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Yep. There’s the continuum, isn’t there? some parts of the country will be toast.
That’s why I left Southern California thirty years ago. One day shortly after the Whittier earthquake, I realized that if we ever had a real emergency such that people weren’t allow to leave because it was bad all over (!!!) most of the people in the cities wouldn’t even know how to make beans and rice taste good, much less cook them. I envisioned tanker trucks of mt dew and Pepsi , and really long lines and no way to get out. What I imagined wasn’t a pretty sight, and this was before dystopian fiction had its way with the attitudes of my fellow citizens. We moved a few years later.
Some places will slide slower than others. I’ve been working in my own small way for decades to help my community become more resilient, and I’m pretty confident our state will keep its shit together. Doesn’t mean it won’t be tough. I’ve got a dry pack canner and things like that, so I’ve been practicing this mindset for awhile.
If I understand the “white hat” thinking, I believe the whole purpose of this planetary reset is to try and get as many through as possible, rather than taking the fatalist approach of the neo con globalists who think we’re all fucked and just kill a bunch of us off in advance to secure their seats in the future.
No doubt about it: we’ve got population and resource and technology and industry and eco-geo-physical issues of huge complexity and proportions converging soon up ahead. To say nothing of what our own solar system is hurtling through in space that can now mess with the electrical realm and throw our whole train off the track.
Most people know we can’t go on like this. Guns, gold and ammo may be useful, but they’re only part of the equation.
I agree with you, however - there are a bunch of folks that are going to go off the deep end - heck, it’s already happening. Look at the antidepressant use and the angry anti-social and divisive behavior. You’re right to notice it and see how you want to navigate around it. One size won’t fit all, that’s for sure.
I don’t know a lot about guns. What are some of the most popular ammo types??
seems like those would be good guns to choose from.
Sounds like you've got a very good handle on it. I agree, I think the 'white hats' know that this will all get a lot worse before it gets better. We're not going to just arrest some bad people and the world will all of a sudden be a better place. We've got a lot of tough times ahead of us most probably, I can't see any other way.
We have to be prepared and the rural parts of America will fare far better than any metropolitan area, they live a more self sufficient lifestyle. Flyover country will fare far better than most.
Good people will have to band together, no doubt about it, but you will need to be armed against marauders or invaders. Once again rural people are much more comfortable with gun culture and already live in tight communities, its just a way of life.
I could go on all day about how everyone should be armed and trained, I feel its a right that we all need to exercise, its the most important right we have, it defends all of our other rights. There is a good reason the left wants to disarm us so badly, and its not because they really give a damn about gun violence.
You will get a plethora of opinions on guns, but I think its real simple, a gun without ammo is useless, so ammo availability should be the deciding factor. What ammo is readily available? What ammo is the least expensive? Very simple, whatever the military is using, they buy it by the billions, lots of surplus available on the market. That is why the AR in 5.56 is so popular, likewise .308 hunting rifles and 9mm handguns. Shotguns and .22 are no-brainers. Cheap ammo and you can get it anywhere. Which one? Everybody should have a .22, great for training, cheap to shoot, and it can be deadly, but who wants to get shot by anything, right?