[cherry]

you know, if it gets to having to make barricades and firing positions we're good as gone already....my normalcy bias hopes this is never the situation...

a survivable situation might include short term lawlessness with roving bands of ferals, but if its the govt that is the roving band, its over....

I prepare only to save money now, to provide for family in the future, and because you probably can't find a better investment....banks aren't paying anything...

[JRandomFreeper]

if it gets to having to make barricades and firing positions we're good as gone already..

You might be. I've got a sweet spot picked out and the tree limbs already trimmed.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

but if its the govt that is the roving band, its over....

Why? Have you done the analysis? How many armed government officials can go a roving? Not counting the ones staying at home protecting their 4 bedroom home, 2 1/2 children, and their brand new sports car?

How many of them are up for 'camping' like I go camping?

How many of them are there? Compared to say.... left handed folks that knit and kill their own deer?

/johnny

[DuncanWaring]

... but if its the govt that is the roving band, its over....

If the govt is the roving band, they'll be fighting a war of attrition.

They cannot afford a war of attrition (see Solzenhitsyn).