For the past six months I’ve been writing about the clear uptick in civil war rhetoric within the establishment media in the US, and we all know that the coming presidential election is the reason for it. The bottom line is that no matter who ends up in the White House in 2025 there will be mass violence, but most of this violence will be reserved for the possibility of Donald Trump’s return.
As we have seen in Europe (mainly France), any perceived shift towards conservative influence in government will undoubtedly result in riots from the political left. The media has so infected the minds of progressives that they truly believe conservatives intend to “end democracy” and launch an era of fascism. So, in their view, all violence against conservatives (and even moderates) is justified.
Of course, their aggression and hysteria is only inspiring conservatives to respond with aggression in kind. This is where the potential for civil conflict arises. One side says only they are exalted enough to be allowed to dictate policy and law and that side’s ideology embraces moral relativism, so you can see where this thing is headed. People are eventually going to fight back; they have no choice.
In the meantime, I suspect the rioting and looting America dealt with in 2020 will be a cakewalk in comparison to what we will see going into November 2024 and beyond. Leftists claim they are “protecting democracy” but you will see very quickly that as soon as democracy doesn’t go their way they will abandon it in a heartbeat and try to win using other methods.
This means potential supply chain disruptions in major cities as well as no-go areas in many retail districts. Sure, you might be able to get into a neighborhood to shop, but will you be able to leave? And, will those suppliers even have any goods on hand? Or, will the stores be turned into empty husks?
One rising trend that should have all business owners and preppers on alert is the use of social media apps to coordinate seemingly spontaneous looting events. These events can be organized within hours, encouraging some of the worst people to congregate and strike a business block without ever meeting each other before. What I worry about is that these methods will expand beyond chain stores and local government buildings.
Travel routes will come under threat, freight could be targeted, and we may even see looters and rioters move into residential areas further away from the city center. Supply chain issues will surely arise. At the very least there will be concerns among freight drivers that they are taking a risk carrying truckloads of valuable resources into places where they could be surrounded by an angry mob and hijacked (or worse).
Large scale crime in general is bad for the economy. As we’ve witnessed in cities like Chicago and San Francisco, unchecked crime forces companies to move out of a region and leave those places barren. They call it a “food desert” where tens of thousands of people have no access to groceries or retail goods without traveling much further than usual. Looting and rioting are an accelerated version of this scenario. Once stores are looted or burned, they may never try to rebuild.
Necessities like long-term food storage are an obvious solution. Even those that don’t believe a substantial crisis will happen cannot deny that there have been many incidents in the past few years where people’s resource access was unexpectedly disrupted. If you were living in the wrong place at the wrong time in 2020, you might have had protests and riots in your neighborhood that stopped you from leaving home or that destroyed nearby businesses.
What I am describing, though, is a much larger number of incidents with a longer duration than 2020. I’m talking about prolonged civil unrest and I predict this will become the norm going into next year.
Don’t count on the government to provide sufficient aid. Don’t count on FEMA rations or a national guard response that does anything other than exacerbate the problem. Don’t rely on outside help – You’ll regret it.
Instead, put together a three week, three month, and one year survival plan. Start small and work your way up and make sure you have at least some family or friends onboard. There are different levels of civil unrest. Sometimes it starts as a less malicious redress of grievances, but often it becomes a vehicle for random destruction. The best way to counter indiscriminate violence is with directed and focused self defense, along with the proper supplies to keep you going until things calm down.
Also, don’t think just because you live in the suburbs or a rural town that these threats don’t concern you. In Argentina during their economic collapse in 2001, gangs of looters stalked rural areas with impunity while cities ground to a standstill. In the US we have similar circumstances in which economically and politically motivated bad actors could be inspired to sabotage normal services in the face of limited law enforcement opposition.
Organize accordingly and keep your own supplies ready. There are plenty of people out there that think they are owed something. They think they are owed a political win, or social power, or maybe they just think they’re owed access to other people’s stuff. Right now, the US is a powderkeg waiting to go off and a grotesque sense of entitlement is the fuse.
Five Things New “Preppers” Forget When Getting Ready for Bad Times Ahead
The preparedness community is growing faster than it has in decades. Even during peak times such as Y2K, the economic downturn of 2008, and Covid, the vast majority of Americans made sure they had plenty of toilet paper but didn’t really stockpile anything else.
Things have changed. There’s a growing anxiety in this presidential election year that has prompted more Americans to get prepared for crazy events in the future. Some of it is being driven by fearmongers, but there are valid concerns with the economy, food supply, pharmaceuticals, the energy grid, and mass rioting that have pushed average Americans into “prepper” mode.
There are degrees of preparedness. One does not have to be a full-blown “doomsday prepper” living off-grid in a secure Montana bunker in order to be ahead of the curve. In many ways, preparedness isn’t about being able to perfectly handle every conceivable situation. It’s about being less dependent on government for as long as possible. Those who have proper “preps” will not be waiting for FEMA to distribute emergency supplies to the desperate masses.
Below are five things people new to preparedness (and sometimes even those with experience) often forget as they get ready. All five are common sense notions that do not rely on doomsday in order to be useful. It may be nice to own a tank during the apocalypse but there’s not much you can do with it until things get really crazy. The recommendations below can have places in the lives of average Americans whether doomsday comes or not.
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Secured Wealth
Whether in the bank or held in a retirement account, most Americans feel that their life’s savings is relatively secure. At least they did until the last couple of years when de-banking, geopolitical turmoil, and the threat of Central Bank Digital Currencies reared their ugly heads.
It behooves Americans to diversify their holdings. If there’s a triggering event or series of events that cripple the financial systems or devalue the U.S. Dollar, wealth can evaporate quickly. To hedge against potential turmoil, many Americans are looking in two directions: Crypto and physical precious metals.
There are huge advantages to cryptocurrencies, but there are also inherent risks because “virtual” money can become challenging to spend. Add in the push by central banks and governments to regulate or even replace cryptocurrencies with their own versions they control and the risks amplify. There’s nothing wrong with cryptocurrencies today but things can change rapidly.
As for physical precious metals, many Americans pay cash to keep plenty on hand in their safe. Rolling over or transferring retirement accounts into self-directed IRAs is also a popular option, but there are caveats. It can often take weeks or even months to get the gold and silver shipped if the owner chooses to close their account. This is why Genesis Gold Group stands out. Their relationship with the depositories allows for rapid closure and shipping, often in less than 10 days from the time the account holder makes their move. This can come in handy if things appear to be heading south.
Lots of Potable Water
One of the biggest shocks that hit new preppers is understanding how much potable water they need in order to survive. Experts claim one gallon of water per person per day is necessary. Even the most conservative estimates put it at over half-a-gallon. That means that for a family of four, they’ll need around 120 gallons of water to survive for a month if the taps turn off and the stores empty out.
Being near a fresh water source, whether it’s a river, lake, or well, is a best practice among experienced preppers. It’s necessary to have a water filter as well, even if the taps are still working. Many refuse to drink tap water even when there is no emergency. Berkey was our previous favorite but they’re under attack from regulators so the Alexapure systems are solid replacements.
For those in the city or away from fresh water sources, storage is the best option. This can be challenging because proper water storage containers take up a lot of room and are difficult to move if the need arises. For “bug in” situations, having a larger container that stores hundreds or even thousands of gallons is better than stacking 1-5 gallon containers. Unfortunately, they won’t be easily transportable and they can cost a lot to install.
Water is critical. If chaos erupts and water infrastructure is compromised, having a large backup supply can be lifesaving.
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies
There are multiple threats specific to the medical supply chain. With Chinese and Indian imports accounting for over 90% of pharmaceutical ingredients in the United States, deteriorating relations could make it impossible to get the medicines and antibiotics many of us need.
Stocking up many prescription medications can be hard. Doctors generally do not like to prescribe large batches of drugs even if they are shelf-stable for extended periods of time. It is a best practice to ask your doctor if they can prescribe a larger amount. Today, some are sympathetic to concerns about pharmacies running out or becoming inaccessible. Tell them your concerns. It’s worth a shot. The worst they can do is say no.
If your doctor is unwilling to help you stock up on medicines, then Jase Medical is a good alternative. Through telehealth, they can prescribe daily meds or antibiotics that are shipped to your door. As proponents of medical freedom, they empathize with those who want to have enough medical supplies on hand in case things go wrong.
Energy Sources
The vast majority of Americans are locked into the grid. This has proven to be a massive liability when the grid goes down. Unfortunately, there are no inexpensive remedies.
Those living off-grid had to either spend a lot of money or effort (or both) to get their alternative energy sources like solar set up. For those who do not want to go so far, it’s still a best practice to have backup power sources. Diesel generators and portable solar panels are the two most popular, and while they’re not inexpensive they are not out of reach of most Americans who are concerned about being without power for extended periods of time.
Natural gas is another necessity for many, but that’s far more challenging to replace. Having alternatives for heating and cooking that can be powered if gas and electric grids go down is important. Have a backup for items that require power such as manual can openers. If you’re stuck eating canned foods for a while and all you have is an electric opener, you’ll have problems.
Don’t Forget the Protein
When most think about “prepping,” they think about their food supply. More Americans are turning to gardening and homesteading as ways to produce their own food. Others are working with local farmers and ranchers to purchase directly from the sources. This is a good idea whether doomsday comes or not, but it’s particularly important if the food supply chain is broken.
Most grocery stores have about one to two weeks worth of food, as do most American households. Grocers rely heavily on truckers to receive their ongoing shipments. In a crisis, the current process can fail. It behooves Americans for multiple reasons to localize their food purchases as much as possible.
Long-term storage is another popular option. Canned foods, MREs, and freeze dried meals are selling out quickly even as prices rise. But one component that is conspicuously absent in shelf-stable food is high-quality protein. Most survival food companies offer low quality “protein buckets” or cans of meat, but they are often barely edible.
Prepper All-Naturals offers premium cuts of steak that have been cooked sous vide and freeze dried to give them a 25-year shelf life. They offer Ribeye, NY Strip, and Tenderloin among others.
Having buckets of beans and rice is a good start, but keeping a solid supply of high-quality protein isn’t just healthier. It can help a family maintain normalcy through crises.
Prepare Without Fear
With all the challenges we face as Americans today, it can be emotionally draining. Citizens are scared and there’s nothing irrational about their concerns. Being prepared and making lifestyle changes to secure necessities can go a long way toward overcoming the fears that plague us. We should hope and pray for the best but prepare for the worst. And if the worst does come, then knowing we did what we could to be ready for it will help us face those challenges with confidence.
Conservatives who got the nation into this mess by their apathy and complicity with the democrat agenda aren’t going to do crap. They are all talk. The nation is finished and the progressives have won.
I am searching for a reason to disagree but, unfortunately, there is none. Progressives have played the long game beginning back at the turn of the century; primarily the Wilson admin. CINOs (Conservatives in name only) excoriated those who wanted to fight back, “We don’t stoop to their level” was their mantra.
Now, I fear the numbers of those of us eager and willing to fight back, re-take, and re-establish this country onto its founding principles, are too few.
My only solace is knowing that I got to live in and enjoy this country when it was true America. There will be those who know exactly what I mean, and the rest are those who will never know.
Female voting is the #1 cause. Cuckservative men crave female domination. Women vote for socialism.
That’s why American women have over a hundred rights that men don’t have and men have no rights that women don’t have. IRREFUTABLE FACT
Women NEVER had any social responsibility required or imposed on them for their voting power and pursuit of domination/exploitation of men; all benefits, no cost. Men pay for it all.
Feminism: the authority of a man, the privileges of a woman and the responsibilities of a child.
It’s always the 3% that get involved. The 97% wait to join the winning side.
Just like you filing your 5th Amendment violating self incriminating tax returns to your masters at It’s Really Slavery EVERY YEAR.
Sure, you talk a good game, but you’re just as feckless and apathetic as the worst of the cuckservatives. Subsidizing your own demise out of fear of the bogey man. 😂
Amen to that, you are correct, as apathy and stupidity over 90 percent of adults. Less than three percent have their heads on straight using logical thinking skills. (Majority don’t even know details about the W.H.O. and W.E.F. agenda 2030 incl green agendas taking us back to 1700″s lifestyle.) I have ditched people out of my life since they fell for the Covid hype and took shots. How can these dimwits be trusted now? They can’t because they trust gov. yet claim to be conservatives. Internment camps have been build for dissidents after UN is activated. Search: Jesse Ventura police state FEMA camps pt 1,2, 3 on you tube. Even if Trump get’s in he will be a gatekeeper puppet president as they all have since W. Wilson onward. People need to exit 501c3 churches (social centers and businesses) as they are state registered churches and will be used to escord members into FEMA camps saying they will be fed and housed when riots and crime is outa control. HOme church or meet w/ small groups in private (do not run local ads for meetings) stick w/ likeminded. Laura Ann
Look up John Fenn on Church Without Walls International, he has had the home church organization set up for years now under the direction of God himself! CWOWI.org
In the 1950’s grandparents, aunt and uncle were doing home church. Since computers and online study materials and Bible study, more are doing home church. Group meetings may be hard to find or may have different doctrinal teachings than we agree with.
Don’t be silly Dougie boy. Some of us here in South Georgia have been prepping for YEARS. I’ve got enough food for 2 years. I’m retired DoD and retired military.
I’m ready for anything. I carry daily and sleep with a Daniel Defense.
HAHAHA PEDO SUPPORTERS WHO WORSHIP OBIDENBUMMERHO LOVE BLM ANTIFA AND FREKITS HAVE FKED AMERICA–WTSHTF- WE EXTERM THE RATS …FOR GOOD-YA PEDOCRAT WHO MOLEST KIDS
Oh, so you went out and took down the criminals with your weapon or choice, I am assuming then. But seeing as how you are a died-in-the-wool socialist DemonRat, I shouldn’t expect anything different out of you, because you idiots have been the actual ones who have created this total debacle. Maybe it is time to get your head out of your rear end and wake the hell up and face reality.
Don’t count on it, the only thing that liberals have going for themselves at the moment is rule of law.
If those less than intelligent individuals decide to strike conservative bastions like the southeast, I’m real sure that the entire liberal moment would go underground for fear of being hunted and eliminated.
You blame Conservatives for not stopping treason. Eat Shit. Every oath taker in the nation is a fraud and traitor.
Cops, Courts, Politicians and Military have proven to be the citizen’s greatest threat. ALL LIARS.
Pro Americans tried to warn you fucks but you tards kept supporting the globalist agenda and none of you want accountability in government.
This is my first hand experience. Daughter was “caught” speeding the name of the radar is Stalker. Our paid for employees are the worst puppets of all.
Still the majority of the populace sides with dONt do ANynThIng wRonG, you don’t have anything to worry about. Article 1 section 12 disagrees but we’ve let revenue whore STATES agents/agencies rule over peaceful men and women. Always has been an intentional divide between employee/employer. Time to get our moneys worth or fire these interlopers 😉 hear, hear!!
I think people write off the conservatives who mind their own business. I don’t think those types are going to bend over and let people take anything. The conservatives who are on here blasting their “peers” are the clowns who won’t do anything but comment as things heat up and burst into flames. But they don’t matter anyways, just more noise from the clown show.
This isn’t our first rodeo. We’ve had civil unrest before. Any of us old enough to remember the 1960s and the anti American/anti Vietnam war protests and the civil rights riots already knows what civil unrest is.
This will be far worse since law and order in large cities has already closed businesses incl grocery and drug stores, and police ignore crime. Texas shooter is good example: the police stood down ignored the gunman killing kids and teachers.
This is why law enforcement needed to go away, and cops needed to be killed to make sure they knew it was real. You can’t have Hell on Earth without mob rule. The Founders hated mobs more than they did King George III.
So many people equate today’s political environment with the US Civil War. Actually, today’s events more closely align with the American Revolution. In the latter half of the 18th century, a slight majority of the colonists were loyal to the British Crown. Breaking from the Crown was not limited by geography, but more along class and age differences.
The cycle is a downward spiral. There is no way to prepare for what is coming in the final analysis. You can prepare well enough to make it a while if nobody kills you or steals what you have. Even the wealthiest Elon Musk types with endless wealth and deep underground government facilities will not survive in the end. Yes, it is wise to be self sufficient for the first few cycles of riots, government shutdowns and shortages. But in the end, if you plan to stay on this earth, you are very unlikely to survive in the long run. The super wealthy and the government officials who think they’ve got it all figured out are clueless. They are going to be so miserable that they will cry out for the rocks to fall on them. Many will seek death and not be able to find it.
I agree! What will the end be ? The answer is in the Bible. Ignore it at your own peril
What is there to say?
If you won’t protect your own children then what good are you? Most who are eligible don’t even bother to vote much less volunteer to insure the count is accurate.
I love the excuse the cowards always give. I have a job to go to so I can’t hold up a sign.
How’s that working out for you now that so many of you are now un-employed? On a daily basis our young women are now being attacked by roving mobs of illegals. In less than 10 years the white race will be a minority. In just a few weeks the riots will begin. These will be much larger, more dangerous, and designed to stop all trucks from supplying local stores. As the election nears they will target suburbs, rural areas, and voting precincts. Your faith In police and other government entities will go right out the window as they will be used to eliminate those who stand and defend their homes and businesses. I strongly urge you to begin buying up all the supplies you can. These riots are not going to be one and done affairs but will last months. You will see the millions of newly arrived illegals forming their own armies to sweep in like locusts to clean out whole neighborhoods. Imagine The Walking Dead but with live, crazed, criminals. Those of you who have no prepping done will last at best about a week to ten days.
The Democrats are completely in charge and will never relinquish their power.
You have figured that out, right?
Calling them democrats lets one play along to pretend theres a difference between the uniparty R’s and the uniparty D’s, there is ZERO difference except which facet of their agenda 2030 they work on when in office. They’re all COMMUNISTS. The whole FED GOV needs to be held accountable, all the taxes they took need to be given back to every American who paid them over their lifetime.
I’m with the “Eat Shit” comment above. No Accountability means No deference or Obedience is required. Fuck the clown authorities running amok intentionally and their peers who refuse to take them to Account. The whole lot should be tried for TREASON and HUNG publicly.
Well…democracy is MOB RULE where 51% tells the 49% how to live. The USA is supposed to be a REPUBLIC that protects individuals from the MOB.
The clowns trying to sell beef or gold during this engineered show are as much f*ckwits as any willfully unaccountable authority seated in their position doing the opposite of the duties that position is supposed to uphold.