darwin and malthus list 2

DARWIN AND MALTHUS LIST 2

I simply adore those books about an EMP, where, shockingly!, half the people are dead in the first six months. Half? Oh, you silly incurable optimist. Get out your atlas. Look at the country. One third is chockablock full of people, the other as dry as the crotch of a purple haired cat lady. In the middle between those is a thin strip which grows most of the calorie foods ( except for potatoes, vegetables are zero calories vitamin pills ). Grown with imported oil type products. You if can't see a 99% die-off, you are in the wrong hobby group.

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Granted, not every village or group is going to see that percentage fatality rate. After all, you prep to get that down to zero if possible ( until the combat fatalities start piling up ). If nine villages sees 100% die-off, the tenth can see a 9% survival rate, and you still get your 99% total. When people say, “The Black Plague killed 35% of Europe”, what they mean is the first year 90% of folks died off, and in year twenty only 10% fatalities occurred. Averages hide initial numbers.

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In this case, Oil Age Die Off, the initial numbers are going to be very bad, but not quite as bad at first, due to industrial agriculture centralization ( your typical grain silo surrounded by few people ) and a lot of fresh meat for the cannibals, but the numbers are going to keep getting worse, as the Oil Surplus dwindles. Eventually, you are going to be a casualty if you are on The Masters list. Yesterday I covered old people and ugly bitches. Who else is on the list? Remember, this list is referred to as resources run out.

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It doesn't matter how important you were or think you are. If there isn't food for you, IMMEDIATE considerations override long term ones. Say you are a master chemist. Not only do you know how to use industry supplied bulk chemicals, you know how to make your own out of naturally supplied materials. You are invaluable militarily. Alas, nobody is getting enough food. You cannot fight, and the group cannot even get to the area needed for supplying your chemicals. What good are you, really? That is what I mean by immediate needs. What does the group need with old people?

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Old people today are worthless, as the only wisdom they can hand down is about an oil abundant society. Your skills as a gardener, if necessitated on Miracle Grow and city water, are not skills at all. You are just another miner tapping the oil barrel. So, all old people are out. So what if you have supplies? The younger and stronger just take them from you. You have supplies and think you can buy a younger bride? Dumb ass. She will go find a young hotty and have him kill you. So, non breeding ugly bitches, weak men and old people are on the list.

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Let me expand on the “weak men”. Colonel Colt did indeed make all men equal. Then the stupid hump made women equal. Damn it, man! Thanks a lot. Eugene Stoner is indirectly responsible for our military full of Diversity hires. You realize that, right? Actually it was the guys who perfected the M1 Carbine, but you see my point. At this point in time, we have a small window where brute force and hormones are not paramount on the battle field. So, let me ask you, do you feel lucky, punk? Do you feel like you have enough ammo?

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For the longest time I resisted steel case ammo. I still do, for myself. I can reload for my Enfield, because my ammo load is thirty rounds rather than three hundred. Those relying on mass fire, despite my pleas to the contrary? You had better stock deep right this second on your steel case carbine ammo. Twenty cents a round? That is soon to seem a miracle on par with one and a half cent rimfire. You cannot have enough, as there are battles to be fought in the civil war, THEN the die-off and THEN, the ability to defend yourself even against your own tribe, in between brigand attacks.

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Without ammo you are just an old man with no redeeming values. Even if you are young, without ammo you are just the next greasy road smear. And he who runs out of ammo last, wins. As the Left adds to their publicly declared Enemies List, and the legal system shields them, I keep revising my Minimum Ammo Count upwards. I used to think two thousand rounds for a bolt action was enough. Then, I didn't relax until I got up to ten grand. I don't think twenty thousand rounds MIMIMUM is unreasonable for a heavy trigger finger on a semi.

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No, smart ass, I don't think you'll live long enough to use it all. But if you don't have it, your odds go down even further. Ammo equals strength and youth ( or, if you are female, exponential increases in same ). Another variable is disease resistance. When all those old timey diseases reappear, the survivors of those will probably get an extra Get Out Of Jail Free card. Your attractiveness as a breeder will increase, even if other factors such as age or Less Beauty work against you. So, that is good news.

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What about kids? Yeah, sorry, but the most common form of birth control used to be Sudden Crib Death. If there was enough food to carry the fetus to term, but then that changes and there are too many kids, mom might “accidentally” roll over and smother the new kid. By “accident”, I mean she chose to subconsciously. For the older kids, the most sickly got less food, giving the stronger ones a higher odd of surviving. Then, disease killed the weaker kid, not mom. And before you say, “I could never do that”, you are a liar. You'll do what needs to be done, or die yourself.

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Why do you think people live such poor choice lifestyles. Nobody REALLY thinks it is a good idea to live on 110% of your income, every year. Or live next to the ghetto. Or stay with a miserable spouse. They do it because they don't think they have any other choice. That is what your choices will be post apocalypse. Slim to none. You'll do whatever the least worst choice is. Choosing which kid gets enough food. Kicking out grandma. Not sharing food with post-menopausal women. Giving the weaker warriors inferior weapons and using them as the first wave assault. Choosing which injured are treated ( which is a good analogy. All this is just social triage ).

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Good times.

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