Might be a good idea. Then again...
I belong to an eclectic group of bikers. Cruisers, sports, dual, conservative, liberal, Christian, Jew, Hindu and agnostic. Our only similarity is that we love to ride together but I count them as some of my best friends. Several weeks ago we were having our usual Thursday night dinner together and the subject turned to survival.
Most of us, the conservative ones, have an ample supply of food and arms. One of the liberals of the group said 'guess I know where to go when the trouble starts'. My response shocked him to speechlessness.
I bluntly told him 'If you come to my house, and you don't bring enough to keep you and your family alive and safe, you had best get used to calling me massa. Because you and yours will be nothing more than a slave while you are there. Your skills as a programmer will mean nothing, your ability to tell interesting stories will mean nothing, your wife's stupid whining will mean nothing. You and your family will mean another mouth to feed and another soul to defend. I don't have the resources or the give a shit to let you take food from the mouths of my family. You will either work as a slave to earn you keep or your will move on.'
At that time all of the 'prepared' people echoed my thoughts while the 'unprepared' were thinking over the prospects. The unprepared begin asking very good questions on how they should proceed to be 'prepared'. If nothing else my statement saved me a possibly awkward moment in the future and may have just saved four other families due to lack of preparedness.
Moral to the story 'Better to be prepared than to be my slave'. Hope the local farmer has a more Christian attitude then I do. Second moral 'Local farmers are great to barter with, make sure you have something he doesn't'.
Now they're busy as little beavers.
Good story, and no doubt true.
I wonder how many people the country could support if the supply chains broke down... 40 50 60 million?
Even at the high end of 60 million, that means right off we’re talking about 4 out of 5 of the people you know being casualties.
It would be quite a wake up call. I mean we can all put signs around saying “Looters will be shot on sight”, but how do you explain that to the woman down the street when you just put a .308 through her 16 year old son? OR daughter?
Keeping things going and keeping the folks with the skills to build things alive would be the number one priority.
Until the harvests start, because that’s it folks, we are farmers now!
Hard core, but right on. I hadn’t thought of the slave aspect. I was just gonna shoot ‘em and try the recipe for cooked liberal. : )
What a heartwarming story.
I just love when you can get people to actually think.
Said the same thing to all of my in-laws.
then no one survives.
Remember the parable of the women with the lamps on the journey to meet the bridegroom. When those who didn't heed advice and carry extra oil and trim their wicks, ran out - they asked those who had prepared, to share.
They were told, sorry, but if we share with you then none of us will make it
another point: Be careful who you let know you HAVE storage. Beside those who may decide to take your food, the gov't already has in place - should the 'need' arise - to call your storage "a hoard" you a "hoarder" and therefore a criminal. They will take your food and give it all those who didn't plan ahead...like themselves
I told one of my liberal acquaintances that I'd shoot him coming up the driveway. Don't even bother. I've been preaching the gospel of preparedness for years. Anybody who hasn't had ears to hear is no problem of mine. Whether I'll actually be able to enforce that, in a day I sincerely pray never comes, I don't even know myself.