Being a liberal, she can be like Julia and wait for the government to help. When she changes her outlook on life and takes responsibility for her actions, I will help. But, as in the tale of the ant and the grasshopper, if you play all summer, I can’t feed you in the winter.
If that makes me a bad person, so be it. I will not starve those in my house already to feed a slacker. It will be survival of the fittest.
WOW!!
Sounds like she’d be better off on her own, huh?
That’ll sure teach her a lesson.
I wonder what she’ll be thinking as she’s fighting off gangs of rapists, hungry, sick, cold & sleeping under a bridge while her a$$hole father feeds his fat face?
“Jeez, I should have listened to dear old dad and been a ‘prepper’ like him.”
I couldn't do that to one of my children despite their political or other foolish views.
Instead, I quietly prep for them now as well, not even sure if they will ultimately arrive. If they don't, then I have the increased ability to help others whom I deem need and deserve it.
But I figure it is likely these family will show up with their hat in hand when/if the SHTF. They will get my help then if they need it - but only if they agree beforehand to follow my rules and be a part of my team and not a sponge. If they refuse the deal, then they have made their choice to leave and seek help elsewhere. If they stay, they can expect no free lunches or preferential treatment and we will work together to make it through.
It is my view any Liberal-minded (or not properly prepped) family members who might make it to my door will change their views mighty quickly when the rubber hits the road and the cold reality of hunger and danger arrives at their door and their comfy bubbles are burst by genuine events. They certainly already will be at that point if they manage to arrive at my door. So, I prepare for them to join us and help us all survive together. After all, there is strength in numbers.
In the Bible, the man forgave his Prodigal Son when he finally left his squandering and foolishness and returned home. I think this is likely to be the case with a lot of folks if the SHTF.
I would rather accept the burden of extra prepping now (foolish old dad!) and hope for reconciliation with others in my family when the time comes rather than turn them away to certain disaster and perhaps an awful end. I would have a hard time living with my conscience for doing so just because of their current foolishness.
When “it” happens, you’ll change your mind about her, I’m betting. Perhaps she’ll bring some skills to the group. Prep for her, anyway, Mr Dad. I wouldn’t turn my own flesh-and-blood away, even if they were lib-slackers. (Might do that to the in-laws, though...)
What the “Julia” scenario didn’t say was that you have to be in good graces with the local bureaucrat to get those “freebies”. If you personally offend the local permit rajah or don’t do what they want (go with son to prom, sexual favors, scoop his dog’s poop), you don’t get the daycare spot for your child, the coveted loan, the medical care.
If the government controls everything, you must bribe or exchange favors to get anything. And if isn’t just bureaucrats. I read an article about why the birth rate was so low in Russia - abortions automatically had anesthesia, if in labor, you had to bribe a nurse to get painkiller.