The smug-to-the-point-of-self-blinded idiocy of the dissident "right" was on display in spades last week, with respect to the global computer shut-down.
We, especially in The West, live in the most interconnected and outsourced society the world has ever known By Far.
What happens to The System therefore happens to everyone - sooner or not-very-much later.
The notion that individuals or small groups can separate themselves from any general collapse is risible.
Therefore; the fact that someone, or some company or institution, was able to avoid direct harm when the world computer system shut down for several hours is irrelevant.
What is on view here is that the ideal of "prepping" is no more significant than any other form of self-psychotherapy.
It may make you feel safe and smug and superior for a few hours or days; but that is its only significance.
My preparations are not to shield my family from a full-blown social/economic collapse or similar "apocalyptic" scenario.
ReplyDeleteRather, they are a hedge against the (so far, "managed" via Ahrimanic evil) steady erosion of our quality of life in Canada. Part of it has little to do with man-made evil -- we get quite severe hurricanes here and can lose electrical power and communications for up to two weeks at a time. For this reason I have some provisions, as well as a sizable generator and sufficient fuel to last for several weeks.
Our roads are allows to disintegrate roughly in proportion to the metastasizing presence of hideous windmills across the countryside. Some months ago I struck a hole on the freeway in my Mazda and ruined the tire and wheel -- and barely avoided a serious wreck. Our roadways have always been of good quality and well-maintained until the WEF puppet Trudeau and his cabal took power nearly a decade ago. My "prepping" for this scenario will take the form of a new vehicle (a Toyota SUV with "off-road" equipment) that is much safer in these neo-Third World conditions.
Canada is infamous because the government acts as the supplier of opioids to the massive "unhoused" population. As in much of the US, police are ordered to not interfere with the burgeoning "tent cities" and slums. This leads to the novel presence of some truly dangerous people in our midst. Unlike our American cousins, Canadians do not make a huge fuss over firearms. However where I live most people quietly own one and would use it in dire straits. Even in ultra-urbanized Toronto, I've overheard left-wing white-collar professionals express an interest in acquiring a handgun (carjackings and home invasions have skyrocketed in that once peaceful city).
I mention all of this so as to distinguish between the "end of the world" preppers, about whom I very much agree with Dr. Charlton, and those who do some preparation for the engineered slow collapse we're actually in right now. Maybe "adapters" is a better term for people like me who are stuck in slowly collapsing godless nations like Canada.
True, if the ruling powers want you dead, you will die, but:
ReplyDeleteThey can't take your soul unless you let them. That is a true invincible fortress, and isolated island. They can torment and kill you, but they can only corrupt those who mentally surrender.