survivalists and fear

SURVIVALISTS AND FEAR
Fear is good, paranoia is justified. We are going to end up in the stewpot, just hopefully after everyone else. Otherwise, buying Israeli surplus gas masks instead of going out to eat at the pizza buffet would be a waste. And by the way, I took #4 out to eat at the Last Honest Pizza buffet for her birthday and they pretty much sucked. Very doughy. Plus, they waited until the end rush to put out the good stuff on the salad bar like tomatoes and broccoli which really upset herself, hence upping the color threat level to red for me as I then had to tiptoe around for a half hour least she exploded in anger. I liked the salad bar, as I heaped on enough olives and cheese and bacon bits ( most likely little more than soy and food color with a secret ingredient to make it extra hard ) and dressing to wash down the rabbit food, but the pizza bar sucked. Only two kinds of pizza without veggies and as I said, doughy. And while I’m off subject, I watched the last post-apocalypse movie this weekend so the review book is on schedule to come out sometime this week. I keep telling you because I spent $100 renting all those damn DVD’s and need enough sales to at least pay for itself. Also, Wal-Mart.com is selling the new Stephen King hardback for a paltry $9. It looks vaguely survival orientated. Buy it, so hopefully they lose money on more sales.
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More than likely, we survivalists are overly fearful. I’m sure that a lot of us carry some level of neurosis because of our fear. So friggin what. That is the price you pay to survive the collapse of western civilization as the Oil Age ends. There is no such thing as a free lunch and the price of preparedness is fear. Now, having said that, there are some downsides. One is the appearance of racism. Whether or not you actually have an issue with skin color isn’t really my concern. I think you are stupid if you do because more likely than not pigmentation is merely an environmental adaptation. Don’t let your fear and loathing of other tribes be confused with such an aversion of others because of a superficial difference. Look, the West sees an average of a quarter of the population being Latino. I have no problem with them, as they are Catholic and family orientated and hard working ( in general ). In short, a close fit with the blue collar protestant work ethic white population ( or at least the ideal of such ). I’m generalizing to point out the tribal nature versus the color issue. But…I’m not holding my breath. In a collapse, both sides will separate and be hostile with one another even if they can live together now.
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A lot of survivalists are going to be racist, pure and simple. Although, any other skin color is apt to be the same. A lot are simply frightened of everybody. They hate and fear all, regardless of race. We can all pretend to love each other, but the simple fact is there will never be peace between the races. Because of that tribal difference. Tribes can be race segregated or economically separated, or whatever. Whites killed each other by the millions over oil sixty years ago. Blacks enslaved fellow blacks for profit three hundred years ago. People will always hate each other. Tribes are a survival mechanism. War is a survival mechanism. No, we can’t all get along. To my way of thinking, racism is a minor problem. It deflects from the main issue which is fear. Fear of the apocalypse. Fear of others.
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Whitey can live secluded his whole life, never seeing a Black in person. And he will fear. But not because of skin. Because all other tribes are dangerous. More than likely, the person that kills and eats you will be the same skin color.
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