what not to do in 2020 collapse 3

WHAT NOT TO DO IN 2020 COLLAPSE 3

We’ve talked about why this might be the last economic collapse ( before things get real, like anarchy and civil war ).  And why you need to act like it is rather than just acting like you hope this isn’t.  So, now, what is going to happen if you do nothing.  First off, shelter.  Look at all the idiots now, setting up tents and being homeless.  I’ve made fun of tents before, pointing out they won’t slow down bears very well.  And I’ve told you to beware Hobo Rape.  Hey, these guys are pretty damn nasty-do you REALLY want their junk in the wrong place?

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And that isn’t factoring in Ebola.  Now, I don’t know if Ebola is the Next Smallpox Epidemic Of 1493.  It could be, or not.  However, even if it turns out to be a minor scare, I can tell you for sure that if it isn’t we are screwed.  Only five airports test for it, and those tests are probably laughable.  And the border?  Even if Forrest Trump gets off his orange ass and gets serious, the problem isn’t going to get fixed anytime soon.  And there are reports of Africans crossing the southern border.

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Granted, those are more akin to Alex Jones types of rumors.  Fear porn dialed to 11.  That could be BS.  But it is simply too easy to get into a Sanctuary State here, by whatever means.  Nancy Polosi never met an illegal voter she didn’t like.  And she is just a nasty wrinkled whore to the bankers ( I think I’d rather get Hobo Raped than see her naked, but a whore she is nonetheless ).  Everyone loves immigration, except those already living here.  If you think a collapse is impossible, just look at our elite.

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Anyway, I wouldn’t even be surprised if Ebola was used intentionally.  I won’t even go off on a rant about that one.  But one of the first places you can bet it would show up is amongst the homeless.  If I look hard enough, I can see the good in anybody.  The problem is, they can barely see it themselves and quickly revert to mega stupid behavior.  No matter how nice a bum is, he is still Patient Zero.  Those humpers are just plain gross, a petri dish that enjoys an adult libation around the clock.  Avoid as you would a leper colony. 

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And the tent cities WILL spread.  Right now, the majority of bums are just worthless cankers, too much of a pussy to kill their miserable selves and try to do it with booze and drugs, irritating the rest of us in the process.  Come economic collapse, the “real”, “normal” people currently living in cars won’t even be able to do that ( plus, all the newly minted poor will join them ) and be forced into tents.  And the “normies” don’t want to live in the already established Bum Towns with that scum and villainy. 

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I can see a father with kids not wanting to be anywhere close to junkies defecating on the sidewalk.  So he goes much further out to find a squat spot ( bums are incredibly lazy and hate to walk, so they get as close to resupply as possible ).  I can see tent cities with legions of bicycle commuters, assigned caregivers staying behind.  You MIGHT find sanctuary there, but I wouldn’t count on it.  The police won’t harass OtherColor Financially Disadvantaged homeless, but they most likely will raid and harass Normal People Encampments. 

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Or, the bums will raid the camps for nicer stuff to steal ( the bum camps only offer fecal stained used clothing and vodka bottles ).  I know I said they are lazy humpers, but they will be just like crackheads today.  Either way, it is probably too much of a target.  Wouldn’t you rather plan ahead now and have a piece of junk land with a ferrocement hut with locks, and a fence around it containing a dog?  And don’t forget logistics if you are homeless.  Camping supplies and bicycles will first disappear ( just-in-time-inventory ), then shoot up in price.

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What I’m trying to say is that the homeless population will explode, drastically.  And you do NOT want to be in that stampede.  You cannot wait until then to buy junk land, either.  There simply isn’t enough to go around if it becomes at all popular.  And you can bet that as soon as it does, scams will abound ( it isn’t too bad at all right now, in that aspect ).  You may or may not get lucky with RV’s ( motor attached ).  As things get worse, those unable to imagine building something themselves will be paying too much for pull trailers. 

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But when the next “$147 a barrel” moment happens, motorized RV’s might lose all luster.  MIGHT.  I wouldn’t want to bet on it, but if the majority of prospective buyers envision driving from spot to spot, they won’t want a gas guzzler.  Unless they will be parking in a relatives driveway.  Which is why it might go either way.  Don’t depend on it being mobile, yourself, however.  Happy Motoring WILL end.  You all just think it will be later.  But what if it is sooner?  Saudi Arabia losing its pumping/refining capacity isn’t as catastrophic as it once was, but other issues abound.

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I won’t get into all that.  Just don’t count on affordable fuel as a cheap lifestyle alternative.  Car/van/RV living is great, now, the cost of even California fuel a bargain compared to rent in almost all places.  But the whole reason we are in the economic mess we are is because of the Peak Oil 2005 ushering in way too much Fake Fuel drastically crushing EROI, net energy, and there being less energy for all other industries ( such as suburban sprawl, the defacto economic engine between the Tech Wreck and the Housing Bubble Derivatives meltdown ). 

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The Oil Age isn’t going to end sometime, it is already in the process.  It isn’t a future scare.  Just like an economic collapse.  It has already started, we are just waiting for things to go from “getting worse” to “completely over with”.  This is the danger of thinking the collapse is a stairstep.  You think things will keep normalizing after every setback.  If you look at it as a waterfall collapse, you know after freefall there is only death.  By giving up a middle class petroleum heavy lifestyle now, voluntarily, while you can still invest in the dystopian future, you’ve found portage around the falls instead of heading over them.

( .Y. )

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note: free for today books.  PA here.  Not sure on this one-the recovery after the collapse.  Yet, if from a low tech point it might be interesting here. 
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note: if you are bored and want a survival-ish movie, Amazon Prime has "Eden".  Plane crash on a island and the survivors have little water or food.  Not great, a little PC ( see gentle moral Black save everyone from evil Whitey ), just good enough to watch it all the way through.  I liked the clash between the characters who knew what had to be done and those too weak to do so ( of course, you know the side message movie is going to pick ).  Pay attention to the Jap skeleton.  That was NOT their issue rifle.
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