I know, you've been waiting for more
from me about the proverbial substance hitting the oscillating
mechanism. But don't you worry, friend(s)! The wait is over!
What lies in store for this nation is a
shit-show of epic proportions.
Yes!
As is my wont, I've mulled of late the
numerous expostulations made by those in the preparations community,
as well as contemplated my own assumptions about the road ahead. I
have tried to square them with what I know about reality, history,
and human nature. And that is what led me to pick up the book Contact
by Max Velocity.
Contact is a book that goes over what a
civilian needs to know about security for life after 'the event.' It
is a 500+ page distillation and rumination of his personal experience
and training in Special Forces and the mindset and approach that will
be necessary to survive in a WROL scenario.
Like Max, mad or not, I have come to
the conclusion that:
A.) There will be an event (or more
than one) that causes a systemic breakdown of our way of life, leading
to lawlessness, chaos, anarchy, death, and potentially tyranny. For
those that want to think that this is strictly the realm of fantasy
or that things would not be that bad, I would respectfully ask you
to:
a.) Look elsewhere at what is happening
in the world;
b.) Read your Bible;
b.) Read your Bible;
c.) Study History;
d.) Consider the many threats facing this nation
d.) Consider the many threats facing this nation
e) Ask yourself, “What makes us so
special?”
As an historian, the answers I found
for myself are painfully obvious and disturbing. The shit is coming.
We are in it now. As things pick up, it will hit all of us. It's now
up to us how we are going to be when it all goes down. Perhaps the
world will not end, but be assured, ours will!
Haha! Depressed yet? Don't be. The
endgame is summed up well in Max's book.
Survive the opening series of events by
staying out of the chaos and keeping a low profile as much as
possible. Eventually, in the new normal, it will be necessary to
maintain security. And it will also be necessary for a community to
provide food for itself, especially as reserves elsewhere run thin.
So you see, survivability, post-event,
will depend on one's community's ability to do both and do each well.
You can't be isolated forever, which is one of the main things that need to be seriously contemplated. At some point, you will make contact
with the bad guys and you need to know how to respond before things
go down.
And at this stage of the game, I agree
with this above conclusion. I also like Max's no-nonsense approach to
security and what you need to know. Much of the book are posts from
his blog re-organized to make sense of or extrapolate on the first
edition. I don't mind. It's good to have everything in one hand and
go from there. His book is essential reading regarding tactics. His
blog is solid as wel, IMO.
No secret squirrel BS. Just proven
techniques and reflections to keep one alive.
So what I am getting at is this: while
we continue to pay our mortgages and do the normal every day life
thing, we should also be realistically thinking about how we will actually be after
normalcy takes a snooze and goes into hibernation. If you are honest,
I believe, you will realize that security and learning how to provide
food for yourself will be of the utmost importance. I think Max's book will
be of sound assistance, or at least offer some excellent clarification and
reflection about that which one may already know.
For my part, I've talked a lot about
this shit over the past several years. There will be no more
discussion of this on this blog. None. You all know what I think, I think. I
am now seriously telling everyone who might believe in
self-preservation what they should do and how bad I think it will actually be.
Talk is cheap, however. What counts is
action.
Take each for what they are worth.
Over & Out,
--Nick-Dog