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TRIBELESS 2

Yesterday we discussed how realistically few of us would ever actually join a tribe.  Even though tribalism is the only realistic successor to the nation state, right now few can join unless it is a criminal gang or a fundamentalist religion.  You can say you’ve joined a tribe, you and a few survivalist buddies, but I’d wager you and they are strictly individuals joining together for support, and no where near a tribe ( since in true tribes everyone must pledge fealty to the group and most of us are far too individualistic [ which while we celebrate the condition we forget that leaves us unsupported against the State ]). 

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So, rather than fight our life long conditioning and get you all pumped up to Go Tribal ( since it might be both unrealistic and dangerous at this point-the nation doesn’t like being dismissed and ignored, and will do something you won’t like to get your attention ), let’s just take a breath and explore the benefits of being tribeless.  I would wager a LOT of survivalists are introverts.  When you are an extrovert, you thrive and require group activity.  An introvert only gets as much social interaction as is minimally required ( obviously, this is a sliding scale with few being all the way either one.  Mostly, you are more of one than the other but not 100% of one ).

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Seeking out a group means winning and keeping their approval, and you are by nature more apt to Group Think because of just this.  Survivalist ( not pretty pony preppers ) by their nature must go AGAINST consensus because that is the only natural way to survive, after you’ve done the relatively simple math ( more population with less resources equal, what? ).  You know you need to flee people, not race towards them with open arms ( I’d wager those able to go rural are the introverted while those seeking reasons to stay urban are more extroverted.  Just think about it.  It isn’t a criticism, but an explanation.  You fear leaving people-it is in your nature ).

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And introverts are probably the last ones to WANT to join a tribe.  There is strength in unity, but there is also the need to socialize with other people, and that SUCKS, yo! ( the closer to the collapse we come, the more I find myself wanting to limit interaction with others, and more I stay away from folks the more relieved I am that I can stop putting so much effort into pretending I care about other people-now that I’m getting a taste of isolation I’m liking it more and more ).  We only socialize because we are forced to.  Given our “druthers”, our circle of people allowed into our bubbles would be far below tribal levels.

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The excuse always given about why we should Tribe Up is something along the lines of “you have to sleep sometime”, or “no man is an island” or “you can’t do it all yourself”.  And while that may be true on its face, a bit of digging reveals it to be the mad lunatic barking of an extrovert justifying his pathological need to have other people around him.  You know what I say about optimists and pessimists.  They will, with unshakeable religious fervor, always find the facts to support their philosophy.  The same with introverts and extroverts.  They will pick and choose the facts to support their respective illnesses ( neither is good or bad but both are illogical ).

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But let me ask you this.  Our society, as a whole, what would you think it is?  And extrovert or an introvert?  Sure, most of the population lives in urban cores, so you could say we crave interacting with our fellows, but do we really?  We live close together but know very few of them.  I only know my neighbors enough to know I want nothing to do with them.  Society as a whole is a bit introverted.  Our infrastructure is build to isolate us from one another.

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Automobiles, the suburbs, working in isolation, TV watching over going to the movies, eating in our cars instead of a restaurant, Internet instead of Meatspace.  Yes, the extroverts put more attention into friends and social activities, but as a whole we are isolated from one another.  And since our culture and infrastructure is already set up this way, how hard is it to drop out of society as much as possible and stay isolated and more importantly, NEED far fewer people to survive? 

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The answer is it is almost impossible to form a tribe and simplicity itself to Go Hermit.  The only consideration is minimizing the density of people ( also being urban hermits ) around you.  Since culturally we have isolated ourselves, it is easy to find all the resources we need to replace people.  I’m not saying this is a great idea long term, but for now it will allow us to avoid a tribe.  Because while a tribe is a great tool for survival, post-carbon fuels, before and during a die-off and shortly after tribes can be counterproductive. 

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In a nutshell, members of the Free Stuff Army want you to be communal with your stuff, and only YOU worked hard for Your Stuff.  So screw them!  If you, AND they, had always equally shared, that would be one thing.  But they didn’t.  They are parasitical.  Forming a tribe now is all obligation and no reward for you, because they won’t strive to protect you even after you’ve fed them and given them weapons.  They got what they wanted from you and will just let you die afterwards.  So why start a tribe?  A small group of like minded family and friends, that is one thing ( we can’t go Full Hermit, only Partial ).  But screw being part of a larger group, a tribe.

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I promised we’d explore HOW to go tribeless and instead I babbled on.  Tomorrow, this subject gets wrapped up so I’ll have to deliver then.  I’ll tell you this much-you’ll probably enjoy it immensely, as I admit machinery and internal combustion engines and other robots are a great way to substitute Oil Age Tools for other people.  But I’m also partial to rental rather than ownership, to keep things frugal.  Well, a combination of initial rental followed up by manual tool completion. 

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