Yours is a Dagney Taggart solution. I’ve gone Galt.
Two of my favorite quotes:
“America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.” — opening lines of 101 Things To Do ‘Til The Revolution by Claire Wolfe
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.” - Thomas Jefferson
My solution is:
Buy acreage in central rural Kentucky from which I can be fully self sufficient, ideally surrounded by similarly outfitted neighbors. DONE!
Reduce my economic footprint. This means buying absolutely as little as possible from “stores”. I use craigslist and garage sales as much as possible. I even moved from a five bedroom home in an upscale neighborhood to a one bedroom condo across the street from the corporate headquarters in Seattle where I work, just this month. DONE!
Purchased one “short barrel” shotgun for defense and some hunting. DONE.
Bought lots of extra ammo for my SKS for more long range defense and hunting. DONE.
High power rifle with scope. NOT DONE!
Plenty of alternative power and transportation options. Being a bicycle commuter and owning several bikes for me and my wife makes this one already covered. DONE!
I hope it doesn’t come down to this, but I feel a little bit like a Pole in the Summer of 1939 watching Hitler and Germany’s antics. I think this is going to be VERY bad. For the US, at least, I think it will be worse and much more personal than WWII.
I’ve ramped up my rhetoric since 2005 when I started talking about this...
Thanks for your post now I don’t feel like I’m alone in my “stocking” habits. I have bought plenty of canned goods and plenty of “commodities” to protect it with! I do need to locate some property in the midwest...However, being in NJ I can only get out via bridges or go 2.5 hours north then head west.
I work with a man that lived in Russia and he ALWAYS had a point where family and friends would meet if the need should arise. He always had 10-15 gallons of extra fuel, flints, canned goods, water and ammo....land nearby to meet then regroup.