ahh yes, one of the many joys of the concentrated blessings of socialism
Posted on 04/02/2014 5:56:12 PM PDT by Kartographer
What if you were forced to “register” in order to buy groceries? And what if, through that registration, the food you bought could be tracked and quantities could be limited?
That’s exactly the plan in Venezuela right now. The AP reports that in an effort to crack down on “hoarding” that ID cards will be issued to families. These will have to be presented before foodstuffs can be purchased.
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Don’t worry, they’ll have special hidden stores for the Inner Party members.
That’s why everyone needs to mantra the phrase “you only need to get ONE”.
When they come for your food, weapons, friends/family or self, you only need to get one of them to fulfill your patriotic duty to the Republic. Any extra ones are frosting for the tree of liberty...
bttt
TUESDAY IS SOYLENT GREEN DAY.
Except if you make your purchase with EBT card, anything goes! They cannot be denied their sweets, lobster, steaks, and junk food.
IMO, anyone who is living like this isn’t a post apocalyptic age doesn’t have anything coming.
You are wrong. There are less than 5 million law enforcement of all types in the US. There are almost 400 million people. The logistics of trying to control millions of gardens is unsupportable.
Amateurs study tactics. Professionals study logistics.
/johnny
The police force will assemble and attack the individual with overwhelming force, make him comply, and move on to the next individual with a garden. They can probably do 20 a day. So if 25% of the people have gardens, and the police force is 5% of the population, use a 20-1 force advantage they should be able to visit every garden in 5 days.
“Asparagus for supper came straight out of the garden. Hard to control that in a nation this large.”
And that is why I am on the gardening thread. Had some lettuce from my garden this evening.
Once again, the logistics of actually trying to do that are unsupportable. There simply aren't enough law enforcement/military.
And people won't take an attempt laying down... there will be resistance of all kinds, from sit-ins to outright fighting.
The combined weight of the western military can't get rid of the opium poppy in a small country like Afghanistan. Forget going door-to-door in fly-over America.
/johnny
No but as long as they go home safe they can divide and conquer. They’ll do Boston type tactics in a specific area and clean it out. Then move on.
ahh yes, one of the many joys of the concentrated blessings of socialism
“We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.””
One day that is going to happen to the MSM.
It was done in the Ukraine.
so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. Revelation 13:17
Besides, who sits at home and waits for a knock on the door? The 20th century pretty well showed that isn't the way to deal with tyranny.
/johnny
The left - are you kidding me - plenty of holier than thou right wingers too.
It won't work in the US.
/johnny
Went to store today, bought four cans of Hormel roast beef and gravy. I keep buying cans of meat as no long term food is meat. The stamp on these meat cans says Sell By 1-4-2016. Now, since it is “sell by” that means it's still good way past 2016. It should be good almost forever but, when about to open, always check cans for leakage or swelling or bad smell when opened.
I understand why the govn. is giving out cards to track food because people were buying every day and selling it for more money rather than using it. But, they will eventually use the cards to allow you only to buy “x” number of something.
Yes, it's important in this country to buy food now while there is plenty of it. Buying when there is plenty, is not hoarding. When there is little of it, buying it all, would be called hoarding.
I go by what happened on board that ship when it was stranded in the ocean due to a fire in the engine room, and food couldn't get delivered to them. They set up lines, buffet style, and people filled their plates, then stuck more food in their pockets and purses. So, the crew put up signs to take only what you put on your plate so others could have food. The people ignored that and still took more food than on their plate - into pockets and purses it went. They didn't care if others didn't get food, they were going to take all they could for themselves.
That is what is going to happen if we are short of food here. People will not leave food for others. There is plenty for everyone now, so buy all you can. And, DON'T FORGET PICKLE RELISH for all that tuna in the can. A tuna sandwich cries out for pickle relish.
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