You either prepare and stand on your own beholden to no one or you become dependent on others to provide your basic needs and become thier‘serf’. Me I don’t want to be beholden to anyone for providing what is needed for me and mine. I certainly don’t want to have to kiss some ‘gubberment’ third class bureaucratic to try and coax some help from them, I don’t want some ‘jack booted’ thug herding me in line and telling me where to stand, sit, eat or sleep. And last but not least I don’t want to be shut up in with a bunch of ‘zombies’ and have to worry about not only trying to get basic necessities but having to fight to keep what I manage to get.
Let us know how standing on the bridge works out for you.
Now anyone thinking that prepping is foolish ask you what’s easier telling your children and loved ones why you prepared or explaining to them why you didn’t?
But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. 1 Timothy 5:8
You know on second thought don’t let us know how standing on the bridge works out for you we already the answer.
Be sure to have lots of black felt pens on hand to make your “Will Work for Food” signs.
You’ll need them.
If you look through most any of the Preparedness threads here on FR you will find examples of the three types of people I call the anti-preppers. The first is the “I’ve got lots of guns and plenty of ammo and I’ll just take what I need.” and the seconded is “I don’t prep because I don’t believe anything is going to happen, but if it does preppers should share with me.”
Anyone reading these peoples post can easily pick-up the anger in many of them and you will soon see that it’s not just the Libs that are shocked and infuriated by preppers.
The first group the “I’ll take what I want crowd” when confronted will often back off saying things like “I was just joking”, but I don’t believe it. When I read their post I can’t help but think of this quote from one of my favorite westerns ’Open Range’: “Most times a man will tell you his bad intentions if you listen, let yourself hear.” I’ve ‘hear’ their intentions and they aren’t good.
The third type that I would like to warn about are those who wish to bring God’s Armageddon into the discussion as if they know that it will be God’s will should some catastrophe befall us. They claim this despite the fact that the history of man is full of direr times which were caused by nature or man himself.
History has shown us all too well that men do not need God’s help them muck things up to a point were their fellows cry out for God to end it all and relieve them of their misery.
There will be many in this ‘its God’s will’ crowd who will want to see you punished as they will see your prepping as you trying to dodging God’s punishment. This group along with the “I don’t prep, but you should share” group will be among the first to report you and your ‘hoarding’ to the powers that be in their efforts to make sure you too suffer just as they do. The ‘its God’s will’ will do it because they will see you as trying to escape the rightful wrath of God (as if they know the Lord’s mind) and the second because you proved them wrong.
You can be fairly certain that all three groups will hate you as they will be quick to blame you for the ‘troubles’ because in their twisted way of thinking your prepping brought the ‘troubles’ and therefore you need to be punished for your transgression.
Always keep this three groups in mind when it comes to OPSEC. Operational Security is not just for your Lib neighbors many people that you may think of as being conservative thinkers will be just as dangerous.
We have talked a lot about safety in numbers and that is so true, just remember that not all enemies sail under their true colors.
Beware these people listen to their words carefully and “Listen, let yourself hear.” what they are saying.
Say what you like. After October 2008, I lived for well over a year on stored food, without relying on family, friends or you, the taxpayer.
And if you own a TV, you are subjecting your friends and family not only to your mental illness, but that of HollyWeird and the LameStream Media.
And wasting a lot of your life, sitting in front of a tube.
/johnny
>> What preppers overlook is that they wasted away their lives in totally unnecessary fear, while making their families suffer from their mental illness. <<
Yep. That’s me. Wasted life.
The reason these threads have become hostile are comments like yours. Why do folks like you just have to express their unwelcome opinions on these threads?
Your comment reminds me of the folks up the street that scoff at our preps. Those idiots will be the first ones begging for food and the first ones I have to kill.
The only reason they know of our preps is because they are kin to some of our group and were invited. They have been warned to stay away should anything go sideways.
Oh, how superior ...above it all.
How wonderful you are.
You stupid ___-____.
I don't feel the need to jump into your world of interest...that thing you think is so great...that I would certainly find absolutely idiotic...a let you know how big an idiot you are for thinking it's great. No...I let you have your fun in your little word with your other idiot, loser friends. I keep my mouth shut about how crazy you are about XYZ...and about how stupid I think it is that you are even remotely interested in it. And frankly, most of the time...I ignore your interest...don't even go to the thread. If I do...I lurk.
But no...not people like you. You have something inside you. Something broken. Something calls out from deep within: "Tell them your worthless opinion! They need to know it! You can't let them be! You MUST right their wrong thinking...and even if you can't do that...you must at LEAST let them know that YOU...the GREAT ONE...think that what they believe in is crap."
Thank God for you sir. Without you guiding us and letting us know what to think...we would all be lost. Wondering aimlessly.
You obviously don’t live on the Gulf Coast do you friend?
Mental illness? More like common sense if you ask this retired Marine.
But, you keep thinking that, you’ll find out one day. There will be a situation (weather, fire, earthquake) where you wished you had put up somethings.
Then, you can talk to me about it.