panic tier

PANIC TIER
Okay, about yesterday's comments. Thank you for actually taking your time to comment. While it might be true that I need love and praise, more import is that I need readers. Even if they hate me for not delivering happy news. Writing is, literally, the only thing keeping me sane. As far as writing about the meaning of life, that is too depressing, even for me. Are you trying to drive me over the edge? There is no meaning to our lives! We run around and spend years worrying about our contribution. We convince ourselves we are important. Yet, the only reason we are here is to perpetuate our DNA. And everything you do is only to enable the strong to survive so the DNA is improved. Even being intellectually aware of this, we are unable to resist. Chemical warfare in the brain! We are screwed, there is no free will. God, now I'm more grumpy than normal. Since I've been fighting the little brain for dominance the only chemicals I'm secreting are depressants, to punish me.
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As far as those that deny we will see mortgages changed to benefit the bankers, please refer back to FDR's gold confiscation and subsequent 40% devaluation. Do you think inflation indexing is much different? Okay, today I would like to reply to the comment on my junk land/trailer recommendation. No, I don't think they are for everyone. It is actually a poor choice for quality living. I'm sorry to report that you can't always have what you want ( where have we heard that before? ). Does this come as a shock? Are all my loyal minions eighty years old? Hasn't anyone under fifty pretty much been living their whole adult lives in decreasing affluence? An RV on junk land sucks. I've told you this more than once, I'm sure. It is merely a choice that is least worse ( was that good grammar? ). You have to follow a panic tier. First, you panic about the immediate threat. Then, when that is neutralized you can move on to the next probable event. The Dark Ages are coming. Anyone that thinks six billion people can live on organic produce and windmill power has his head so far up his ass he had to dislocate his shoulders. The only thing keeping over five billion of them alive is petroleum and genetically modified seed. There is no happy ending until after die-off.
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However. There is a slight problem. You have to survive the economic collapse first. Before you can survive the Post Oil Dark Ages. Having enough land and natural ( non-irrigated ) water for self sufficiency is what will keep you alive after PODA. But the economic collapse will take that away from you. That was kind of the point about yesterday's article. You can't honestly believe that the banks are going to allow millions of people to get out of debt by paying with devalued dollars? More likely than not, you will lose your job and then your mortgaged property. Not even civil servants are immune. I already talked about cops being replaced by security guards. Several weeks after that article the news had a piece on Oakland, California subcontracting out certain areas to a private security firm. It's not like I can clearly see the future. If that was the case I'd have already made millions in the stock market and retired to a fortified bunker with gold bars, HK's and a harem ( more than one mate is more to keep them occupied with each other and out of my hair than to have multiple partners which I don't really desire ). But the general direction is easy to see. Civil servants with their retirement and health benefits are the largest drain on shrinking budgets. Especially since retirement funds were invested in toxic real estate. It is a slam dunk to figure out they are an endangered species.
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The ideal retreat supports a multi-generational family's survival. I have no quarrel with the ideal of an Idaho retreat in a lush area with adequate rainfall and isolated from the Golden Hoard. My point is that the ideal is not possible without debt. And debt is dangerous because the system will survive long enough to see you laid off and without the means to pay off your perfect place. If Yellowstone blows, China detonates a continent wide EMP, if an asteroid hits off the east coast or if a 90% mortality flu occurs then you can enjoy your perfect retreat or your country farm without having to worry about a sheriffs auction. Otherwise, if the economy continues to contract you have to worry. The most realistic threat that is already happening is an economic melt down. Yes, PODA will kill off most of us. But that is a distant threat. The immediate threat is that the decline in global oil means that this depression is perpetual and will never end. And that means you will lose your livelihood. And then your property. Junk land is not about the best place to live. It is about the best place to be when you are unemployed. It is about staying out of debt. Which is why I endorse jingle mail. You don't need a good credit rating for PODA.
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I do not endorse junk land too far away from water. Or more than a realistic distance from some kind of town. I only think an RV is a good idea if you are really poor and need a turn key shelter. Otherwise, an adobe or earth berm or waddle ( I think that is the correct name- the thick mud mix with straw covered by plaster for waterproofing ) structure is far better when you need to rely on no outside heat source other than solar. If cannibals are running around the woods, it might be better if you didn't have to go out for firewood. I'm not presenting the best place to live as much as I am pointing to the most realistic solution for most of us. We are poor, and we don't have too much time to get ready. That is the reasoning behind all of my recommendations. The wheat berries because you can't afford that many calories in any other form. The bolt actions because it is the most "bang" for the buck. Junk land because you can scrounge up $500 on any budget and then never have to worry about rent again. These are not perfect solutions, they are realistic solutions. I can't recommend in good conscience any other solution. You don't have the luxury of time. Before, I went on the assumption you would never have enough money. Now, it is that plus a shortage of time.
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