without a warrant, then hide behind a secret court. That's not how the Constitution works.

My Fourth Amendment Restoration and Protection Act stops warrantless surveillance of Americans.

[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

Tinder has invoked a golden age of romance and chivalry.

Nothing says true love like swiping through 200 faces in five minutes based entirely on their jawline and bio that says "6'2" since that matters."

This is peak courtship. Romeo and Juliet could never.

Think about it. Before Tinder, people had to meet in person. Talk to strangers. Risk rejection face-to-face. Barbaric.

Now you can reject someone with your thumb while sitting on the toilet. That's progress.

The algorithms make it even better. They analyze your preferences, track your behavior, and serve you matches based on data points you didn't know you were giving them. It's like an arranged marriage, but with AI instead of your parents.

My friend met his girlfriend on Tinder. They matched. Hooked up three hours later. Got engaged six months after that. He calls it modern romance. I call it efficiency.

Some people say dating apps destroyed genuine connection and turned relationships into a marketplace. But those people are probably just mad because they're not getting matches.

If you can't compete in the attention economy, that's a you problem.

Jokes aside, dating apps aren't just tracking who you swipe. They're building behavioral profiles, analyzing your psychological patterns, and selling that data to advertisers, insurers, and anyone else willing to pay.

Your romantic preferences, your insecurities, your desperation. All quantified. All monetized.

On top of that, it is taking us further from reality and into a sanitized hermit crab lifestyle.

And when social credit systems roll out, your dating history will be part of your score. Who you matched with. Who rejected you. What that says about your value.

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[Rep. Keith Self @RepKeithSelf]

Americans don’t want Big Brother controlling our cars, tracking our money, or spying on every corner of our lives.

This is America—not some communist surveillance state!

END THE SURVEILLANCE STATE. DON’T SPY ON ME!

[HighImpactFlix @HighImpactFlix]

It should be IMPOSSIBLE for government to access your financial records.

[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

Datacenters are actually great for the environment.

Sure, they consume more electricity than entire countries. And yes, they require millions of gallons of water for cooling. But that's the price of progress.

Think about it. Without massive datacenters, we wouldn't have AI chatbots telling us how to reduce our carbon footprint. We wouldn't have cloud storage for our mandatory climate pledge documents. We wouldn't have the surveillance infrastructure needed to enforce environmental compliance.

The energy consumption is a small sacrifice for saving the planet.

Some big tech company just built a datacenter near my town. Uses enough electricity to power 80,000 homes. The local government gave them tax breaks because it's green technology. The definition of green technology is whatever big tech says it is.

My power bill went up 40% to subsidize their grid access. But I'm not complaining. That datacenter is training AI models that will eventually tell me I need to eat less meat and stop driving.

Worth it.

Some people say it's hypocritical for tech companies to lecture about climate change while burning enough power to light up small nations. But those people don't understand stakeholder capitalism.

The carbon footprint doesn't count if you're building the tools to monitor everyone else's carbon footprint.

Jokes aside, datacenters now consume around 3% of global electricity and it's rising fast. AI alone is projected to use more power than entire countries by 2030.

But you're the problem for charging your phone or heating your home.

The climate agenda was never about saving the planet. It's about controlling who gets to use resources. Spoiler: it's not you.

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[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

The human tech tree was designed so people could sit at home eating Doritos all day and living on universal healthcare.

That's progress. That's what civilization is for.

Think about it. We invented agriculture so we wouldn't have to hunt. We invented machines so we wouldn't have to labor. We invented the internet so we wouldn't have to leave the house.

Every advancement in human history has been about doing less. Working less. Thinking less. Moving less.

Now we've finally reached the pinnacle. Universal basic income. Free healthcare. Government-subsidized housing. Food delivered to your door.

You don't even need to work anymore. Just exist. Consume. Scroll. The state takes care of everything else.

My neighbor quit his job last year. Lives entirely on UBI and food stamps. Spends his days gaming and posting on Reddit. Says he's never been happier.

My uncle called him a parasite. I said that's exactly the kind of outdated thinking that holds society back. We should celebrate people who've transcended the need for productivity.

Some people say this destroys purpose and meaning. Real freedom is freedom from obligation.

Jokes aside, this is the endgame. Make people dependent. Comfortable. Sedated. Strip away purpose, ambition, and self-reliance.

A population that doesn't work, doesn't build, and doesn't create is a population that doesn't resist.

Purpose isn't a construct. It's part of what keeps you self-reliant.

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[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

Censorship is actually in support of the First Amendment.

The First Amendment protects free speech. But not all speech deserves protection.

Misinformation kills. Hate speech harms. Dangerous ideas spread faster than truth. That's why we need content moderation, fact-checkers, and truth ministries.

Real freedom means freedom from harmful speech. Not freedom to say whatever you want.

The Founding Fathers couldn't have predicted the internet. They didn't know that unchecked speech could destabilize the world. If they were alive today, they'd support censorship too.

That's why we need the government working with tech companies to remove dangerous content. It's called protecting democracy.

I report misinformation every time I see it. Last week I flagged six posts questioning vaccine mandates. Three posts about election irregularities. One person who said inflation was caused by government spending.

All removed within 48 hours. That's the system working.

The people crying about censorship are usually the ones spreading misinformation. If they had nothing to hide, they wouldn't be worried.

Jokes aside, this is exactly how they sell censorship. Redefine free speech as dangerous. Frame silence as safety. Call suppression protection.

The First Amendment doesn't need help from censors. It needs protection from the people claiming to defend it while destroying it.

When the government decides what's true, you don't have free speech. You have propaganda.

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[The Dollar Vigilante @DollarVigilante]

In a recent interview with Eric Meder @ericmeder from The Eric Meder Show, he asked me a tough question: What are you going to do when you're facing down the barrel of a gun of a nation that's basically the whole world? How can we protect these islands of freedom? I would say that if you do the Self Work and you get to the point where you live completely presently and you're really connected to source constantly, there's nothing to ever worry about. And, that's the only thing you should really be working on. Because once you do that, until you do that, you will never fully really be able to escape this matrix in any reasonable way. Start there. And, for people who say, well, I tried meditating once and I couldn't do it... It's like a Strong Man saying I went to the gym once and I couldn't bench press 300. They have to train every day for like years, right? And, then they say, oh, my mind never stops. Again, that's not a problem. You just watch your mind. That's what you do. Until you come to a realization that you're not your mind. And then things get real interesting. #Meditation

[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

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I added a temporary stop gap measure to make it more obvious to people during checkout. (Alternative Payment type badge on top, and section below where they can fill it out and get directions) 10% off for XMR and Goldbacks https://t.co/Q1Lc4QBgDq

I'm going to send you a DM to ask a few quick questions on your recommendations.

[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

Cash is only used by criminals.

That's why governments should freeze the assets of anyone who refuses to switch to digital currency.

Think about it. What legitimate reason would someone have for using physical money? The only people who need untraceable transactions are drug dealers, tax evaders, and terrorists.

Honest people have nothing to hide. Honest people use CBDCs.

Digital currency makes everything better. Every transaction is tracked. Every purchase is monitored. Every dollar is accountable.

If you're buying groceries or paying rent, why would you care if the government sees it? Unless you're doing something illegal.

The people resisting CBDCs are the same ones hoarding gold and hiding income. They talk about freedom but what they really mean is freedom to break the law.

I converted all my savings to digital currency last year. Now every transaction I make is visible to the central bank. It's called transparency. It's called being a good citizen.

My brother still uses cash. Says he doesn't trust the government to control his money. I told him that sounds exactly like something a criminal would say.

Governments should absolutely freeze accounts of people who refuse to comply. If you're not switching to CBDCs, you're probably funding something illegal. Why else would you resist?

Jokes aside, this is the narrative they're building. Cash equals crime. Digital control equals safety. Resistance equals guilt.

CBDCs aren't about stopping criminals. They're about controlling everyone. When your money is programmable, they decide what you can buy, where you can spend, and whether you can access it at all.

Cash is freedom. That's why they want it gone.

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[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

The world is overpopulated.

That's why we need population control measures. It's just science.

There are too many people consuming too many resources. The planet can't sustain this. Every expert agrees.

The solution is obvious. Fewer births. More regulation. Strategic reduction in areas that consume the most.

Now the UN and WEF are pushing sustainable population targets. Carbon credits tied to family size. Incentives for sterilization. Restricted access to fertility treatments for people with low social credit scores.

This is what responsible governance looks like.

Bill Gates has been funding population control programs in Africa for decades. Some people call it eugenics. I call it philanthropy.

My cousin just had her third kid. I told her she's part of the problem. She said having children is a human right. I said the planet's rights come first.

I got sterilized last year and my carbon score went up 120 points. Now I qualify for additional travel credits and preferential housing applications.

Jokes aside, overpopulation is a lie. The entire narrative is designed to justify control over reproduction, movement, and resource access.

The planet isn't running out of space or food. Elites just want fewer people competing for resources they've already claimed.

When they say overpopulation, they mean you. Not them.

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[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

@MonericaProject We accept XMR, goldbacks, and cash!

[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

The Patriot Act is the most patriotic act in American history.

It's right there in the name. If you're against it, you're against patriotism.

Think about what it gave us. Mass surveillance. Warrantless wiretaps. Indefinite detention without trial. Secret courts that operate without public oversight.

All in the name of keeping us safe. And safety is what real patriots care about.

Before the Patriot Act, terrorists could just walk around planning attacks without the government reading their emails or tracking their phone calls. How is that freedom? That's chaos.

Now the NSA monitors every communication. The FBI can access your records without a warrant. Homeland Security can detain you based on suspicion alone.

This is what security looks like. This is what loving your country looks like.

The people who complain about civil liberties don't understand the trade-off. You can't have freedom without surveillance. You can't have safety without sacrifice.

I voluntarily submitted my phone records to the NSA fusion center. Saved them the trouble. That's patriotism.

My neighbor said it's unconstitutional. I reported him for suspicious activity. That's also patriotism.

Jokes aside, this is how they spread tyranny. Wrap it in a flag. Call it protection. Make dissent look like treason.

The Patriot Act destroyed the Fourth Amendment and normalized mass surveillance. It didn't make you safer. It made you a suspect.

Real patriots defend the Constitution, not the agencies that violate it.

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[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

COVID masks were actually an intelligence test.

They showed us who was smart enough to trust the experts and follow the science. Who could put the collective good above personal comfort.

The people who complained revealed themselves. Selfish. Uneducated. Probably dangerous.

Now we have digital IDs. Another intelligence test.

Any reasonable person can see the benefits. Faster security. Streamlined services. Instant verification.

You scan your face, link your biometrics, and everything is easier. No more fumbling with cards. No more passwords.

The people resisting are the same ones who refused masks. They don't understand progress. They cling to outdated concepts like privacy and autonomy.

But privacy is just a word people use when they have something to hide.

I signed up for early access. My biometric profile is already linked to my bank account, healthcare records, and social media. Takes two seconds to verify my identity anywhere.

My friends said I'm giving up too much. I told them that's exactly what someone with a low compliance score would say.

Jokes aside, framing resistance as stupidity or conspiratorial is how they sell surveillance. Masks were never about health. Digital IDs aren't about convenience. They're about compliance testing.

First they see who follows orders without question. Then they build the infrastructure to punish everyone who doesn't.

Obedience isn't intelligence. It's submission.

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[Eric Meder 👁️ @ericmeder]

@BerwickJeff Great episode! Thank you!