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I love this answer on so many levels. Especially the last two points you make.
Bugging out is what I call “prepper porn”. After living in virtual luxury for 40 years, how does one actually anticipate living out of a BOB? How do you plan to deal with something as simple as itchy feet and crotch because you no longer have a washing machine? How do you plan to learn to deal with the fact you will almost always fail at foraging and hunting when it’s you and your family of 5 trampling through the woods? Bugging out should be a group thing where you and your group have a retreat that is established years in advance and yes it should be a last resort. There will not be small prepper towns popping up for quite some time unless the entire world crashes. And yes, the politicians are securing their bets, so you’d better believe they will still be in control.
I think this mentality is so pervasive because people yearn for the freedom of say, the old west, but have no clue about the hardships associated with that level of freedom. It’s a symptom of living in such a repressive society that punishes individualism, hard work and not being a drone. We all yearn for a freer world and I think instinctively we all know we will never get that without a super large paradigm shifting event and that is almost guaranteed to be horrific.
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Great answer! I think the criticism is more of the “buy beans and rice” and then the actions stop there. I certainly have beans and rice in my preps. A good prep plan, as you indicate, should be in layers and based on all nutritional leads.
Thanks for commenting!
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It’s like the old saying, “Prep for a zombie apocalypse, even though there is no such thing. Prepping for that means you’ve prepped for everything.” That may be a bit tongue in cheek, but the premise is solid.
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And who doesn’t like a little post SHTF scurvy or rickets!
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100% Agree. At no point should anyone see politics as more than sports. It’s something to bet on for fun and ignore at best. And certainly people should have learned by now that no one is coming to save you.
Great perspective as always buddy.
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This post highlights a forward-thinking barter mentality and I like that. While I seldom say “never” or “always”, I certainly see the wisdom in not trading off your ammo supply no matter how good it is. I would have to be in a pretty dire straight to trade off ammo post SHTF.
Thanks for the post!
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Best answer! “Trust the gubment!” Hahahaha
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Gold and silver are good preps, but everyone, like you said, has the wrong idea about it. Gold and silver should be so far down the line on what you stock up on. And realistically, it’s not for instant barter. Most people won’t care about old coins when they are starving and cold. You’d be far better off stock piling lighters, airplane bottles of vodka and tobacco than silver and gold right off the bat.
Now I still believe in holding precious metals, but not for the same reasons everyone else does. At some point the world will normalize. At some point the lights come back on and the system reboots. When THAT happens, I plan to be able to buy back into whatever system comes online if for nothing else than to add an extra layer of security to whatever world I find myself in.
That being said, I have set myself up so that I won’t need to barter for food, fire, water etc. I have those bases pretty well on lock down (baring a complete invasion by Team Murphy). So I will absolutely trade what I have for silver and gold right away because my plan is super forward thinking. Unfortunately, most people who stock precious metals think they will end up in a Mad Max world where Barter Town pops up overnight. Most people won’t even know what happened for weeks in most places let alone have time to set up prepper super cities.
Good post.
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My group bought an “emergency seed vault” almost 17 years ago. We instantly had our best gardener plant it. It’s been a go too garden now for over a decade and the seeds yielded plants that yielded more seeds that became bio adapted over a few years.
Buying a seed bank and leaving it on the shelf in the basement is a recipe to starve! Great comment.
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Basically the “I’ll head to the mountains” or the “I’ll just go camp by the lake”. Yeah, great…so will everyone else and good luck come winter!
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Farmville….haha! I remember how easy it was to get a three star mastery badge for your peas! But yes, having a seed bank is a great way to starve to death if you never plant and grow and learn. Especially if your seeds aren’t bio adapted to your area.
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Laziness will be the “prepper gardener’s” greatest enemy.
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Great answer! People who only eat beans and rice will learn real quick what malnutrition is….haha.
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Watch for this one in a video….hahahaha