Yeah, I know. But we may not be far at all from a civilizational upheaval, if not collapse. It isn’t as if it hasn’t happened before. at least 17 times in world history, if you go by Quigley.
Right now, you can look outside and everything seems ‘normal’ and OK. That’s especially so if you still have a job. But you know how fragile this whole business is. Wouldn’t take much to upend it. The fact is that we’re playing a combined game of ‘let’s pretend’ and musical chairs. When someone wakes up and stops the music, that’s when everyone else will notice that all the chairs were stolen. Then it gets ugly.
We're ammo'ed up, live on acreage within a couple hundred yards worth of trees to the Mississippi river, private well, blah-blah-blah...
If the rest of civilization ends tomorrow, the only differences will be in how I heat my house and how much time I can devote to working in my forge. I'll also get a lot more hunting and fishing done. All that additional exercise I wish I had time for? Not a worry. Spend more time with the wife and kids? Again... not a worry.
The only serious worry would be outright war in the streets. Those fleeing Minneapolis looking to steal or cause crime. Or worse, re-impose order under some ill-thought out attempt at Martial Law.
I made my own chairs. Let the music stop.