Ahoy, crew! The captain made a rule. "NO COOKIES AFTER LUNCH!" So I didn't eat any. I really wanted one. But rules are rules! But THEN I saw the captain in the kitchen eating a COOKIE! After lunch! HIS rule! HE broke it! I said "HEY! You said no cookies!" And he said: "That rule is for YOU. Not for ME." But that's NOT FAIR! A rule is a rule! You met the Rule Makers! Some captains make rules for YOU that THEY don't follow. "Don't do this! Don't do that!" But watch THEM. They do whatever they want! Liberty Lesson: If someone makes a rule, watch them. Do THEY follow it? If the rule is so good—why don't THEY have to do it? Jab: Imagine your big brother says "No one touches the toys!" Then HE plays with them. You'd say "HEY!" Same thing! If you don't follow your OWN rule, it's not a real rule. It's just bossing people around! Quest: Next time someone makes a rule, watch them. Do they follow it too? Ask: "Does this rule count for YOU?" Real rules are for EVERYONE! Liberty Pirates play fair—captains too! #LibertyPirates #RulesForEveryone #PlayFair

Ahoy, crew! Something bad happened. My friends Jack and Lily were BEST friends yesterday. Now they're fighting! What happened?! The Fighting Trick! Salty Sam told Jack: "Lily said you're a smelly poopyhead!" Then he told Lily: "Jack is gonna take your toys!" But NONE of that was true! Salty Sam MADE IT UP! Now Jack and Lily are mad at each other for NO reason! Why would he do that? Look at Salty Sam now—he's playing with BOTH their toys while they fight! BINGO! He started the fight so HE could win! Jack and Lily are upset. Salty Sam is happy. HE gets the good stuff! Liberty Lesson: When two friends suddenly fight, ask: Did someone MAKE this happen? Who's happy that they're mad? Jab: Salty Sam isn't fighting. He's not upset. He's smiling while everyone else is sad! If he started it, why isn't HE in trouble? Hmm! Quest: If your friends get mad at each other, ask: Who told you that? Is it TRUE? Did someone make this fight happen? Don't fall for the Fighting Trick! Liberty Pirates ask questions first! #LibertyPirates #AskQuestions #FightingTrick

Ahoy, crew! Guess what? I made LEMONADE! Yummy, cold, delicious lemonade! I'm gonna sell cups to my friends! But wait—here comes trouble. A bossy captain says: "STOP! You can't sell that! You don't have PERMISSION!" Permission? It's MY lemonade! MY lemons. MY sugar. MY water. MY cups. I made it! "Doesn't matter! Ask ME first. Fill out papers. Pay me coins. THEN maybe I'll say yes!" But I'm not hurting anyone. People WANT my lemonade. I MADE it. Why do I need YOUR permission?! That's the Lemonade Lie! Some bossy pirates think they get to say YES or NO to everything you do—even if it's YOUR stuff! Liberty Lesson: If you made it and nobody's getting hurt, why ask a bossy captain? It's YOUR lemonade. YOUR work. YOUR choice! Jab: They SAY it's for safety. "We just wanna make sure the lemonade is good!" But really? They want CONTROL. They want to feel like the BOSS of you! Here's the secret—YOU are the boss of you! Not some captain who didn't make the lemonade, didn't buy the lemons, didn't do ANY of the work! Quest: Ask your family—if I make something and want to share it, why would someone try to stop me? YOUR work is YOUR treasure! You don't need permission to TRY! Liberty Pirates are FREE! Make stuff! Trade stuff! No bossy captains allowed! #LibertyPirates #YouAreTheBoss #FreeToTrade

Ahoy, crew! Something weird is happening. Last year ONE gold coin bought TEN apples. This year? FIVE apples. The apples didn't change—so what happened to my gold?! You got hit by the SHRINKING GOLD TRICK! It's not the SIZE of your coin—it's how much stuff it can GET. Some sneaky captains have a magic printing press. They print MORE coins out of thin air! If there's MORE coins but the same apples... your coin means LESS! "Coins are everywhere now—I want MORE for my apples!" That's not fair! You WORKED for your coin! They just PRINTED theirs! Liberty Lesson: When captains print fake money, YOUR money buys LESS. Your piggy bank isn't growing—it's SHRINKING! Not because you spent it—because THEY printed more! That toy cost five coins last year, now TEN. Did it get better? NOPE! Your coins got WEAKER. They STOLE from your piggy bank without touching it! Jab: They don't CALL it stealing—they use big fancy words so you don't notice. You saved up. They printed more. Your savings buy less. That's STEALING with a printing press! And WHO gets new coins first? Captains and their friends! They spend it when it's worth a lot. By the time it reaches regular pirates? Worth way less! First spender buys cheap. Last guy pays double! Quest: Look at something your family buys—milk, bread. Ask: "Did this cost less when YOU were little? WHY does it cost more now?" The answer is the Shrinking Gold Trick! Captains print, pirates pay—but NOT Liberty Pirates! We know the trick! #LibertyPirates #SoundMoney #ProtectYourTreasure

Ahoy, crew! Big news—today we get to VOTE! Pick who's in charge! Great, right? WRONG! Look at the choices: Captain Red or Captain Blue. That's IT. BOTH from the same rich family. BOTH do the exact same stuff. You just pick which HAT COLOR you like! That's not a choice! That's like "Do you want pinched on your LEFT arm or RIGHT arm?" Either way—you're getting PINCHED! They call it voting so you FEEL in charge. But you're just picking which captain takes your treasure! Liberty Lesson: Voting SOUNDS awesome. "Pirates get a voice!" But if ALL the choices are bad? Not a real choice—it's a TRAP! Pick the color of the cage—still a CAGE! Jab: Before the vote—BIG promises! "Free candy! Shorter chores!" Then they win and... nothing changes. Same rules. Same treasure taken. Same bossy captains! Sneaky part—if you DON'T vote they say "Then you can't complain!" But I didn't set up this trap! Why can't I complain about a trap I never asked for? It's like "Pick which bully takes your lunch—Bully Bob or Bully Bill?" You pick Bob, he takes your lunch. "YOU voted for him!" Not fair! I didn't want EITHER bully! Quest: Ask your family—what if NONE of the choices are good? Do we HAVE to pick? Does voting mean you're free? Or just picking who bosses you? Real freedom isn't picking your boss. Real freedom is NO boss! YOUR life is YOUR ship! Nobody steers it but YOU! #LibertyPirates #RealFreedom #ThinkForYourself

Ahoy, crew! Gather 'round for the OLDEST trick in the pirate world—The Fake Monster Trick! Here's how it works: A captain wants to sell SWORDS. Big, shiny, expensive swords! But nobody's buying. Why? Nothing to be scared of! So what does the sneaky captain do? He makes up a MONSTER! "Oh no! SCARY SEA BEAST coming! Ten tentacles! Sharp teeth! It'll EAT your whole ship! Buy MY SWORDS!" Everyone gets scared! They buy swords! Captain gets RICH! But here's the secret—there WAS no monster. He MADE IT UP to sell more swords! And when people stop being scared? NEW monster! "This one has TWENTY tentacles!" More swords! More gold! The trick never ends! Liberty Lesson: Some captains get rich keeping you SCARED. No fear? No sales! They NEED you afraid. They NEED monsters—real or not! Jab: Next time someone says "Buy this or the MONSTER will get you!"—STOP. Is the monster REAL? Or does someone get GOLD if you're scared? And WHO fights the "monster?" Not the captain selling swords! Regular pirates fight while the captain counts coins! Quest: Ask your family—has anyone tried to SCARE you so you'd buy something or do what they say? Bet they have a story! Fear is a TRICK! Don't fall for it! Think FIRST, fear LAST! Liberty Pirates stay BRAVE! #LibertyPirates #ThinkForYourself #FearIsATrick

Ahoy, crew! You know what's weird? Every day, young pirates HAVE to go to a big building. Sit in rows. Raise your hand to TALK. Raise your hand to PEE. Get in trouble if you WIGGLE. We call it Public School Prison! DING! Bell rings—you MOVE! DING! Bell rings—you STOP! You don't pick what you learn. THEY pick! Bored? Wanna run around? "Sit STILL! Something's WRONG with you! Take this pill!" But learning is supposed to be FUN! Building stuff! Exploring! So why does school feel like a cage? Because it IS a cage! They don't want you to THINK—they want you to OBEY. Sit. Listen. Memorize. Forget. Repeat! Liberty Lesson: Real pirates learn by DOING! Wanna know about ships? BUILD one! Wanna know about treasure? Go TRADE! But in school prison? Sit and listen to someone TALK about ships. Boooooring! Jab: The captains who MAKE the rules? Their kids don't go to YOUR school! THEIR kids get small classes, fun projects, time to play. But YOU? Pack 'em in, keep 'em quiet, memorize stuff you'll forget by summer! They never teach the GOOD stuff—how to build, trade, grow food! Just fill in bubbles and ask permission for EVERYTHING! Quest: Ask your family what THEY wish they learned! What would YOU learn if nobody told you what to do? Books, building, exploring—THAT'S how pirates learn best! Your brain is YOUR treasure! Nobody gets to lock it up! Liberty Pirates learn FREE! #LibertyPirates #Homeschool #FreedomToLearn

Ahoy! Pirates sail into Media Monopoly Marina—parrots EVERYWHERE squawking the SAME EXACT WORDS! "FEAR THE STORM!" on every ship, dock, tavern—word for word! Turns out ONE sneaky captain—Captain Conglomerate—owns ALL the parrots! Pretends they're different—different colored feathers, different names, different ships. But they ALL repeat HIS script! Any parrot squawks something different? Feathers ripped out, called CRAZY PARROT, banned from marina! "Don't listen—it spreads LIES!" Meanwhile HIS parrots make stuff up! Liberty Lesson: When you watch "news," you think it's different people. NOPE! Just SIX captains own almost ALL parrots in the WHOLE world! Six! They decide stories, words, what you're SCARED of today. Not news—a SCRIPT! Jab: Ever notice EVERY parrot says exact same thing, exact same day? "This is dangerous to our democracy!" Word for word, ship to ship! That ain't news—that's PROGRAMMING! Training you what to think! Trick: Captain Conglomerate has "fact checker" parrots too! But who PAYS them? SAME CAPTAIN! Free parrot squawks truth? "WRONG! LIES! MISINFORMATION!" Rigged game! Quest: Ask—"Who OWNS this parrot? Who's paying? Are others saying EXACT same thing?" Find THREE sources not owned by same captain! If ALL saying same thing—not proof it's TRUE, proof it's a SCRIPT! Don't be trained parrot—be FREE pirate! #LibertyPirates #MediaLiteracy #ThinkForYourself