Ditch Phones Reconnect The Real Power Of Community

You got to be honest with yourself about what you can do. There's a lot of people go, oh, I can't do that. They're not being honest with themselves. They're really saying they don't want to do that or they're not willing to do that. So that's where it comes down to. And I think the thing that brings you beyond that desire to do it and actually making it happen is being part of a community that's doing what you want to do. So we've got to get back to our local communities and be part of our communities. That's where we find our strength. Social media is great, but I really think it's only good for a couple things. And that is one, to put out good information, and two, to encourage each other. But if all your friends are on social media and they don't live close enough to you to come over and help you change your brakes on Saturday, what really, what good is it other than just the rah-rah session? It's not great. So we've got to be able to build local networks again, which means simple, simple things. I encourage people to do this when we're talking about community. In the past, there were such things in the United States. We used to have block parties. Everybody in the block, Memorial Day and Fourth of July, everybody would get together cooking hot dogs. Kids are playing. You got the drunk uncle over there being an ass. That was America, but it was people. It was a community. People have given that up. Also, potlucks. I have a challenge for everybody out there. Have a no-phone potluck. A no-phone potluck. Invite everybody over. You bring the cake. You bring the macaroni and cheese. You bring the chicken. You bring the drinks. You bring the cups. And everybody leave your phones in the car. What a great idea. I love that. What a great, great idea. If we did that, Boone, I would imagine that the first gathering we had would probably have about three people there. But we would certainly build it up once they began to see how much fun we were having. We've got, and people are wanting it. Yeah. Yeah. I think people have been isolated for so long on these machines. Having that human connection. I always say this. If you can't smell the person you're talking to, assume you're talking to a bot. Yeah. You know, it's interesting, Boone. My mom used to say, you know, they're all before she died. My mom died at 90 a couple of years ago. And she used to say, you know, I see all these people. She didn't even have an iPhone. She still used the phone in the house, you know, that hangs on the wall. That was my mom. So she, and she used to say, I see all these people staring at their phones. She'd go eat somewhere in public and they'd be sitting there staring at their phones right across from each other. She said, my mom used to say, the closest you're ever gonna get to the divine until we pass is the person who's sitting right across from you. That is a divine, that is a reflection of the divine, that human being sitting right across from you. What an insult to sit there and be staring at a phone while you have the opportunity to engage with someone made in the image and likeness of the divine. You know, and I'll never forget her saying that. And so I love your idea about leaving the phones behind for a few hours. Yeah, it's a beautiful thing. And here's the other thing I like to tell people all the time. Spend two hours a day, just two hours a day, put your phone in the other room and turn it off. And if after about 10 minutes, you start coming up with excuses, you need to go check your phone. This sounds a lot like addiction behavior. Yeah. Great point. Great point, yeah. Danielle, is there anything else that you wanted to, we got about seven minutes left to max out the hour. I wanna give you a chance. Anything you wanted to final words for Boone? Well, I just, I have so many questions. So we'll just have to have you back on because the conversation has been so great and we barely even scratched the surface of what we had planned to talk about, which is the mark of a fantastic conversation. When you throw out the prep and just say, let's sit down and talk about what's really on your mind. No, and I appreciate being here. And I do wanna encourage everybody to watch General Flynn's movie. And not on our website, not on Freedom State. Yeah, I'm sure you guys will provide the link because General Flynn's movie dispels, if you want to understand how an influence operation happens and how they can politically assassinate someone so well, go watch General Flynn's movie because it is cookie cutter cutout. You know, we traveled the country, we went across the country twice on the movie tour and every single showing, I would ask people as the MC for the show, I would ask people, I said, raise your hand if you were upset when General Flynn went to jail. 90% of the audience every single time would raise their hand. Well, the truth is General Flynn never went to jail. He was never convicted of anything. The DOJ dropped the case, but people don't know this. And they don't know this because there was a very well-crafted influence operation that was conducted against him for one single reason. One, he's the man he is. And the man he is took a look at these black budget programs and went, there's a lot of money here. Can you show me how it's effective? Let's figure this out. Just the threat of auditing those programs, which less than this many people in our country even know about in depth, just that threat got him taken. Wow. Wow. It is, so I did not realize that that was the nucleus of it all. Yeah, we will. Watch it. We will. Watch it. Well, thank you again Boone for coming on and you gotta come down to Louisiana at some point and come see us. We'll treat you really, really well. It would be a privilege to have you down. It's my honor. I'd love to do it. Awesome. Thanks Boone. Have a wonderful rest of your day. God bless you, man. Thank you guys. God bless you. Keep doing what you're doing. God bless you. Thank you. Thanks for listening to the State of Freedom. To stay on top of all the calls to action or find resources we mentioned today, check out the show notes for the episode. The scripture reading and reflection for today's episode are on our website, freedomstate.us. If you'd like to support the show financially, you can do that on our website as well. Again, that's freedomstate.us. If you'd prefer to give by mail, you can send a check to the State of Freedom at P.O. Box 861, Berg, Louisiana, 70343. 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