Preparing for the next collapse

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not if you have the rice & the guy that wants it has a gun...the 1/2 w/o guns will stare first.

In a barter based economy, people with things like rice can get themselves a gun and people with guns can get themselves rice. It's people without anything to barter who will starve.

Of course, this does not make allowances for people acting like animals so is flawed to begin with.

[Jenn! 918]

You should take this more seriously. After all, chance favors the prepared mind!

Really, I'm stockpiling solar-powered water desalinators.

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Really, I'm stockpiling solar-powered water desalinators.

How far are you from the water?

[Jenn! 918]

How far are you from the water?

Close enough to walk, as long as I have a gun to protect me.

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Close enough to walk, as long as I have a gun to protect me.

And if our scientists (yes, i know they're not real people and are basically a bunch of librul pansies but sometimes they do come up with useful chit) can complete work on the invisibility cloak then you might not even need a gun.

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[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Hmm, I was think you know....an old fashion well.

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Hmm, I was think you know....an old fashion well.

What's stopping patriotic thugs with guns from taking your well away?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

And if our scientists (yes, i know they're not real men and are basically a bunch of librul pansies but sometimes they do come up with useful chit) can complete work on the invisibility cloak then you might not even need a gun.

You would have to cloak your hut and farmland too. I'd probably rely on the old shotgun....

What's stopping patriotic thugs with guns from taking your well away?

Your shotgun and rifle.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Whats all this about guns? You can't eat a gun.

No, but you can gun down something that you can eat. Or perhaps use your gun to get food from someone who happens to have some.

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You would have to cloak your hut and farmland too. I'd probably rely on the old shotgun....

Your shotgun and rifle.

What's to stop armed marauding gangs of patriotic thugs? You alone versus an entire group of patriotic red blooded american thugpatriots? You don't stand a chance.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

What's to stop armed marauding gangs of patriotic thugs? You alone versus an entire group of patriotic red blooded american thugpatriots? You don't stand a chance.

lol ok I admit this is from the zombie survival guide...you need to setup shop far from any existing roads etc. so thugs don't find you in the first place.

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lol ok I admit this is from the zombie survival guide...you need to setup shop far from any existing roads etc. so thugs don't find you in the first place.

In the post-currency world, will patriotthugs still have access to Google Earth?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

In the post-currency world, will patriotthugs still have access to Google Earth?

This may shock you...but there will be no internet. You will have to rely on USGS 7.5 min quads

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This may shock you...but there will be no internet. You will have to rely on USGS 7.5 min quads

Why not?

If government goes poof, perhaps the corporations can step in to fill the vacuum. Goldman and JPMC can get together and issue us a new currency - GoldJP Dollars - and offer citizens who wish to participate in their privately-run economy the ability to do so by selling them assets like real estate in exchange for the new money.

They can also reactivate any dark fiber and take control of the satellites.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Of course, this does not make allowances for people acting like animals so is flawed to begin with.

yes it is. GGRRRR

Edited February 28, 2011 by SMOKE