That would solve our problems if people start eating bullets.......
And still not a single reference….
Rural America can produce enough to feed itself 1000 times over.
As for the rest of the world? Migration stops when infrastructure does. Cities have 30 days… 9 meals… 27 days of good luck.
What are folks going to do, walk from Greenwich village to agricultural upstate with zero food, zero arms? Zero survival skills and through the gauntlets of other “hungry?” Drive their Tahoes one tank of gas to… wherever everyone else runs out of gas or has their shit taken in a roadblock?
Anyone thing for a second that Rural communities jus sit back and go “sure, let in bands of refugees.” Not a chance. The Interstate exits get blocked in days. Roadblocks form and it’s ‘move along or turn back’. Enforced by ammo. Just ask the Okies who went to California in the mid-30s how welcoming the rural folks were.
Someone here said it well… “the carnage will be in the suburbs.” After that, well, what’s left to reset anyway?
And has anyone ever looked at the calories that can grow on an acre? Good lord, it is unfathomable. That is if you have the seeds. The garden tools. Are in the right climate.
Nightmare scenario is that the “food shortage” starts in Fall. And in much of the country a long dark hungry winter is followed by a spring where no one has any seeds to plant.
Yet few mentions of folks putting aside seeds along with food.
And more ammo IS a good strategy. In a real doomsday scenario whether caused by geopolitics or other natural disaster, it will be worth more than gold. Can’t eat ammo. But it will buy you anything you want whether by barter or force.
“Dear rich NYC prepper who thinks your bolt hole cabin in the mountains is going to save you . Thank you for gathering supplies for us locals. Now walk home.” That will be enforced with ammo.
Just look at Yugoslavia in the 90s. Now turn that up to 11. Yugoslavians who were the first to empty the arsenals were the ones who thrived. Until America “rescued”’them. No Yugoslav folks are coming to rescue USA.
Oh and keep copies of the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, The Crisis, The Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Federalist papers around. They will make an excellent roadmap for rebuilding and are beacons to guide you.
Keep a few copies of Das Kapital around, too. For toilet paper. And to remind yourself that there are things worse than death.
Meh, it’s all academic. We’ll get through this. The 70’s were worse. Bigger inflation. Tougher enemies. Bad leadership. Chevy Chevettes. Disco. Post ‘64 Winchesters. We are living in a paradise right now.
Sirhr
PS… want to hoarde something. Try spices. They preserve. They have amazing nutritional properties. And they make nasty stringy vegans taste better. Why do you think global trade started in the first place? Spices were at the root. So that folks could make their food palatable, safe and nutritious. And they keep forever. Just ‘sayin.