I'm not sure what to think you really think here. You paint a picture of chaos using terms like "epic proportions," and wave off any hope of recovery. You then conclude with the promise of freedom and opportunity. There is the middle part where the immeasurable sacrifice is a death sentence for many of us, perhaps the majority, in the first, second and third worlds. The opportunities of which you speak may not present themselves for decades, at least for honest and decent people. Sure, there will be chances for many of us to make fulfilling contributions to whatever good efforts we can find, but I don't expect to find those efforts to be full of hope rather than despair.
I could see the rapid pace at which this time was approaching a long time ago. Not as calculatedly as you, for sure; maybe just gut feelings and tin hats. In early 2020, the wife was telling me I was "going off the deep end." By the end of that summer, she was helping make us better prepared. A project we started around 2009, but sort of forgot about in the middle of our professional careers. I wish I could drop everything and relocate. I could in desperation, but I would be forced to betray too much that I care about I have suggested to others that if they have someplace to go, now is the time, and I would plan on years, not weeks or months. And rural is not going to protect you past the early phase, unless the chaos is profoundly catastrophic. Once the angry urban mobs cull the weak from the herd, they will leave the cities, too, if the State sponsored raiders have not already cleansed the resistance from beyond the suburbs. To me, that's the best case scenario. Communications, utility and transportation infrastructure decimated to the point where whatever power structure remains couldn't care less about the country-folk. That is the only pathway to freedom that I can see.
I try not to be sorry for the state of affairs, it's more of a kind of grief. We are witnessing the last gasps of something quite precious and available to a lucky minority who happened to be born in the right places at the right times.
I really agree with you and I've I had the same perspective, that things really have needed to break down so humanity has the opportunity to make a shift. It will be a painful and hard process, but good things can come out of it.
I've been prepping for the last year, and trying to get my adult sons to prep to. I've been delaying getting a good water filter, and your post moved me to get my butt in gear and do so. Thank you.
I have been following you for a while, but I find it hard to check and see if I have missed a post because your main page is not featuring articles in chronological order. I just found this one (must have missed it when it was released). Am I doing something wrong with Substack, is there a way to see everything chronologically? Other substack authors show posts by date and I find it helpful not to miss something.
Great post. I've been prepping but will now check out the solar panels and solar generators.
Another great post. Thank you for everything
FYI
https://news.sky.com/story/nord-stream-2-leak-a-danger-to-ships-as-denmark-issues-baltic-sea-warning-12705959
Thank you for the post when cascade will happen I keep wondering: "what am I going to do about my.... charger?!?!?!"
I'm not sure what to think you really think here. You paint a picture of chaos using terms like "epic proportions," and wave off any hope of recovery. You then conclude with the promise of freedom and opportunity. There is the middle part where the immeasurable sacrifice is a death sentence for many of us, perhaps the majority, in the first, second and third worlds. The opportunities of which you speak may not present themselves for decades, at least for honest and decent people. Sure, there will be chances for many of us to make fulfilling contributions to whatever good efforts we can find, but I don't expect to find those efforts to be full of hope rather than despair.
I could see the rapid pace at which this time was approaching a long time ago. Not as calculatedly as you, for sure; maybe just gut feelings and tin hats. In early 2020, the wife was telling me I was "going off the deep end." By the end of that summer, she was helping make us better prepared. A project we started around 2009, but sort of forgot about in the middle of our professional careers. I wish I could drop everything and relocate. I could in desperation, but I would be forced to betray too much that I care about I have suggested to others that if they have someplace to go, now is the time, and I would plan on years, not weeks or months. And rural is not going to protect you past the early phase, unless the chaos is profoundly catastrophic. Once the angry urban mobs cull the weak from the herd, they will leave the cities, too, if the State sponsored raiders have not already cleansed the resistance from beyond the suburbs. To me, that's the best case scenario. Communications, utility and transportation infrastructure decimated to the point where whatever power structure remains couldn't care less about the country-folk. That is the only pathway to freedom that I can see.
I try not to be sorry for the state of affairs, it's more of a kind of grief. We are witnessing the last gasps of something quite precious and available to a lucky minority who happened to be born in the right places at the right times.
I really agree with you and I've I had the same perspective, that things really have needed to break down so humanity has the opportunity to make a shift. It will be a painful and hard process, but good things can come out of it.
I've been prepping for the last year, and trying to get my adult sons to prep to. I've been delaying getting a good water filter, and your post moved me to get my butt in gear and do so. Thank you.
I have been following you for a while, but I find it hard to check and see if I have missed a post because your main page is not featuring articles in chronological order. I just found this one (must have missed it when it was released). Am I doing something wrong with Substack, is there a way to see everything chronologically? Other substack authors show posts by date and I find it helpful not to miss something.
Thanks for your hard work!
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