Posted on 07/08/2013 4:12:16 AM PDT by haffast
The Economic Collapse….people envision bank runs, life WROL (without rule of law), piles of worthless currency, rampant homelessness, and breathless news reports on CNN and the network channels (if you happen to still have access to a television, that is). They imagine a grim, gray world, devoid of entertainment, with unwashed citizens digging desperately through the trash.
Because of this apocalyptic image, the idea of an economic collapse seems pretty far-fetched to most people. After all, we still see cars in every driveway, lights in every window at night, children going to school and parents going to work. Everything’s fine, right? The economic collapse is only a conspiracy theory, cooked up by those crazy libertarians and right-wingers, right?
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too many gov regulations and laws will collapse and economy
A good article.
My own thoughts on a stealth collapse vs. a Quick and hard one is that the Stealth collapse is just like ‘kicking a can down the road’. There comes the time when you either reach the end of the road or you lose the can.
Now with a stealth collapse you can go right into the Quick and hard one in just one day or possibly a week. All it takes is for one domino, one of the rotten pillars supporting all of this to crack and break. And then it will all come apart and for the most people here in the U.S. are not aware of what is happening around them. That means that when it starts to collapse the will be unable to recognize and react in time to save themselves or their families.
I see two primary things out of such an occurance, most will not survive, sorry but that’s just how I see it. The rest of the ones who didn’t see it coming will be prime candidates to join “ANYONE” who offers a return to a semblance of their former normality and they won’t care about any chains they have to put on to get it.
As far as any other nation trying to invade and take over? Some will be tempted, most will just use the U.S. as a horrible example of __________________.
Perhaps I’m feeling pessimistic today, but I see it coming and I wish I didn’t. But with that said, I’m still going to do what I can to make it through and get my family through too.
Exactly.
Ping to stealth collapse.
Soon as Arab Royalty realizes we can’t keep the peace could usher in the collapse of the dollar. Their fear is an oil independent America.
It’s a prepper website. It’s to their advantage to push the idea that the S will hit the fan and everything will fall apart, so get your dried food now.
Truth be told, we lost this nation when the Ten Commandments were removed from the Town Square. This country has no Code by which to live. Man believes there is no higher power than himself now.
And your idea is to do what? People are now faced with two solutions: prepare or die. That’s for anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear.
And for the NSA trolls, FU.
An organic prepper is a joke
Preppers’ PING!! Hat tip to carriage_hill for the heads-up.
Parents and grandparents were depression era folk..... Lessons learned, adhered to, prepared for.......every day.
Stay safe !
That’s why I’m a diversity prepper. My guess is very few survivors will have academic literature on African American Studies, Gender Studies, Critical Race Theory, and the rest of the new academia. I’ll have a monopoly on all that new knowledge - which will be important when the tp runs out.
Thanks to Kart and Carriage Hill for the PING.
And to Haffast for the thread: beans, bullets and band-aids, Bibles, books and buds.
TWM: I agree with your “stealth collapse”, but it won’t be kicking the can; it’s more like the frog in the boiling pot. Kicking the can implies that someone down the road will fix all the ills. The frog in the pot simply dies. That’s how I see it happening...
bfl
Can you honestly say this is the same America it was just 5 years ago? I don’t see any semblence of what used to be. I used to never worry where the next meal was coming from but I worry every day if I’m going to get next month’s bills paid or not. I’m juggling everything and one day I’ll not be able catch a ball and it’ll all crash.
I live in a tourist area and have noticed that while many are still living high on the hog, most have held off on their summer weekends until the 4th of July holiday. There just aren’t the summer crowds there used to be.
He says consumer spending is up due to people paying more to have a basic standard of living with food, utilities, and gasoline and that they “aren't spending money on goods”. I think if someone looked at how much money they are spending on prep “goods”, that would be one of the reasons consumer spending is up.
Yesterday, I spent some money on prep goods and it was three pair of Walmart sweatpants and two sweat material type jackets and three polo shirts. I was thinking of no power and fall/winter weather. Sweatpants type material is much warmer than jeans, and the jackets (ha, ha, one is a hoodie), are the same material and soft to wear in the house and be comfortable. I did not have these types of clothes. That was consumer spending for goods but they are prep goods. All those items can be washed easily in a sink and hung up to dry outside and won't look wrinkled due to the material of which they are made. They are also not fancy so they will blend in with anything anyone else wears during a time of emergency.
I didn't buy that stuff due to consumer confidence - instead, I bought it because the country is toast. So, my buying is mostly based these days on preps. No consumer confidence here.
I have also bought some other goods that are prep goods. Those have to do with putting together a container garden on my deck. That has nothing to do with consumer confidence - it has to do with having fresh veggies when there are none to buy. I'm learning how to garden and have asked JRandomFreeper, Johnny, a million questions about that since he is a master gardener.
I have a problem with this article statement, “Smart meters have been installed nearly everywhere. Many places are instituting time-of-day pricing, making it only affordable to do your laundry in the middle of the night.”
He says “many places” but doesn't list any. I don't know of anyone who is being charged different prices for power at different times of the day. If any of you have this situation, I'd like to know it.
If power gets so expensive I can't use it, it's no big deal for me except for the fridge. I have an unending power source for everything but that. Hmm, in winter, I could keep perishable goods outside. I've got an outdoor fireplace that is sealed all around so animals can't get in it and could put food there. The only animals around are squirrels and birds. Also have an outdoor oven and food could be stored in that. I just would not have refrigeration in summer and most of fall.
I don't bother myself about whether the meltdown will be in one day or a gradual loss. If I were not already prepared, I would worry about that and get my act together fast.
“That’s why I’m a diversity prepper. My guess is very few survivors will have academic literature on African American Studies, Gender Studies, Critical Race Theory, and the rest of the new academia. I’ll have a monopoly on all that new knowledge - which will be important when the tp runs out.”
Good post! I would say buy more tp, but you can use the pages of those studies for tp even though they are vital information everyone will want. :o)
Not while I'm alive, bucko! ;o)
For our farms we have “time of use” but you have to sign up for it. They used to have a program residential “time of use” but I guess it didn’t work.
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