Not Prepared: 17 Signs That Most Americans Will Be Wiped Out By The Coming Economic Collapse
No. 17 is what was really sickening to me.
No. 17 is what was really sickening to me.
The government will only come to your aid if you voted for Obama. That's how it works, right? You help him, he helps you?
You help him, he helps himself... No?The government will only come to your aid if you voted for Obama. That's how it works, right? You help him, he helps you?
dis-heartening indeed, I've been trying to convince my wife that we need to have a supply cache for us and our children. I've said it for going on two years now, she still doesn't believe it's necessary. i know a heck of a lot when it comes to self preservation, but how do i get her to see that it's a useful skill, and not a "cute hobby"??
This is a good question. There are a couple factors that lead to this "it's not necessary" belief.
The first is simple normalcy bias. There hasn't been a major disruption in the food/energy supply in this country for a long, long time. Why should we prepare for one? The answer is that past performance is not indicative of future results. There is a very real and very dangerous global debt problem that could lead to disruptions. The evidence is available and quite clear if one is willing to look at it.
A second reason is our natural bias towards positive outcomes. Many people are incapable of viewing a very bad outcome as realistic. We tend towards being optimistic because having to face the consequences of being pessimistic is to psycologically damaging to deal with. It's easier to just ignore the potential bad outcomes. A good example of this was the German Jews who never thought the holocaust would happen until they were actually being lead to the gas chamber even though there was a decade of evidence that it was coming.
You can point to all the bad outcomes throughout history and explain that we are not immune. Also, explain that the worst case scenerio under your proposal is that you buy some prepper items that you never need to use. The worst case under her preferred scenerio is that you, her and the kids die from starvation. Start small. The first step in prepping is to stock up on things you use every day anyway. It never hurts to have 3-4 months worth of TP, toothpaste, soap etc.
dis-heartening indeed, I've been trying to convince my wife that we need to have a supply cache for us and our children. I've said it for going on two years now, she still doesn't believe it's necessary. i know a heck of a lot when it comes to self preservation, but how do i get her to see that it's a useful skill, and not a "cute hobby"??
dis-heartening indeed, I've been trying to convince my wife that we need to have a supply cache for us and our children. I've said it for going on two years now, she still doesn't believe it's necessary. i know a heck of a lot when it comes to self preservation, but how do i get her to see that it's a useful skill, and not a "cute hobby"??
i know a heck of a lot when it comes to self preservation, but how do i get her to see that it's a useful skill, and not a "cute hobby"??
Well it's like this, if something like that happens, we'll simply start killing each other for survival. All the people who "prepared" will be fighting daily until they're finally killed and someone else takes their preparations. I've often wondered if something bad was in store for the future. I have land to feed myself with lots of livestock, wild game and fish, wild food, etc. but in the end, some group of bandits would simply show up one day and take it all because there'd be no way to stop them. Sorry if this sounds like paranoia, however, I assure everyone I'm not. I just feel this is what would happen to America.
By the way, I read the article and one thing went through my head: welcome to amercian capitalism.