This guy persuaded me 47 or so years ago that I'm not cut out for the SHTF apocolypse.
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Why I'm not a prepper
- Thread starter nomadradio
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Prep all you like we will all end up DEAD. I'm not wasting time, effort, or money on what's still coming. No stress here because death is a natural thing for all living things.
Even if you know how to hitch a team and pull a plow, the situation is still disheartening because you and you alone must now defend your new homestead and all the work you put into it, whilst still maintaining it. Hard to drive a team of Belgians or drive a tractor and not be an easy sniper target.
This is why it is so important to love thy neighbor. I know that's not always easy, especially in the city, but I know I can count on every single person on our little dirt road to work together for the common good. Two guys are farmers, one has a lumber mill, two have combat experience, most are hunters and fishermen, one guys wife is a nurse, plenty skills to go around. We all get along well, even with some of us having very different political opinions.
Living in a city often means you have so many neighbors of differing opinions that one loses interest in finding common ground with any of them. Being packed in nut to butt doesn't help matters. And not to get political, but places like Minneapolis make this worse by creating cultural hotspots. They don't want to spread out the incoming Somali and Hmong immigrants, they just keep putting them up in the same areas, so instead of acclimating to the American way of life, they act like they are still in their home country ~ and it shows in these neighborhoods.
Don't expect to roll up on a farm and take what they have because I guarantee you that farm is valuable to more than one family and it will be protected by many. If it appears to be a functional farm, I assure you it is not vacant and it won't be easy to occupy. Every treeline will have eyes and the first sign of threat or aggression, you're wolf food. It's best to arrive with respect and have something to offer (even a skill). The big cities have been reaching in hard-working rural pockets for long enough, so don't expect any handouts out here. You come out here with respect and understand that you will have to pull your own weight, we will probably welcome you. Just leave that liberal gangster shit in town and holster your weapon before you knock on my door.
This is a really bad time to be a 20 yr old videogame addict or hood gangster. Crack and Call of Duty will not prepare you for the hard times ahead. Society is forgetting what it takes to make this whole thing work without government, and when that falls, so will they.
Edit: I highly recommend all of you get involved in your local communities. Go to the town meetings, be good to your neighbors, become a part of something bigger than just yourself. That's the only thing that's going to save us.
This is why it is so important to love thy neighbor. I know that's not always easy, especially in the city, but I know I can count on every single person on our little dirt road to work together for the common good. Two guys are farmers, one has a lumber mill, two have combat experience, most are hunters and fishermen, one guys wife is a nurse, plenty skills to go around. We all get along well, even with some of us having very different political opinions.
Living in a city often means you have so many neighbors of differing opinions that one loses interest in finding common ground with any of them. Being packed in nut to butt doesn't help matters. And not to get political, but places like Minneapolis make this worse by creating cultural hotspots. They don't want to spread out the incoming Somali and Hmong immigrants, they just keep putting them up in the same areas, so instead of acclimating to the American way of life, they act like they are still in their home country ~ and it shows in these neighborhoods.
Don't expect to roll up on a farm and take what they have because I guarantee you that farm is valuable to more than one family and it will be protected by many. If it appears to be a functional farm, I assure you it is not vacant and it won't be easy to occupy. Every treeline will have eyes and the first sign of threat or aggression, you're wolf food. It's best to arrive with respect and have something to offer (even a skill). The big cities have been reaching in hard-working rural pockets for long enough, so don't expect any handouts out here. You come out here with respect and understand that you will have to pull your own weight, we will probably welcome you. Just leave that liberal gangster shit in town and holster your weapon before you knock on my door.
This is a really bad time to be a 20 yr old videogame addict or hood gangster. Crack and Call of Duty will not prepare you for the hard times ahead. Society is forgetting what it takes to make this whole thing work without government, and when that falls, so will they.
Edit: I highly recommend all of you get involved in your local communities. Go to the town meetings, be good to your neighbors, become a part of something bigger than just yourself. That's the only thing that's going to save us.
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