How to minimize one's damage in case the usa kicks the bucket?

Cathal (Phone) cathalgarvey at cathalgarvey.me
Mon Oct 5 04:30:09 PDT 2015


My favourite pithy version of this: "collapse now and avoid the rush". :)

On 5 October 2015 12:18:33 IST, Steve Kinney <admin at pilobilus.net> wrote:
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>On 10/05/2015 05:43 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
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>Good ideas in this thread so far.  What I would add is, get the F
>away from population centers; they are very hungry machines that
>will start to fail in very bad ways whenever any of their major
>inputs are substantially reduced for more than a few weeks - even
>without panic and martial law factored in.
>
>On moving way out of town:  Sooner is better, because as the
>industrial economy crumbles everyone will get the same bright idea
>and that land ain't empty.  It's occupied by communities where it
>takes time to learn the human landscape and build trust
>relationships.  On arrival start working to establish oneself in
>an economic role that will continue to pay off in the form of
>mutual aid and bartering of labor and commodities, as the value of
>Federal Reserve Notes spirals down.
>
>As for cash money, I like silver way more than gold:  People will
>kill you much sooner for gold than silver, and the value of silver
>has been steadily rising due to industrial applications drawing
>down the world supply faster than mining is able to replace it.
>
>Another thing to think about is identifying technology that will
>stay relevant to the practical concerns of feeding and housing
>people in your local economy when international supply chains go
>sideways for months or years at a time.  Learn what is and isn't
>important by getting involved in the actual work, and get on top
>of how to run and fix that stuff, /then/ stockpile spare parts and
>replacements.
>
>In short, start building the world of 2100 today.  It's going to
>be built one way or another; early adopters will have more
>problems to solve and go down more blind alleys, but that's the
>price of coming out on top in the long run.
>
>:o)
>
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