A black out most likely refers in this case to a media black out - (which is common in revolutionary situations) - and even then that doesn't mean the internet will go down. Power is unlikely to go down as that starts killing people esp. in winter. But by all means be prepared.
Trump replaced the director of the FCC after the election (Along with hiring Miller for the Pentagon and firing Krebs). The FCC posting went semi unnoticed as it's not a big loud mouth type position like Sec. Def.
Kayleigh McEnany gave us a huge clue in a presser a while back - post election if I recall, in that she said that she "WILL NOT RESPOND TO ACTIVISTS" when a CNN journalist was heckling her - ie. CNN et al. are now considered to be foreign actors.
Therefore Media companies, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, CBS, Wapo, NYT etc. can be taken offline PERMANENTLY - as foreign actors - all assets frozen.
and certainly that can include Apple, Google and Facebook which is basically more or less a comms blackout, since these bstrds are so dominant, our gmails can very well go down, facebook, messenger, whatsapp - already blocked me from an update so I can't use it any more - dunno what that is all about I have a Huawei phone- so pbly explains it. Infowars techwars right ! But it's a bit of a heads up.
Other media channels like AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, may well be taken offline and stock exchanges and banking may well be closed for a 2-3 week national holiday like post 9/11. I doubt it all goes completely offline - VISA and Mastercard will pbly still run, but alot of it can be out - think 2 weeks of post 911, it was all semi frozen up. Def. financial mkts and banking can be closed for 1-2 weeks.
When you look at the big bstrd companies and not just the so called "big tech" (which is really just BIG PEOPLE - we go elsewhere these commies are finished..... - see GAB for details) but also the MSM, and the larger operations like Bloomberg, Reuters and AP - which are supposed to be real high quality journalism - neutral market information etc. - but they all became actively biased and sources of misinformation and election manipulation.
We you start thinking into the Govt impounding all their assets, boards of directors assets, stocks suspended from trading, WIPED !!!!! Apple could be gone, Facebook and Twitter could literally be burned to the ground figuratively speaking - Govt impounds them all as foreign actors.
This is a massive coup - and the worry is actually not whether Q wins or not, but whether you land with a military fascist dictatorship rolling out vaxes and putting up check points everywhere and it never stops. Stranger things have been seen (insert your Lat Am or African country of choice here________________).
So anyways, I am a market trader and actively follow every presser and every tweet hour to hour for years, it's my job to do that - I know you digital soldiers are highly active but I thought I might give you my take on where this is headed.
I think alot of these companies we've come to know and hate - are gonna get taken down - assets frozen - finished - and people have figured this out - that's why they are piling into the likes of Tesla so much because there is no where really to hide.
Musk ain't gonna get pinned as a foreign actor but Zuckerberg, Bezos and Cook sure can and it's huge huge money to impound that - stranger things have happened (insert your Lat Am or African country of choice here________________).
WWG1WGA !
Keep the faith
One way or other we're all still alive and that's what counts.
Make sure to get plenty of fresh air and exercise to de-stress.
I like how you think falsely that Tesla is safe in this. Their China factory would be at major risk in a scenario like this. No company is safe in this scenario. Not one.
yes but that's not the same as having their assets frozen or their online services taken down for a few days and causing a panic
i am not a telsa fan by anymeans - i just follow the markets closely
i have seen these big FU americana take downs in the past- wash the company out - new owners - and someone loses billions whilst others make it big
bezos and zuckerberg and the google clowns might be penniless in a minute ! they acted like foreign state entities on US soil - ops
and there's big money and a lot of power to be had in washing them out
rumor was that Trump was gonna buy Gab- but doesn't have to be Trump - but imagine the power and wealth transfer just in converting Gab into Twitter in the space of a week - and that's just the little game of twitter
FB, AAP and GOOG are many times larger !!!!
massive shakedown
and whilst it's all going on - their services are all over the place and internet is a slowmo trainwreck - nothing major or permanent - but serious upheaval.
I get it. But then there would be similar repercussions from the Chinese side.
yeah but that's war - US companies have already had a rough time in China - TSLA gonna take a hit i guess
many Chinese companies are gonna be delisted NYSE just fk'd itself by disobeying Munchkin's order to delist Alibaba
the list of foreign state actors is to the moon, it's gonna be a huge take down.
massive consolidation of US asset and power - they may also cancel China's $T1 in US Govt bonds as a penalty - we know just how much Trump loves to cancel debts :-)