What Will You Do When The System Collapses?

they are afraid,you can see it on the stock exchange (dow jones)

 

You do realize that we had credit crisis before? The last one actually did more damage then the current one is doing.

This would be nearly impossible. Shutting all the DNS servers down maybe, but we could still use direct IP addressing for communication.

 

I'm gonna hunker down and be glad I've been stocking up on things and have been working torwards self-sufficient living for the last two decades. Financial system collapse is one of the many scenarios that can deny us of the supply chains that most of us rely on for subsistance. Alaskan had an interesting thread about emergency preparedness going in the Future forum. I think a few of us were likened to gun toting Rambo freaks ready to take on the US government, but in truth when things really hit the fan not many of us can hide out own our acreage with enough food, supplies and water for very long without money and the financial network intact.

And Gravity I don't think that the WWW would really be that difficult for the US government to shut down. Shutting down several dozen or so Tier 1 routing hubs in the US could effectively render the net useless.

 

As un hippie as it may sound....this is the reason I stand behind my belief in possessing fire arms ...call it paranoia or whatever...but I will protect what is mine and those associated with me ...and use whatever it takes to survive....that is the nature of the beast...and when the beast comes a knockin'...I have my own teeth to sink into it's ass...if that is what it takes.......the pacifistic ways will only get you locked away in some holding camp to be consummed by those that claim to be protecting you....yeah right...just look at the patriot act...in the name of our protection...bullshit....any body that believes that ...might as well go ahead and turn yourself in to the government

events such as Kent State and the likes of those affairs...will be like pre-school...when the machine starts it's march through the country...and sad as it may seem....flower power ain't going to mean shit...except being killed or detained...fire power in the name of self preservation will be the answer
I am sure I will be attacked for my views on this matter....but facts is facts

 

Self-substaining communities will be the 'target' from
all sides
Only direction I can fore see in future is more educating how to proceed to live alternatively
away from this corporate-military-governement
system
That in itself at this time, an in near future is kinda risky unless more information gets out there
Anyone objecting to obeying certain laws, now look
suspecious and are targeted as possible terrorist against the government
So.....back to 'mud-sink-hole' .....how to get out .....without sinking further

 

guns never solve a problem

 

I think this is just scare mongering, are ou trying to create mass panic? People have their everyday lives to think about, children to raise, jobs to go to, without worrying unneccesarily about this kind of stuff. It's a case of crossing that bridge if and when you get to it.

 

I would live evryday life but more freely.

 

The best insurance for looming disaster is to treat the people around you with kindness and patience. That way if something happens you'll have people that will be there for you and if nothing happens, well then you'll have people that will be there for you.

 

I think that you raise a very good point, even though I don't think that such a doomsday scenario is as imminent as you propose.

Shit will eventually hit the fan. I don't think that it's going to be as soon as this year. There would have been more signs. It's hard to believe that everyone other than some conspiracy theorists and a couple of hippies is just so oblivious to this. It would be fascinating if some experienced economists would actually make a study on this.

Anyhow, point being... one must be prepared for anything; the collapse of the system, or even getting stuck in the forest alone for a week. Humans lack all the basic survival skills. I myself have been sharpening up on outdoor skills just for the sake of knowing them. It's sad that they don't teach us these skills in our schools, making us even more dependent on the system. It's a sad America... the older you get, the more dependent you are... no matter how many illusions of freedom you have.

 

IF I'm still physically able, my wife and I are going north, into the woods. And OFF the grid.

 

Its a lonely world... I mean we used to have close neighbours - not good friends but friends plus he was like our dentist... Now i guess we're not young, well as young, so with our new neighbours being like in primary school and me in Yr 10 (grade 10?) we dont have anything in common so we have the pleasentries but not much else...

I think i would be heavily dependant on my parents if that happened.

What is an internet war?

 

I'm tempted to say the you remind me of Chicken Litte and (The sky is falling). There is something to what you say about the overwhelming credit and dept that is owed by consumers as well as financial institutions, but the really big money that runs virtually everything has too much control to let things totally get out of hand. I think the worst we would see is a drastic stock market plunge and a prolonged recession.

That being said... as an ex-marine, I'm afirm believer in keeping some weapons in the house. I am also a diehard democrat and hate the republicans and the NRA.

 

Things must get worse in order to get better in this case. I do have a shred of faith in american humanity - that we will overcome by banding together and reshaping ourselves.