re: Apparently everyone is now wanting to be the "man left alone" and preparing

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Everyone should know some basic survival skills anyways, it doesn’t make you a conspiracy theorist or a nut.

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Exactly. Keep a couple weeks stuff in case of a long power loss, etc.

Being prepared isn't paranoia. Being self sufficient isnt "survivalist," its just preparation.

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Everyone should know some basic survival skills anyways, it doesn’t make you a conspiracy theorist or a nut.

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It used to be a standard American thing.
We had a nationwide organization called Boy Scouts that used to teach this.

I don't know what they teach today.

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you can earn your Safe from Microagressions, DEI, and Trangender merit badges now!

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I was afraid to ask.

Most people don’t know their neighbors well or care about them these days

If the world ever goes to shite, these "preppers" are probably going to be the first go.

Autists definitely won't be hampered by empathy, seeing how they are generally incapable of normal emotions.

Could be an advantage...

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The reality is those that cooperate, band together and "carry the flame" as Cormac called it in The Road will more likely survive.

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In survival, its not going to work that way. The guy next to you will kill you for a bite of meat.

Baws arent going to beat the government, but you can draw back and not let it affect you as much. You can face them down, or you can become so independent and self sufficient that they cant touch you.

Needing less is better than requiring more.

We all should be living like this..



Purchasing less, being more self sufficient.

I think when we were kids, most of our vegetables came from gardens. Everyone is a mega consumer today.

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You really don't want a civil war.

Once it erupts the major cities will become meat grinders with the criminals and gangs having the upper hand the first few days. The amount of death and inhuman acts committed will be astronomical.
Those in the suburbs and more rural areas will have time to react, prepare or flee...however, they will not be spared from the horror.

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I'd upvote ×1000 if I could.

I say this all the time to people who bring up the asinine "one side has all the guns" argument. That's a disingenuous platitude that lulls many people into a false sense of security.

I went round and round with a buddy who says he'll be just fine if society collapses because "I've got an arsenal so I'll just take whatever I want". Couldn't for the life of me convince him that there are well armed and supplied people who are far more prepared than him, who will be highly organized and wipe him out before he even knows what hit him. You're a good shot when deer hunting? Cool. You could pick off a few stragglers trying to cross your fence from 500 yards away with your .300 mag. Congratulations. Now, what do you do when you're struggling to see in the dark and a pair of moderately trained raiders creep right up on you in the pitch black because they have NVGs, and quietly slit your throat before they move inside to do the same to your family.

Having a relatively isolated home on a little piece of land and a bunch of guns isn't enough. You better have an unfaltering vigilance and a heightened sense of awareness. If you have something, and shite hits the fan, you can rest assured that someone else out there wants to take whatever you have, and they're willing to kill you and find out later if you actually have anything or not. The longer you survive, the bigger the target on you will be, because people will figure out you have things that are sustaining you.

There are studies performed by/with scientific predictive models, which estimate that somewhere between 65-75% of the population of the US would be dead within 12 months of a societal collapse caused by a global EMP event, not even getting into if it were caused by nuclear munitions. A civil war, combined with a EMP/irreparable grid failure, would actually be worse with an explosion of homicide never before seen in modern history.

For anyone who can survive the first year, there will be plenty of resources all about, and not much of a population left to claim them. But that first year would be hell on earth.

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Hes upscale man, he goes out to eat all the time, saw an opera once.

He dont have time for manly shite!

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Roger, being broke and having to live in a van down by the river isn't a choice pal. Quit trying to spin your misfortune into a manly endeavor, and at the same time presume to know how other people live. We only know of your misfortune bc you have told us all about it.