The idea of this post is due to an unfortunate common line of thinking that keeps coming up here on the board. it is spawned by the idea of "be prepared!". How do I prepare, what can I do!11??!!, panicky and snarky comments then follow. We've seen many examples of SHTF in the past few years, the water problem in MS, the power issue in central TX, not to mention all the antifa rioting, and the recent situation in NC also gave me reason to revisit this topic. How many are prepared for things in general? Can you deal with no power for a few hrs if a storm hits, can you stop the bleeding from an accidental laceration, do your kids know who they can go to in the event you had an auto accident and no one can communicate with them? Simple questions, but in our easy access, amazon delivers tommorow society, things have become easy, made people soft, and forget skills and plans they should have. So I am not talking about welding 1/2" steel sheets inside your house to prevent incursion, nor inferring you having 50k rounds of ammo. I am speaking about being prepared in general. How resilient are you, are you self sufficient or how much do you depend on others? Something said in a video by a former SERE instructor lays the crux of what I am saying here, no one is coming to save you....
Using my first example, the power goes out, police, fire, EMS will sort out things by priority, the power company will more than likely have their hands full trying to figure out what happened and then get it fixed. If you stubbed your toe in the dark, guess what my friend, you are on your own. Probably on average, the time a first responder gets to you from initial call is 12 mins, If you do not have a plan of response, you might be in a bad way. In the simplest, you might lose the food in the fridge or freezer, worse case...who knows. Do you have a relative with medical needs that lives with you or at home alone, and a long term power issue might be cause for concern? In the various Q drops, it was expressed not to worry, fine don't worry, but don't rely on others to make preparations for you, or tell you everything will be alright. Sure, this post to some will sound like redneck prepper deluxe, I leave that decision up to you. Think about how you prepare for common, everyday events, you buy extra soap for the dish machine, you have toilet paper, you have extra beer...in case, you have 3 bags of doritos b/c you simply can't run out. But are you prepared for things that can actually affect you in a serious way?
Some of the points below repeated for emphasis:
Q/cabal specific:
What do you know that others don't about what is coming?
Have you told anyone you know about what is coming?
Are you going to tell anyone what is coming?
If so, are you explaining things to people?
In general:
Do you have an emergency plan if the power/water/etc go off? (and not b/c you didn't pay your bill)
Do you have a rendezvous plan with family/friends if things go sideways for a few weeks?
Are your vehicles maintained and is there extra fuel? Can you repair your own vehicles?
Do you have enough supplies to last for a while >3 weeks? (you need to figure out what you need)
Do you have a network with neighbors, family, friends, i.e. communication chain, and I don't mean with cell phones.
How self sufficient are you, do you have the ability or capability to help others who aren't?
Do you have any basic fieldcraft skills?
Can you use a P-38 can opener, do you even know what that is?
Can you cook for yourself w/o electricity or a microwave?
Do you have a working flashlight...that is fully charged, and do you know where it is?
Do you know any level of basic first aid or have an IFAK?
Are you in shape, can you run a mile in an emergency, can you lift a 200# piece of furniture off someone?
Have you laid out a venn diagram of who can do what between family/friends/neighbors?
That should be a good starting place for most. No offense, but people need to unplug from the world's influence once in a while(including here) and actually think things through without interference. Engage the logistic side of your brain and start planning things. Freaking out and panicking when trouble hits is NEVER how you deal with things. It's fine to pause and let the emotions loose afterwards, but during a crisis only induces more problems. When you control yourself, you can more easily function in any situation....calm, cool, collected.
Last few things here. This is about asking yourself if you are ready, please do not start posting how much of X you have, and so forth, who the hell knows what kinds are lurking this board, don't out yourself. Second, whatever gear you have, use it, practice with it, you can $50k of the finest camping/survival gear but if you are not familiar with it, it doesn't mean a damn thing. Same goes for being in shape, if you are a 300# fatbody and you need to get up a ladder quickly, is your heart going to stop you or the flood water rushing towards? Chance favors those who are prepared.
I am in the camp of not being “Captain Save a Hoe” the vast majority of people I encounter DO NOT WANT TO WAKE UP. At this point the people who are awake are awake and the people that want to know the harsh truth have started on that path. The others will have to be forced to be awake. If someone asks me about the stuff I will tell them but I don’t waste any time trying to red pill people anymore. And quite frankly a lot of the NPC leftists don’t deserve to be saved.
I am only focused on myself and my tribe. The analogy I have been using lately is this. We are on the Titanic. A time traveler has come and told us with evidence that in 3 hours the Titanic is gonna hit the iceberg. This is where society is currently economically, morally and socially. This ship is gonna hit the iceberg. Running around trying tell people the ship is gonna sink is a complete waste of time and energy. People will think we’re crazy, insane etc because they can’t comprehend that the ship will sink.
Being awake though is like having that 3 hr head start from the time traveler. Right now we need to loot the ship for all the food and valuable items we can load on and some life rafts and get off the ship. We do not want to go down with the NPC’s and normies.
Currently normies are too comfortable to wake up. The ship has not hit the iceberg yet. Until the iceberg hits and the petro dollar collapses and/or vax issues become undeniable we’re just wasting our time with normies. Their denial, cognitive etc. will only be removed once the comfort is disrupted by hitting the iceberg.
I know that we’re supposed to help wake people up but currently I just don’t think things are bad enough yet. If some of you want to try then go ahead but I am focused on loading up my life raft.
Your post reminds me of the fable of the grasshopper and the ants. If only people would listen, and you're right, most don't. Too bad for them.
There was a Twilight Zone episode where the earth was moving too close to the sun, and I remember one scene where a guy is offering a lot of money to catch a ride to the northern latitudes where conceivably it would be cooler, and another tells him "Your money isn't good anymore!" How prophetic.
Can’t save them all. The normies and NPC’s of this country don’t understand how fiat money works so they cannot comprehend or understand what will happen if the BRICS nations and others trade oil outside of the petro dollar. For me to explain this to them they would need the general curiosity to want to understand which they do not have. So therefore it is a waste of time and energy to even try.
Like I said they will not even begin to understand until the ship hits the iceberg and they feel it. People like you and me will have already left the ship in our life rafts. They will be fucked but whatever they made that choice.
My life raft has guns, food, ammo, medical supplies, silver, cash, survival equipment etc. and I will watch the ship sink and while my situation won’t be luxurious at least I am not drowning or freezing to death.