Poor Man Survival
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Round up of some of the best resources…and notes of caution
If you've stopped prepping, it could be a huge
mistake... here's why
One can almost sense that unforeseen
events could bring chaos to America. Debts and economic catastrophes could play
out, terrorism could strike, wars could spark to life, disaster may hit, and
much more. While many have been optimistic about the promises of a new
president, and a brighter spot for the free market…some are predicting a storm
may be coming. Indeed, I think some in
this nation actually WANT a storm to prevail to they can justify their hatred
of Trump and those who voted for him.
Fortunately, the mass-hypnosphere called the Mainstream Media
(AKA the “Invisible Government”) has lost much of its mental stranglehold on
the minds of most of the Constitutional Republica. The brainwaves have
retreated into RF-resistant covered holes, scattered like seashells across the
dark-pocketed sea of social consumption.
Some people have chosen to swing in the oppo-same direction and
represent the Alt-Right, which is largely a Frankensteinian reaction to the
Left’s vitriol.
Strangely,
on the other end of the spectrum, Leftists are swinging criss-cross the
Alt-Right and are beginning to embrace the archetypical prepper. They are
buying guns and ammo. They are talking about nullification and secession. They
are threatening a mass-tax protest. They are, in essence, becoming precisely
what they’ve been mocking over the past eight years.
More
important to the radical Left, though, is the strategies and moves to be made
in resistance to “Trump’s America” against what they fear (potentially
justifiably) could become a fully militarized and fascist State. (It’s
laughable that the new radical Left believes this domestic militarization/rise
of fascism in America will just spring into existence in tandem with the
wildflowers. It won’t. It’s already here.
In 2017, you might even see many global goods and services
become priced in bitcoin -- this “currency of anywhere.” Which will mean, as
Jared Howe of Being Libertarian pointed out last week, “there will be no way
for central banks to hide the diminishing purchasing power of their own
inflationary currencies.”
Backed
into a corner, with nowhere to hide their flag money malfeasance, governments
will fight head-on the rise of bitcoin via any means necessary -- most likely
through pump-and-dumps and anti-bitcoin propaganda.
This would’ve been a lot easier before the MSM
revealed its true colors in 2016. Before it outed itself as a vast network of propagandistas.
Now,
the media’s ability to dissuade Americans from buying “barbarous relics” like
gold or silver and putting some money outside of the fiat banking system with
bitcoin is weak, indeed.
“It's therefore only a matter of time,” says Howe, “before the
central banks go tits up and fall like dominoes.”
We’ll say it again. The Status Quo is dissolving.
The question is NOT how can we survive until things settle down.
We’re not asking where the best caves are to hide away until the storm passes
us by.
No. Putting our heads down has been the problem all along.
The
REAL question is what can we do in 2017 to create, within the void, a
system of sanity, humanity and mental, physical and spiritual prosperity for
everyone.
How
can we seize upon this opportunity and, rather than hunker down and hide, meet
it face-to-face and start building to thrive? And, more importantly, how
can we build its foundation so strong that our grandchildren and their children
will be able to thrive and grow within it, too?
Once self-reliance has been lost, so too has self-confidence
been lost, and the Savior State dependent--individual and corporation
alike--soon distrusts their ability to function in an open market.
This
is a truly sad, self-destructive state of affairs, and deeply, tragically
ironic. The calls for "help" quickly lead to dependence on the Savior
State, and that dependence quickly breeds complicity and silence in the face of
repression and predation by the State and its corporate partners.
In
a very real sense, citizens relinquish their citizenship along with their
self-reliance and self-worth once they accept dependence on the State.
I
often mention that the U.S. has much to learn from so-called Third World
countries that are poorer in resources and credit. In many of these countries,
the government is the police, the school and the infrastructure of roadways and
energy. Many of these countries are systemically corrupt, and the State is the
engine of enforcing that corruption.
Rather
than something to be embraced and lobbied, involvement with the State is
something to be avoided as a risk. In everyday life, people rarely encounter
the government except in law enforcement or schooling.
As
a result, people depend on their social capital and community for sustenance,
support, work and connections
The era of debt-based consumption as the engine of
"growth" and "prosperity" is coming to an end. Adding debt
via credit no longer creates growth; it actually takes away from the economy by
expanding debt service (interest payments).
The
vast majority of developed-world people have had the basics of life since the
late 1960s -- transport, food, shelter and utilities. The "growth"
since then depended on cheap, abundant oil and a consumerist mentality in which
one constantly re-defines and renews one's identity not from social investments
in others or the shared community but from consumption.
Not coincidentally, this dominance of consumption as the only
metric for "growth" (as opposed to, say, productive activity) has
been paralleled by the dominance of the Central State.
The end of credit-based consumption will be a very positive
development, as will the devolution of the Savior State. The Savior State is
like oil--both are at their peaks and are starting their inevitable slide down
the S-curve. The world they created was not as positive for human fulfillment
and happiness as we have been told.
Indeed,
study after study has found that people with the basics for life, a higher
purpose that requires sacrifice and a tight-knit community are far and away
happier than isolated, atomized, insecure consumers, regardless of their wealth
and consumption.
Charles Hugh Smith
Author & Blogger, Of Two Minds
Author & Blogger, Of Two Minds
[Ed. note: This article originally
appeared on Charles’ blog Of Two Minds right here at this link
In a
wildly viral article from TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com,
Michael Snyder reveals that prepping has collapsed among Trump supporters since
the day of the election. “[I]nterest in prepping is probably the lowest that it
has ever been in the history of the modern prepper movement. A couple of
weeks ago, I wrote an article about how it was like ‘a nuclear bomb went off in
the prepping community’, and nothing has changed since that time,” Snyder
wrote.
Liberals and leftists,
meanwhile, are suddenly stocking up like mad on food, guns and ammo. In an article
titled, “Now it’s the liberals who are arming up,” McClatchyDC.com
reports, “Gun shop owner Michael Cargill told NBC News gun classes at
his Austin, Texas store are selling out. He’s noticed an increase in LGBTQ,
African-American, Hispanic and Muslim customers. Store owners told NBC they’ve
seen up to four times as many minority customers than is typical.”
Liberals, it seems, are
scared about the possible rise in “hate crimes” under a Trump presidency. What
they don’t realize, of course, is that nearly all the hate crimes are hate hoaxes committed by leftists.
But that doesn’t stop them from buying guns, which is probably a smart thing to
do no matter what the fear behind it.
Preppers
are being lulled into complacency by the final blow off of a wildly overvalued
stock market
My warning for all
preppers — no matter what your political affiliation — is that if you’ve been
lulled into a sense of complacency by the rising stock market and the Trump
election victory, you could be making the biggest mistake of your life. Here’s
why:
The
Federal Reserve has already set the debt collapse apocalypse into motion by
raising interest rates. The dominoes that will fall have already begun to
tumble. The Fed promises two more interest rate hikes (at least) next year,
giving the absurd excuse that the “Obama economy is overheating” from all its
economic abundance and must therefore be slowed down using interest rate hikes.
This is all being done to
create
a false narrative that Obama is handing Trump a “robust
economy.” Next, rising interest rates are coupled with a halting of
quantitative easing and the acceleration of debt instrument failures in Europe.
The result is that at some moment in President Trump’s first term, the global
debt collapse is unleashed, unraveling the decades of debt creation and
mindless bank deregulation we all witnessed under Clinton, Bush and Obama.
When that nightmare lands
in Trump’s lap, the most likely outcome in the streets of America will be mass riots and
social chaos at a level America has never before witnessed.
Remember: This is all being set into motion to blame Trump and discredit the
Republican party. I’ve released a mini-documentary explaining all this. You
can read the full transcript at this link
Or watch the video here:
As we head into 2017 and contemplate how many freedoms
have been lost or eroded under president George Bush and his so-called Patriot
Act and under president Obama…
Take
a second and think about how
free we really are.
The
truth is some states are a lot less free than others.
This list will surprise you.
- The #1 freest state is also one
of the smallest. Their state motto should give them away.
- Surprisingly, this ultra
liberal state is the #11 freest state. Can you guess where it is?
- This state voted overwhelmingly
for Trump, but it's actually the 39th least free state. Check it
out here.
Here are some of this year's top posts
from Survival Stronghold...
- How to make a Dakota Fire Hole
- A list of your body's (most) essential needs
(what to store)
- Makeshift weapons you can have virtually
ANYWHERE
- The Best Plants To Purify Your Home
- DIY - The Primitive Earth Oven
Some
of the Best Preparedness Resources
Yours for better living,
Bruce , the Poor Man
A Final Note…
For anyone who hasn’t already heard, several
different far-left activist groups including but not limited to Rising Tide
North America, Showing up For Racial Justice, and of course the ever-popular
Black Lives Matter are actively engaged at this very moment in various stages
of planning for a violent uprising on Donald Trump's Inauguration Day.
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Additional
Resources
The Anatomy of a Breakdown
The Prepper’s Blueprint: The Step-By-Step Guide To Help You Through Any Disaster
Prepper’s Home Defense: Security Strategies to Protect Your Family by Any Means Necessary
Contact! A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival
Health
Ranger Store
Arm Up System-Defense Without Regulation
PM’s Guide to Home Defense
PM’s Guide to Home Defense
It is a crazy world out there with plenty of violence and everyone knows you that under most circumstances, police usually arrive after the fact. Your rights to defend yourself are often under attack, even for non-lethal self-defense tools…Includes 2 books and 3 bonus CD ROMS
http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Guide-to-Home-Defense-Arm-Up-System-Defense-W-out-Regulation-Bonuses/370808566
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