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When trust is lost in our institutions as we are experiencing now, it doesn’t take long before it becomes every man or women for themselves. Starts off slow and then it collapses. Complex societies rely on technology which may not be available.
Planned shortages of energy and food which are the basics in life as well as shelter could thin our ranks until this madness passes and it will.
Spoke to my Swiss neighbours today. They told me about the restrictions back home. We should be very thankful if we live where the necessities are still available at an affordable price.
The collapse of Europe is just beginning. Reduced and expensive energy leads to financial collapse. From there it is anyone’s guess what’s next.
I can’t help but think of the cohesion of the Old Order Mennonite and Amish communities. All lead very simple lives. In hard times they rely on each other. Technology is available but can be left behind without any change in their way of life. They heat by wood, no electricity, grow and raise their own food, get around by horse and buggy, harvest with draft animals, produce everything they need within the community. They barter and use their surplus to buy more land for their families and pay taxes and other things from outside the community. They survive depressions as they would sell surplus food for the cash needed. They don’t use insurance and use banks only for transactions. They don’t invest in equities or mutual funds. Justland and equipment.
Modern society could be in for a shock even if the internet goes down.
Authoritarianism always comes after chaos. We can only hope that, at that point, those who take hold of the reins of power have concern for their own people.
We are about to discover who will rise from the ashes. Countries will likely be broken down into smaller administrative regions. Loosely affiliated. Wars may not be waged due to lack of resources to power the machines. Lets hope.
All welfare programs will be gone. Healthcare will be limited.
It has the possibility of becoming every person for themselves – ie Mad Max style once the fragile ties to a functioning “society” end.
Let us all hope that the world does not devolve back to caveman level!
Many have been sounding such alarms for awhile. Some for decades. The seeds of our destruction were sown back in 1913 (1865 if the truth be known.) Ever since it’s been an unraveling, with spurts of good and plenty as is always the case when an empire expands. Until it doesn’t. My hunch is the pinnacle was hit during Reagan’s first term. Or perhaps it was during Eisenhower’s rein. Those were great times, despite the war mongering with Russia (not much changes, does it?)
So, to get ready, copy the Amish. Live life simply, with few needs and fewer wants. Stop spending unless absolutely necessary. Have food stocked away. Reinforce your immune system now. Be or get physically fit. It’s only in slave camps and gulags that work kills you. Get out of the traditional banking system (credit union option is good.) Minimize funds in any account – just enough to pay bills. Plenty of cash at home in a safe place. Insurance won’t mean a tinker’s damn when the complex system we utilize implodes. Insurance will be a case of “who can afford it?” If you are not out of debt, get out asap. ASAP.
Liquor and cigarettes will be high-demand barter items.
Energy might be scarce in North America, but who will be able to afford to go anywhere? If you can, get to a warmer climate where you won’t freeze to death in the winter.
Guns (at least two) and plenty of ammo – use lightweight ammo to train, hollow point for defense. Minimum three magazines per gun at the ready, fully loaded with hollow point. 11 – 12 round magazines.
Best we can do is about a month’s supply of food on hand. In a crunch we could stretch that to two months, maybe 10 weeks. Can’t hunt in Florida, so there’s that. But up north deer and other game very plentiful. A considered option, for sure.
Find/connect with like-minded folks in your area, under the radar. Don’t blab about your lifestyle/prep – keep it close to the vest.
Got gold? Got silver? Could save your life in what’s coming our way. Can you grow a garden and can the harvest? Find a farmer/rancher you can trust, build a friendship and buy direct as much as you can. Don’t worry about price, the relationship is what matters.
Get busy, we only have about 12 – 18 months before the serious unraveling begins. Maybe two years, tops. With the idiots in D.C. and state level govvy, we could see a two – three year depression turn into a decade or longer.
Nothing better could happen than the U.S. and Canada break up into multiple independent states. Think local, act local, buy local, relationship local.
I agree. What is coming has never happened in our life time. The depression was bad enough but society wasn’t very complex. Much of the world did not have electricity and we still heated by wood and coal. Food was local for the most part. There have been other periods when empires collapsed but this is our time and it’s a globalist agenda that has triggered this collapse. It’s intentional and there is no transition. It’s happening suddenly. The Dutch farmers for example.
Is there still hope to turn this around? These people are dug in and have infiltrated the upper echelons of our political class for decades. Only force takes them out sad to say. Most people will not take up arms until it’s almost too late.
Oh fuck 🙁 If this is what city-girl here has to look forward to for the rest of my life, Turd-o’s MAID is starting to look like a viable option…….
LOL…
Great points, Farmer. Particularly with regard to the complexity of the modern gulag; a complexity that will offer many points of vulnerability. Hopefully, with the courage and cunning that is found more readily in the masses than in the elite, we will find a way to confound their ambitions.
Strider, I am not promoting the idea. I am an old guy like many of us here. No power will mean the end of me as surely as night follows day. I am merely stating what is obvious. The world is being presented with a Hobsons dilemma where there are two choices and both are equally horrible. You can accept the vaccinations, the micro controls over your daily life, the child abuse and satanism and carry on your life on as normal or you can live in the stone age without any modern services or supports at all. The vast majority will fall into the first camp as they are unable to make the sacrifice for themselves or their own children. But there is a subset of people who cannot be dominated under any circumstances. Even if you offered them a billion dollars to sell their soul to the devil they would still refuse it. That is who will take down the systems and plunge the world back into the dark days before electric power existed. And that may well be the program anyway since the people running this show will be deep underground in bunkers while humanity commits collective suicide one way or other. Both choices seem to lead to our demise. If the vax does not kill you the stone age will. What I really wonder is how many times this has happened before. The world has clearly had developed highly developed technological societies in its past. Are we repeating an old story once more?
We have an inhospitable climate for anyone but snow sports enthusiasts in the winter. The saying up here is, “It keeps out the riff raff.” We’re used to heating with wood and the population density is low but professional, because of a prominent tech university that is near. We are are well-armed. It goes with the territory. Everyone is flocking to the warmer climates, so are the riff raff, lazy criminal types. If you can make it through brutal winters the summers here are paradise. Low crime, low unemployment but harsh winters may be the perfect balance to survive with a bit extra work. Don’t go where everybody is flocking to. Go where those who put in the effort to survive go and thrive and most importantly rely on each other when things get dangerous.
Yes we have about 2 years into late 2024 to early 2025, to prepare. Use the time wisely and stock up on physical held at home or in a private vault outside your country of residence, if you need to get out of dodge. Counterparty risk has to be considered, for example brokerages going under, with shares and funds inaccessible. This is part of the agenda. If you do not have it in your hands, you do not own it.
The coming depression should last from 2025 to 2028, about 3 to 4 years. Most with debt, like mortgages, get wiped out. Pensions worthless.
The next 2 years will be last hurrah. Get prepared.
And get prepared physically (get fit), mentally (warrior mindset) and spiritually
If you are worried about power being cutoff.(legitimate concern) Go solar and get a backup generator. While not perfect and you need fuel for the generator it is better than doing nothing.
Wow….You guys are Ridiculously Morbid here
Peak Doom and Gloom in the Tent this morning
We are NOT going back to the Stone Age
This is the Great Awakening .
Get a grip….YOU have NO Idea what is really going on …and neither do I ….but it is NEVER as bad as you think
I have been hearing this shit for decades now and all the while my life has been getting better and better …YOURs too
When you focus on all the negatives like we tend to here…you can only attract negative thoughts and things
We have an awareness of all the bad and bad actors now…time to focus on the solutions.
Nuclear Pods for energy for example ( I know little about this technology ) will keep us going and thriving
We have been hearing of all the supply chain issues and all the food processing sabatage and culling of animals and this and that…BUT….Supermarkets are FULL of just about everything all day every day.
Certainly we are going thru a transition period where old institutions like healthcare and hospitals and Media are dying …but just as fast NEW systems are evolving …
Suck it up You guys….sheesh