Bye Bye Big Brother is by Grandpa and others and is a book on escaping repressive governments, lawsuits, busybodies and confiscatory taxation by going overseas.  The original of this book is expensive and in three volumes, but now there is a more affordable ($9.95) abridged version available via Amazon for the Kindle (or anyone with a PC who wants to install the free Kindle software).

Read on to find out more about the book and read the review.

Grandpa has been around for a long time.  I listen to what he has to say because it is credible.  This book (BBBB for short) is well researched and based around the premise of having ways out and being a perpetual traveller, never tied down to one place.  Perpetual travellers evade the power of the state by moving from one place to another as they wish, therefore avoiding military duty, frivolous lawsuits, taxation and other annoyances and experiencing the best the world has to offer.

This is not a book for you if you are a fan of the government.  BBBB sees government (Big Brother) as the problem and not the solution.  The book has several anecdotes about how innocent people had their savings and livelihoods confiscated simply due to crossing a bureaucrat or government department.  The solution is to go elsewhere, not as a citizen but simply travelling through.

In high tax countries such as the USA, UK, Germany and others, wealthy productive people have had enough of supporting lazy people with an entitlement mentality and going elsewhere.  They take advantage of the Six Flags idea – separate countries for citizenship, domicile, playgrounds, business base, asset haven and Internet haven.  This idea is clearly detailed in the book.

The principles of this book are not for everyone.  The idea is that governments are service providers (generally poor quality ones), so you choose the one that suits you.  Most people will never accept this idea, or the notion of moving around freely.  The book also advocates avoiding the System and not trying to take it on and getting crushed for doing so.

This is not just a book of theory.  It includes practical advice on how you can exit from your current life and go elsewhere.

Although this is the abridged version, it is still quite long.  It is full of a lot of interesting information and is a compelling read.

My only reservation about this book is that it is slightly dated.  In most areas, that doesn’t matter but there is a section about computer security which is perhaps five years old and some of the companies listed have changed their business.  However it does include information on the provisions of the PATRIOT Act.

Here is the link to the abridged version of Bye Bye Big Brother (you can either order the book or the Kindle edition)

Tags: freedom, how to regain your freedom, sovereign individual

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