A step-by-step guide to withdrawing your “value” from a system that arrests truth-tellers.
Every aspect of our lives has radically improved due to the internet, EXCEPT for our free and democratic lives, why is that and how do we change that?
We asked 50 people “ Do you access the internet? “ All 50 said yes! This is a lie, this is mind control. When we say yes, “We access the internet.” this is our personal and unified capitulation of self-determination. That is when we succumb to authoritarians and gift them dominion over our lives! At IOD Nations, we refuse to permit that! That refusal is what makes our mission different from anything else you read or see.
We do not access the internet, WE Are The Internet! The internet only gains access to us when we allow it. We control our futures at the tap of our collaborative screens.
As of this morning, federal agents have arrested journalist Don Lemon in Los Angeles, linking him to the escalating protests in Minnesota. This comes on the heels of the tragic deaths of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, and Renee Nicole Good, both shot by federal agents while simply observing immigration operations in Minneapolis.
While the Senate remains locked in a bitter stalemate over ICE funding and a looming government shutdown, the very foundations of our economy are trembling. Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, is under federal investigation, leading global financial leaders to wonder if the U.S. Dollar is entering its final act. From the “Mother of All Deals” being brokered between Keir Starmer and Xi Jinping in Beijing to the United Nations facing a “race to bankruptcy,” the old order is falling apart in real-time.
Even the soil is screaming with worsening oil spills in Nigeria and police tensions rising in France over immigrant surveillance. It is clear that the “Land-Based Power” of the 20th century is failing us. But as Joel Koman argues in the Meritocracy Manifesto, while the physical world burns, the Virtual World is where the real power has migrated.
The Art of Digital War
Sun Tzu wrote, “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” We don’t need to match the state’s violence. We need to withdraw the value that fuels it.
The manifesto’s core truth is this: WE are the Internet. Every time you tap your screen, you are voting. Currently, you are voting for a digital dictatorship where billionaires and authoritarian regimes own your data and your voice. A “Virtual Coup” isn’t an uprising; it’s a relocation. It’s moving our collective value to a space where we, the people, have the only vote that matters.
Your Action Plan: The “War Room” Starts Now
We are moving beyond theory. We need immediate impact, real-time results, and a way for every reader to be an architect of this new nation.
1. Join the Virtual Front Occupy the “High Ground” today. We have launched the IOD Social Network Prototype. This is our staging ground. Register now to help us turn this from a prototype into a full fledged truly democratic social network and a global marketplace that combines the best of Amazon, LinkedIn, and Upwork owned by the users.
2. The Wednesday “War Room” (Zoom Brainstorm) “The general who wins a battle makes many calculations before the battle is fought.” Every Wednesday, we are hosting a Live Zoom Call to brainstorm our/your next moves. We want you to help us decide:
Which platform should we collectively “boycott” next to force a democratic shift?
Should we organize a “Silent Withdrawal” (a 24-hour global digital blackout)?
How can we support peaceful, physical gatherings in cities like Minneapolis or Paris using our digital network?
3. Choose Our Compass (Your Vote Matters) We need to monitor our impact. Since we want this to be your system, we are inviting you to vote on how we track our progress. Should we use:
A Live Google Forms Dashboard with real-time charts showing our collective actions?
A Global Facebook Event to coordinate physical vigils and peaceful presence?
A “Democratic Heat Map” on the IOD Nations site to show where our influence is growing? Tell us in the comments which system you prefer or share your own idea.
As an important part of this we intend to develop a portal or platform with your input. This portal/platform will be specifically for people to submit their own ideas and tactics or strategies to protect, improve and expand freedom and democracy across the world. On this platform/portal best ideas and practices will be chosen democratically and rapidly implemented, tested and tracked. (Our hilarious world changing, coming book “ The fWARt of War “ How Stench Resistance and Warfare Alters World Power Structures “ is one example of a strategy or tactic that would arise from this platform/portal. Please see our coming GoFundMe to support both and remember “stink is the next nuclear weapon if used correctly.”
4. The Call for Volunteers We are looking for “Digital Officers”organizers, coders, writers, and community leaders. If you are ready to commit your time to building the IOD Social Network and The Marketplace or managing our global outreach, please comment “Volunteer” below or join our next Wednesday call to introduce yourself.
Let’s Brainstorm in the Comments
What is one action you can take from your phone today that would create an immediate impact? Is it an email blitz? A coordinated shift to a new currency? A peaceful physical gathering at a local landmark?
The “Mother of All Deals” shouldn’t be between the EU and India. It should be the deal we make with each other to protect the next Alex Pretti or Renee Good.
The power isn’t in the bunker. It’s in your hand. Let’s use it.
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Follow the money. The only way I know of to get the attention of the digital kings is to stick it to their pocket book. We had a great example of that when Americans canceled their Paramount subscriptions when Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air. We can show them and Bezos too that we control their pocketbooks.
Hi Rina, thank you so much for commenting. We know how to do that, honestly we do. On Wednesday in our live feed we will roll the whole thing out and the simplicity, the sheer audacity of what we are capable of accomplishing if we unite online is going to blow you away! We have to get people to stop talking about what the problems are. We have to get people to stop talking about what things might need to happen to fix the problems. We have to start implementing solutions, we have to do more than talk about it.. we would be forever grateful if you would share and restock and participate in this process with us, it will not happen unless enough of you join us
Hey Rina,
To show Bezos that we can control their pocketbooks, we actually created an alternative to Kindle that is live on the Google Play Store, and it’s free for everyone. However, it’s still a prototype, and we are developing a full-fledged one that’s probably gonna roll out this July. If you have an Android device, you can check it out from here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_kurt_vaed.Boi
We have also developed a social network prototype (https://social.iodnations.org/login/), and we are thinking about developing a democratic marketplace to free ourselves from the oligarch’s matrix. We are slowly developing alternative systems so that we are not captive to a system that funds genocide and authoritarians. I hope you will join us in a discussion about how we can stop these mad men from destroying this beautiful world!
I love the idea of freeing ourselves from the oligarchs. However, the irony of using Google Docs to collaborate is hard to miss, imho.
It doesn’t have to be Google Docs! We can build something for ourselves!
Volunteer!…I like the idea of Google Forms Dashboard for collaboration…however I’d prefer to see Substack or YouTube used for social collaboration since Facebook is owned by facist Zuckerberg…obviously love the idea of the Democratic Heat Map…And of course the homegrown portal/platform is genius…I have modest Python skills developed during the last 10 years of my engineering career which may be of some use to the project
This is precisely the kind of thinking we need. Thank you for stepping up. 🙌
You’re spot on about platform risk and redundancy: Substack and YouTube are great for open collaboration and narrative control, Google Forms/Dashboards for lightweight coordination, and the homegrown portal is where sovereignty really lives. A Democratic Heat Map becomes powerful when it’s fed by people who actually understand systems, not just slogans.
Your Python experience is absolutely useful; data pipelines, visualizations, verification layers, even tooling for civic workflows all matter here. If you’re in, the next step is simple: help us shape how this collaboration stack works in practice. Ideas, code, and structure: we’re building this together, in the open, by citizens.
If you want to be part of redesigning democracy with real checks, balances, and citizen-first rights, you can subscribe to us on Substack to stay connected, contribute ideas, and help shape the conversation.
We also already have a working prototype of the IOD Nations social network:
👉 https://social.iodnations.org/login
It’s proof this isn’t theoretical. Now we need funding and volunteers—developers, designers, researchers, and writers to turn this prototype into a secure, scalable, globally accessible, democratic platform owned by the people.
This is how systems change: study what worked, learn from what broke, and build something better together.
Hey Tim,
Are you interested in joining us on a live call on Substack this Wednesday at 11 am PST?
Sure, I will plan to be there.
Hi Tim, Joel here. Thanks so much for your interest. We are a small team with limited skills but things are kinda moving fast. Coding may or may not be a bit premature. We would love to talk with you, would anything besides coding be of interest? Can we get a call with you? Thanks again! PS We can get a bit overwhelmed so feel free to say ” Hey Guys, Tim here, don’t forget about me! “
Sure!…I’m definitely willing to help with something…I can’t go on camera due to contractual agreements with my employer but am willing to help in some manner for sure…I have a relatively flexible work schedule aside from some meetings, maybe 4 or 5 per week on average.
Let’s be silent on our phones this Wednesday and every Wednesday
There’s power in that idea. Silence, when chosen together, becomes a signal not of apathy, but of coordination. A weekly pause reminds us that our attention is our leverage, and that democracy doesn’t live in algorithms; it lives in people acting with intention. If we unite, even silence can speak louder than noise.