run away!

RUN AWAY!


Before we start today, a short word about Yuppie Scum, coal and Cambodian civilization collapse. Every once in a blue moon I like meandering over to Commander Zero’s site as he almost always has something interesting to say (http://commanderzero.com/ ). As usual, he was confused why anyone would consider Yuppie Survivalism a bad thing. He attributes the bad feelings as wealth envy. I think he was responding to Creekmore’s article on Yuppie Scum Survivalists, as no one reads my drivel. Although I like to think I’m the first to start using the derogatory term ( I’m not claiming it, as this would constitute needed research on my part ). To remind those snoozing on the deck chairs of the Titanic, Yuppie refers not to income but to attitude. The inability to survive without creature comforts and the thought process that is delusional to the point you think you deserve only the best ( house, wife, job, storage food, guns, etc. ). I don’t care if you work hard to afford the best, I care that your example kills others as they think they have the luxury of time. Prepare yesterday, even if it is with Better Than Nothing supplies. I shriek uncontrollably, I throw my arm out of adjustment jabbing brutally towards the sky instructing you where to look for the falling pieces. I apply impeccable logic and draw the map carefully connecting the dots. Yet, most of you ignore my warnings by blissfully drinking the Grape Kool-Aid of Oil Age Fantasy Wish Fulfillment. Coal will not save us. All the high grade deposits in this country are pretty much gone and the only thing left is hard to extract lower BTU grade coal. The tons extracted is rising as the delivered energy contained in each ton falls ( I really wish you would watch Crash Course to get an easy lesson in exponential trends from oil depletion to money growth-if you don’t buy the DVD you can watch the course on U-Tube ). High diesel and equipment use is required to extract the coal ( just like tar sands ). Last, a brief article on the Angkor civilization crash was in the July 2009 issue of National Geographic. See if you can’t check it out of the library. A highly complex society using mass labor to control the rain input for crops declines after back to back thirty year rain disruptions.

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A loyal minion cared enough to take time from his busy schedule of ignoring me to send an article suggestion via e-mail. In Europe back in the day, it was a regular occurrence that invading troops attacked villages and then moved on to the next plump target. The villagers took to running away and staying gone for a few days. They came back to burned hovels and slaughtered livestock, but they simply rebuilt and reused their one primary asset- the farmland surrounding the village. It wasn’t necessary to build a super fortified concrete bunker complex with sniper nests and trenches and buried water tanks and all the fantasy construction of Militia Porn. They simple ran away. They came back to farm another day. You may indulge in wet dreams of blazing away at invading Harley riders with your AR-15 With Never Ending Magazine Of Studly Semi-Auto High Firepower Death Spewing Rimfire Bullets Guaranteed To Kill Any Somali After Only Four Hits, but in all reality it would be a lot smarter to let them have what they want without allowing them the recreational opportunities of torturing you slowly for days on end. Cache most of your supplies nearby but separate from your deluxe fortified compound. Just as you should leave a few visible but sacrificial firearms for the Halliburton Ninja Death Squads sent to confiscate your guns, so too should you leave a plausible number of goodies for raiders to loot. Not so much as to deny yourself life saving supplies, not so little that they know you have left some hidden.

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It might be hard to have mutual defense contracts with nearby villages, but perhaps mutual refugee agreements might be feasible. Otherwise, any shallow pit covered with a lean-to is better than nothing for waiting out for a few days. A tent, a cave, anything is preferable to torture, rape, and disembowelment and not necessarily in that order. I know we all think that we a super soldiers and are itching to kill everything. But to illustrate your naivety, compare yourself to today’s criminals in prison. They would kill your pasty white ass as soon as look at you. Without blinking an eye. All for perceived revenge or the $20 in your wallet for one crack fix. They are thinking on a whole different plane than you. It will be the same with marauders. They have a different way of looking at things, namely that you are prey. By all means, arm yourself to the teeth. But look at the weapons as a way to protect yourself during a strategic retreat. Not a way of playing Davy Crockett at the Alamo.

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There are a few details to keep in mind. Are you living in a mud hut that can be rebuilt with supplies on hand? What is the one component that you must import? The logs for the roof? Would it behoove you to have some stashed nearby, pre-cut and pre-seasoned? Do you have seeds stashed away for rapid replanting? Can you stay warm after retreating without building a fire for a few days ( the MRE’s will be gone by then. Do you have a BOB of jerky and hardtack and warm clothes )? You need to plan ahead for these needs, not just planning to run away with only the clothes on your back. But running away is the intelligent way to deal with raiders ( aside from the additional strategies of bribing the nearby government to protect you [not that you’ll have a choice] and having favorable trade agreements with nearby nomads acting as a tripwire ).
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