the approaching financial storm is sobering-considering the cascading implications. it makes a person wonder how exactly it will play out- and none of the concepts are good. i don't care which side of the aisle a person sits on or what their convictions are- just as soon as somebody comes for something they have only legal 'rights' or only some sort of moral claim to, it's gonna get nasty fast.
it's quietened down quite a bit in the last couple years, but there was a time when reasonable and respectable people were 'preppers'- prepping for what was up for grabs, but.... some sense of impending doom seemed to be driving it. there are persisting tales still about ultra-rich having plans and elaborate facilities and not all of it is BS.... i guess some of that could be pawned off as boredom or too much money not enough mental engagement (or like my grandmother used to say 'idle hands.....')... the entire concept of it all creates a funky tickle and thought process "what do these people know i don't?"...
but all that aside...... ^it's just feeding my paranoia and propensity to flirt with conspiracies......
it is good to know how to live without convenience's we have. grow/raise food- have an established barter/logistical system where you play a role and enjoy a benefit.. if for nothing else, just for the self-reliance aspect. it's good to have a strong community nearby to pitch in and help, and that you can help... sorta, like...... way back when.
and that is what i'm getting at... the more we rely on central structure (including monetary) the more we make ourselves vulnerable to it's whims and those in a position to exploit it. being self-sufficient is hard- a full time+ job, but people are healthier, happier, and not nearly bound by the things that are tearing us up. this technology thing and the route we're taking is going to doom us if it hasn't already. i mean, we rely on grain grown half the country away instead of down the road, cattle same... transporting it in, and an actually pretty fragile logistical system reliant on a handful of companies/entities to make it work... and why? convenience that is killing us in the form of obesity and an entire army of middlemen who manipulate wares to get precisely (if they're worth a damn) what we're willing to pay and not a dime more or a nickel less? or.. working as middlemen in some organization to the point we lose all our time with family to pay for the conveniences? (which is just another form of discovering the precise amount we're willing to settle for to have that convenience)...
apologies.... end rant... this condition is fascinating, though.. we've done it to ourselves. short of another real war, there is no way it will correct itself, and the implications of that is harsh on this country no matter how it goes.