I read the book World War Z, which is about a zombie plague. Interesting book in its own right, but there’s a part that alludes to what you’re saying.
One person is telling the story of how she and her family went north during the worst part, to ‘live off the land’ towards Canada. It starts off fun, like a neat camping trip, but soon turns bad as more and more people have the same idea. Soon, the woods are depleted of game animals, and trees are leveled for wood. Then starvation and desperation set in, and things get gruesome.
She survives, and afterwards is leading a reporter through where they lived, and points to a child’s Spongebob sleeping bag below the ice and comments, “What were these people thinking, they could survive a northern winter with no preparations. What was this sleeping bag cold-rated to? A heated living-room sleepover?”
I’ve had people tell me they’ll just ‘bug out’ and live off the land. Right. What happens when 50,000 other people in the immediate area also do the same? It’ll be far worse than if you’d just stayed home and defended what you had.
>>It’ll be far worse than if you’d just stayed home and defended what you had.<<
If the citizens of just one State were to march Washington DC there wouldn’t be any talk about being afraid for tomorrow. If the citizens of one city marched on their own city hall, the elected officials would do one of two things. Resign or make a determined effort to fix things ASAP so the people didn’t march again.
A few cops and some tear gas is nothing to be afraid of. Give them fair warning, gas us and we’ll attack you enmasse and we won’t stop until you are crushed. Listen to us and you’ll have 30 days to rectify the problem.