You're at the mercy of governments, banks, and employers unless you gain control. The speaker cites Emerson: knowledge is the antidote for fear, and adds that it's also the antidote for stupidity. Seek knowledge to avoid dependence.
You wind up at the mercy of everything. You're at the mercy of the government, you're at the mercy of the tax office, you're at the mercy of the banks, you're at the mercy of your boss, you're at the mercy of the economy. You're literally at the mercy of whatever is going on in the world, and you're not in control of your own situation, right? And I don't want that for any of you. Instead, what we've got to focus on doing is that we want to get empowered. That's what we want to focus on doing. Ralph Waldo Emerson said that knowledge is the antidote for fear. I just added on to that, is that knowledge is the antidote for stupid.
