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There are no Rambo's that will hold out alone. There is no one coming to rescue you, you are on your own unless you build a group of fellow citizens to help each other when trouble calls and it will. The first trouble will be with your family that has nothing and expects you to supply them with what ever you have saved just because "Family" once you deal with them the others will be easer if you deal with the family that think you saved stuff to give them. You will have to do it and it may suck but you will not survive if you don't. If you help your family they will think your stuff is theirs and will start making friends giving your things away.

Entitled unprepared bums will do you in if you let them. They will say but they needed help well just about everyone will need some help it is not your job and they could have been ready if they wanted to but choose not to.

Don't tell any one what you have or where it is when their family if desperate they will come for you and the thing you will need to do will be unsavory at best. No matter just how much you think you can trust them when their kids or wife are starving you will be a source of relief not a friend. Don't put them or yourself in that position.

The world has always been this way we just after WW II had an unnatural condition because we had just defeated the rest of the world without taking any real hits on the homeland and every one was scarred of us and for good reason. Find people to help defend the neighbor hood and leave it to that. You don't have enough food or water to supply an army so don't

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The good news is that preparation for one eventuality is also preparation for many. That said, no one can prepare to survive everything. The Yucatán Chicxulub event is one example. Somewhere in the middle, between zero and doom, can be an ever expanding sweet spot. As one expands their knowledge, skills, and infrastructure, chances improve. There will always be a need to satisfy Maslow's hierarchy https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html, and the prepper "Rule of Three" also applies https://www.saltandprepper.com/learn/skills/rule-of-threes. What has surprised me is the number of people who learned NOTHING from the covid scamdemic. Now, even after the details of the crime have been so well documented many don't care or don't believe it. They still trust government, media, academia, supply chains, etc. For them little can be done. Distancing oneself from them is also survival skill.

When it comes to civil disobedience one must be careful. The book "Three Felonies a Day" (along with many other such books) should be a cautionary tale. Both Beria in the USSR and Richelieu in 17th century France said some version of “Show me the man, I’ll find you the crime”. If the deep state can screw a billionaire and a former president, the common man has no chance. Don't be the nail sticking out. The hammer is waiting.

What has worked for us has been less government. Nearly 20 years ago we moved to a rural location. That in itself reduced the number of busy-bodies in my personal business. We have neighbors who mind their own business. No HOA. A smaller bureaucracy generally means smaller intrusiveness. Keep a low profile. Be a "gray man". We have also made an effort to stop feeding the beast. We take every legal deduction, and have done our best to have the least taxable income possible. We buy in bulk. We have reduced our public physical dependence to some food, propane, diesel, and buying spare and repair parts. Not off grid, but during sunny months the PV production and grid are a wash. This is not secret squirrel stuff, it just requires awareness, research, planning, and work.

Do I believe, despite my earnest wishes and prayers, that the ongoing invasion and cultural deterioration will ultimately be decided in a kinetic fashion? Sadly yes, even though (being an old guy) I'll probably not live long enough to see it. What I do see is too many people either asleep, ignorant, or misdirected. Too many who would rather (for whatever reason) hate Trump, will not vote, or will vote to hand the country over to the leftists. I see too many RINOs in Congress who are working hard, but not for the good of the country.

That way, as we have seen, lies chaos.

I do my best for me and mine, and try to enjoy the show.

I think of the lyrics to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer "Karn Evil 9" (Come and See The Show) https://www.songlyrics.com/emerson-lake-palmer/karn-evil-9-1st-2nd-3rd-impressions-lyrics/

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