Are you kidding me? Marcella will have subdued the zombie hordes with her Magic Zombie Machete by the third day of a SHTF scenario. She will be their queen, and they will do her bidding.
Just between you and me, Kartographer — your real concern if the SHTF is how to counterbalance Marcella and her queenish tyranny. Maybe you can maintain a fragile peace by dividing the country in half. I.e. Kart gets the region east of the Mississipi and Marcella gets the western part, or something like that.
You guys really need to expand your thinking to include the power politics of post-SHTF Amerika. It’s the big picture you should be looking at, not just the small ball of dried beans and backup generators.
“It’s the big picture you should be looking at, not just the small ball of dried beans and backup generators.”
I don’t use backup generators. Make sure you live in Kartographers part of America as I don’t want you in mine.
You will shrug this off, put it off to paranoia or what not, because that’s what narcissist do, but my worry would be it a real SHTF situation would be how much damage and how many people you would drag down with you, how many you think have done wrong by being prepared and so have actually caused what ever happens, You will burn with the need to avenge yourself on those who in your mind caused the problem. For yourself you have the right to believe and free to choose what you wish to do. If you think prepping is wrong so be it.
I think you are wrong, but I would never mock you belittle your or harass you over it. And there’s the difference between us. I believe you are wrong, but I do not harass you over your choice, because I respect your right to choose, you on the other hand to not respect my right to choose.
You come to Free Republic and yet you do not respect the right of people who are not harming you to live as they choose. That’s why so many came to America, because they were not allow choice and were harassed, mocked and oppressed because of their beliefs even though those beliefs harmed no one.
The other difference between us is that I would fight for your right to choose, were you wish to see me punished for my choices.
Guess what, if you don't have those dried beans and generators, you don't have power politics.
India's moguls got rich on single grains of rice. Multiplied by millions.
You have issues.
/johnny