Whatever coming 'event' happens, you'll need to help yourself

 

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Whatever coming 'event' happens, you'll need to help yourself

 

Writer and filmmaker Douglas Rushkoff, tells in The Guardian newspaper of a meeting he had with five "super-wealthy" tech guys — "at least two of them billionaires" — who ostensibly wanted to speak to him about the future of technology, investing, and society.

"They started out innocuously and predictably enough," Rushkoff writes, but "eventually, they edged into their real topic of concern: New Zealand or Alaska? Which region would be less affected by the coming climate crisis? It only got worse from there. Which was the greater threat: global warming or biological warfare? How long should one plan to be able to survive with no outside help? Should a shelter have its own air supply? What was the likelihood of groundwater contamination? Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: 'How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?'

The event… That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down."

"They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from raiders as well as angry mobs ... the billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers — if that technology could be developed 'in time.'"

Rushkoff, a self-described "Marxist media theorist" was genuinely shocked that these men weren't working to "make the world a better place," and were instead planning for a post-"event" future.

This should be a very blunt warning to anyone who has fallen for the Socialist code phrases injected into our lexicon and spewing from the mouths of the media. "It takes a village," "the public good," "public health," "wealth tax," "equality"... not to mention that change agents attach the word "social" to everything people, use, do, or say.

This is how the slide towards total reliance on government becomes accepted in completely silent assent.

Better begins with you

By now you must have heard Ronald Reagan's quote "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

The government is not going to help you should an "event" come to pass. Statists, government executives and "officials," and Marxists like Rushkoff all think that government is good, right, and just, and that handing our lives over to government will make the world a better place because it will "protect" everyone... when just the opposite is true.

That the wealthiest people, who have insight into what might be coming, are looking for confirmation from futurists and thinkers like Rushkoff — despite his political leanings — should be reason enough for you to be sure that you must prepare, as I have repeatedly warned.

It truly takes vision and planning for the future, especially now. It is the will to be completely prepared, and be happy and at peace if nothing untoward ever happens.

Everyone should keep on hand a minimum of three days of food and water and preferably enough for three or more weeks, and we have set up a special website so that you can do so without breaking the bank. Everyone should consider the possible disasters that may strike and collect everything they would need to survive the crisis, whether it is for three days or three weeks, or longer.

Money matters

It's not only food, however, that we need to set aside. We need currency. Gold is always best. But assuming the emergency is regional, or even personal like the loss of a job, we need funds — an emergency fund.

As David Morris wrote for Personal Liberty, you should build up three to six months of savings to serve as an emergency fund.

"I can't remember ever talking to anyone who thought that having an emergency fund was a bad idea. Even people who are dead set against preparedness or even simple food storage will agree that having a rainy day fund is a smart idea.

"I'd venture to say that every adult has either benefited from having an emergency fund or wished that they had one at some point in his life. I've experienced both of those situations, and I can tell you that when you find yourself in "emergency" mode, you will always wish you had more in your emergency fund than you do.

"Most people stop with the thought that an emergency fund is a good thing. But if you peel this onion back a little bit, it opens up a whole new way of looking at emergency funds/rainy day funds and preparedness and will give you a solid foundation for talking about preparedness with someone who believes in having an emergency fund.

"Let's start by looking at the kinds of expenses that people think they'll use their emergency funds for. In many cases, it's for a car repair or medical expenses. But in today's environment of high unemployment, people generally accept the fact that they might be using their emergency fund to pay for basic necessities like food, shelter, fire, water and possibly fuel for transportation after losing their job(s).

"Forget about the fact that there may be a regional disaster; people lose jobs every day and experience their own personal emergencies. Unemployment rates are on the news almost every day. And if you know more than 10 people, chances are very high that you know someone who's lost his job in the past year or two.

"The loss of a job is much more realistic and easier for the general public to accept than the possibility of a failure of the electrical grid, rioting, fuel or food shortages, or any other major disaster that could cause a breakdown in civil order."

If you are at the stage in life at which you are saving for retirement, and some of your money is going into very conservative investments that aren't losing money but aren't really making any money, you might want to take some time and look at converting some to an emergency fund. And, further, convert some of that money into food storage and preparedness items at today's prices (food prices are only going to go up from here!) as a great way to diversify your savings.

Yours for the truth,

Bob Livingston
Editor, The Bob Livingston Letter^®

 

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