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The Unrealistic Mentality of the Modern Survivalist, by Bryan R.

I am guilty of falling into the “Wolverines!” mindset from time-to-time, that being the image of going toe-to-toe with the insidious foreign invasion force and setting up ambushes to destroy the evil occupiers or perhaps having to confront droves of hostiles, be they urban gang-bangers, local looters, or some other such group of less than savory individuals. The modern survivalist seems to be rather obsessed with the idea of a total collapse of all centralized authority to the point where society is little better than Somalia, although historical precedent doesn’t give much credibility to this theory. The idea of a “total collapse” has been covered to the point of ad nauseam but what of the idea of a “partial” or “limited” collapse? If you have prepared for a total collapse and your entire mindset, mentality, and preparations are focused on that, what if the collapse is less than total? What…


Getting Ready For the Long Walk-Part 1, by Lone Wolf and Cub

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…cause widespread disruption in food distribution. Grocery store shelves will be cleared out in a matter of hours. Most people will be hungry and angry. Within a matter of days, the world as we know it will collapse. The author Dmitry Orlov describes this as, “Faith in the goodness of humanity is lost.” It is the final level of a book that describes the the five stages of collapse of human civilization. You need to get rid of any self doubts about whether total collapse is possible or not. You must now realize that there exists a very real danger that total collapse is a clear and present danger; and it must be acted upon. Stage 1: Facing Your Fears Get right with God. Understand that If you have grown up in a western society, then you have been at least covertly raised a Christian. Accept Christian Responsibility to Provide…


The Writings of James Wesley, Rawles

…Own. This book is a guide to the selection, use, and care of tools. The book’s ISBN is 978-0-452-29812-5 Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse A New York Times Bestseller! Released in 2013 (from E.P. Dutton) Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse is a contemporaneous sequel to “Patriots.” This exciting novel is set in Florida, Australia, and The Philippines. It is also available in hardcover, as an e-book, and as an audio book. This novel is set in the same timeframe as my others, but features different characters and substantially different locales. My goal with this novel was to show the global ramifications of the economic collapse. Here is a summary, from the publisher’s web site: When the United States suffers a major socioeconomic collapse, a power vacuum sweeps the globe. A newly radicalized Islamic government rises to power in Indonesia, invades the Philippines, East Timor,…


Studying TEOTWAWKI: Why the “Smartest Men in the Room” are Worried, by F.S.

…collapse. Posner’s book, Catastrophe: Risk and Response, comes to similar conclusions as Diamond, and his exploration of events which can wipe out humanity and how we should rationally respond to them is a remarkable read. William Zartman’s book Collapsed States uses post-colonial African Nations as the subject for his study of how nations cannot easily be put back together. Once a polity collapses, he ominously predicts, only a powerful outside force can reestablish its authority, and even the success of such operations is spotty at best (as U.S. adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan can attest). The typical result is ongoing instability, tribalism, and intranational violence. Zartman is supported by R.J. Rummel’s work on what he calls “democide” in his book Death by Government, which demonstrates that failed states are generally highly active in either perpetrating or supporting genocide. Mary Kaldor comes to similar conclusions in her work, including her excellent…


Letter Re: Economic Collapse and Power Grid Collapse

Mr Rawles, I’ve read and enjoyed each of your books, and I am an avid prepper — it’s only a matter of time before we have an economic collapse.  However, I am having trouble connecting the dots between a collapse and the loss of the power grid. Can you help me here, please?  How does an economic collapse translate into the loss of the power grid?  If I can fully understand this, I will prepare for the event by purchasing a biomass gasifier for my generator. Thanks, – Richard M. JWR Replies: The main triggers would be a disruption of rail traffic (that would idle coal trains, which currently move hundreds of millions of tons of coal each year) or if power utility employees fail to show up for work. I can foresee four reasons why electric power utility workers might not show up for work in the midst of…


Mark Levin: Government Is Simulating the Collapse of Our Financial System, the Collapse of Our Society and the Potential for Widespread Violence

…on. I don’t think domestic insurrection. Law enforcement and national security agencies, they play out multiple scenarios. They simulate multiple scenarios. I’ll tell you what I think they’re simulating. The collapse of our financial system, the collapse of our society and the potential for widespread violence, looting, killing in the streets, because that’s what happens when an economy collapses. I’m not talking about a recession. I’m talking about a collapse, when people are desperate, when they can’t get food or clothing, when they have no way of going from place to place, when they can’t protect themselves. There aren’t enough police officers on the face of the earth to adequately handle a situation like that. I suspect, that just in case our fiscal situation collapses, our monetary situation collapses, and following it the civil society collapses – that is the rule of law – that they want to be prepared….


Preparedness Principles – Part 2, by Old Bobbert

…The Worst Economic Collapse In History Is Starting Now Preparing for an Economic Crash Prepping Life After An Economic Collapse Coming Economic Crash Will be Worse Than Great Depression What Happens to Your Debt After a Monetary Reset Jim Rickards Prepare For The New Great Depression Will Chinas Economy Collapse with Ann Lee How Does the Power Grid Work How to Prepare for the Economic Collapse 10 things that happen when an economy collapses Coronavirus / Capitalism is literally collapsing The Collapse of American Cities Has Started. Economist who predicted last financial crisis warns of coming Greater Depression The U.S. economic crisis is worse than it appears. Preparing Financially for 2021 and Beyond Preppers for the pandemic the next catastrophe Financial planning basics course for MBA students 4 things to do to prepare plan for 2021 Before A Great Depression 5 Decisions You To Make Hyperinflation 2021   Bobbert’s Group…


Thinking the Unthinkable, By Norman Church

…conduct commerce, the way we manufacture things and school our children. We must learn to do this tomorrow….at the crack of dawn. We should seriously think of breaking out the “Life Jackets” and “manning the lifeboats” which is as I said last year at least one step before “deploying” the lifeboats. References and sources quoted: 1. Greer. J.M., How Civilisations Fall: A Theory of Catabolic Collapse. 2. Godesky, Jason., It Will Be Impossible to Rebuild Civilisation. 3. Godesky, Jason., Collapse is Inevitable. 4. Greer, J.M., Facing the New Dark Age: A Grassroots Approach. 5. Godesky, Jason,. Post Collapse Metals. 6. Jan Steinman and Diana Leafe Christian, Community Survival During the Coming Energy Decline. If you have any comments on this, my e-mail address is: Norman@noidea.me.uk JWR Adds: If you think that the preceding article is alarmist, consider this: Even if the timeframe for Peak Oil has been badly miscalculated, clearly…


Barter Goods, by C.Y.

…doesn’t know you may ask themselves, “Is this a real gold coin or a convincing forgery? Will this apparently new ammunition actually work when my life depends on it?” You may find yourself thinking, “Do I want to hand over something like my gold coin, which I know is of real and ever-increasing value, for four old car batteries (or whatever). Will the 9mm ammunition I hand to this person for a box of corned beef today be used to take it back by force tomorrow?” What is needed for day-to-day commerce after collapse are items unlikely to inspire fear, uncertainty, and doubt. This means using things that could have been sitting around your house, that could have been found, or that could have been traded to you. In other words, they are things that are familiar and useful and whose condition and post-collapse value are immediately clear to both…


The Myth Of The Eternal Market Bubble And Why It Is Dead Wrong, by Brandon Smith

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…collapsed and the economy has gone into recession many times, but it has always recovered again — at least so far. So if you have cash, you can buy assets post crash and really make some money during the subsequent recovery. You’ll quickly realize that timing both points is the key to doing this successfully. Even in the event of a total economic collapse where the dollar becomes value-less, you could still own assets that retain some value and help preserve some wealth when the new normal is established. Your house is one and farm land a second, but beyond that if you own shares in a gold mining company that owns mines with proven gold reserves, those will probably still have value after the collapse, even if the value is no longer measured in dollar. Study what happened in Russia, Argentina and other countries that saw their economies collapse…


Should I Move? by Southern J.

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…welcomed, liked, and valued is a society that will function better post collapse. Not to mention, it’s better for your mental health to socialize with people. Is your community safe? Similar to the gang question above, how is the crime in your area? I have heard that someone should move to a place where you don’t have to lock your doors, but truthfully this is nowhere in the country today. You should lock your doors regardless, but that is beside the point. Crime rates will not decrease post-collapse. An area with sky high crime will not suddenly become a tranquil paradise post-collapse. Especially important is knowing the rate of drug crime, especially hard drugs like crack cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. Many of the precursors for these drugs are either imported from other countries (usually China) or at least manufactured. Post collapse, this supply will suddenly stop, as borders are either…


Christian Manliness and the Collapse – Part 1, by Dr. Joseph

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Proverbs 22:3 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 1 Timothy 5:8 Blessed be the Lord my rock who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle. Psalms 144:1 In this article, I am completing my previous arguments regarding martial virtue via melee weapons in a WROL, TEOTWAWKI, Mad Max scenario, through detailing the manly qualities need for survival in such times. [1] The evidence for such a collapse is I think much greater than many survivalists believe. [2] The prospects of a collapse of techno-industrial civilisation from the converging and compounding catastrophes [3], leading to a great die off of the bulk of humanity and the coming of a new Dark Age, is not…


Long Term Preparedness: The Outer Limits of Public Health, by F.B.D.

…for an emergency lasting more than 72 hours We live in a fragile society whose infrastructure and people are threatened by potential emergencies from which our recovery may be severely limited The government will not be able to help most people- cite examples here such as Katrina Any Federal response is based upon resources from the States and Local agencies What are the risks that we potentially face? Natural disasters- hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, etc Economic collapse-hyperinflation of the dollar; high gas prices (emphasize impact on prices for all goods that are shipped); food and commodity shortages; civil unrest; looting Terrorism-explosives; dirty bomb; martial law; rationing Pandemic Flu- lack of medical services; inability to travel Internet/Gas pipelines/Power grid- how our  fragile infrastructure is tied to these 3 entities & how a disruption in 1 would cause all 3 to collapse   The Big Risk we all face?………             Economic collapse Hyperinflation:…


Caring for Babies in a Post-Collapse World, by F.C.

…Right now, in the relative comfort of your pre-collapse world, you may think, “Look, I don’t have any babies in the house. Why should I worry about that?” Well, after reading the aforementioned scenario, do you think it might be wise to rethink your priorities? The good news is that there’s still time to act now. That passage in Matthew 24 describes desperate people fleeing the city in a post collapse world: “How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers.” Frankly, when I read that verse, I’m haunted by it. I wonder how many unprepared pregnant and nursing mothers will suffer the same fate described above, or worse. Indeed, there are many accounts throughout history of mothers and fathers who will become so desperate in a time of severe collapse and famine that they will resort to acts ranging from severe neglect of children…


Economic and Financial Collapse: Viewpoints from the Experienced, by KSO

…circulate on the Internet. No, not about the goings-on in the Middle East; well, okay, maybe a little. What scared me the most was how the recession was still, in fact, going on, an even more severe collapse was imminent, and how this collapse was on a greater scale than even the Great Depression of the 1930s. From what I read and researched, a total economic collapse was on the horizon, and there was nothing any of us could do about it. I’m sure this information was around before late 2012, but I hadn’t really read or heard of it until then. My husband and I knew what it was like to have no saved money and live paycheck-to-paycheck, barely getting by on how little unemployment paid. However, we didn’t (and don’t) know what it’s like to be without food or water, watching our children starve or having to beg…