Strictly Non-Political!
Most survivalist conversations revolve around violence erupting in the face of social collapse. The focus leans toward guns and off-the-grid survival retreats.
Today, something resembling the Great Depression of the 1930s might present different challenges. I'm picturing a slow strangulation of commerce that leads to very thinly stocked store shelves - including grocery shelves.
In the 1930s, agriculture was much more a centerpiece of the US economy, and many people had connections to it or others who did. Related, at the micro-level, vegetable gardening was much more widespread.
So, I'm imagining a world-wide Great Depression-like economic collapse in this era, where such backstops are far less common, and the goods available on grocery shelves are far more a product of complex commercial interactions and world-wide trade.
Here's the survival scenario I'm imagining: Food is intermittently available but in less quantity and at substantially higher prices. You (probably) don't starve, but have to scrabble for every calorie. How does one prep for that?
In previous posts I have described preps like The Deep Pantry, or useless dead-end products and approaches, and lifestyle alternatives (see Webley One's Are Folks "in the ready?" thread).
Whad'dya think?
Most survivalist conversations revolve around violence erupting in the face of social collapse. The focus leans toward guns and off-the-grid survival retreats.
Today, something resembling the Great Depression of the 1930s might present different challenges. I'm picturing a slow strangulation of commerce that leads to very thinly stocked store shelves - including grocery shelves.
In the 1930s, agriculture was much more a centerpiece of the US economy, and many people had connections to it or others who did. Related, at the micro-level, vegetable gardening was much more widespread.
So, I'm imagining a world-wide Great Depression-like economic collapse in this era, where such backstops are far less common, and the goods available on grocery shelves are far more a product of complex commercial interactions and world-wide trade.
Here's the survival scenario I'm imagining: Food is intermittently available but in less quantity and at substantially higher prices. You (probably) don't starve, but have to scrabble for every calorie. How does one prep for that?
In previous posts I have described preps like The Deep Pantry, or useless dead-end products and approaches, and lifestyle alternatives (see Webley One's Are Folks "in the ready?" thread).
Whad'dya think?
