Man, as Tolerance Sucks Rocks puts it, having an empty stomach, and intermittent water and power is unacceptable in a time of war reminds me of that lady in Ukraine? Who said her world was crumbling and she had days to survive because her internet had been turned off. Isn’t that why people for almost a year now have been told to stock up on food and water? If thats the worse scenario that this civil war may bring us I think we will do ok.
I was actually talking about socialism, not war. I’m more willing to put up with these things if there’s a war.
I had two great-great-great-uncles who fought in the Civil War, including in Gettysburg. So they risked much more severe injury and privation, with no modern hospitals around, period. And then my great uncle flew unarmed transports back and forth in the Asian theater during WWII. I can imagine there were times when he was pinned down under heavy Japanese fire at some god-forsaken airstrip.
My grandfather served in the occupation forces in Germany following V-E and V-J days. He had actually waived a draft deferment to go fight in Europe when news finally got out about the German death camps, but before he was properly prepared to go, V-E day happened. So they designated him to be a scout in the upcoming land invasion of Japan — which would have meant certain death for him — but before he got shipped over there, the bombs were dropped, and V-J day happened. So he ended up in the occupation forces in Germany, and thanks to Truman, Fat Man and Little Boy, I actually was able to know him.
So, in short, I can put up with these things — the intermittent hunger and unreliable services — in war time. I just don’t want those things as part of a utopian economic system imposed on us by some morons in the White House.