From Visions of a New World: My Interview with Eugyppius:
“…progressive wokery is at root a disease of affluence. It is not a normal, self-sustaining cultural tradition, and sooner or later it will end, whenever the money runs out, if not before.
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the western propaganda of CNN will no longer be broadcast to Russians, and this is supposed to punish them somehow. If this continues for very long, it will lead to the development of a Russo-Chinese financial, industrial, perhaps even metacultural sphere, a multipolar world and an alternative to the West. On the one hand, I think this is the result of a lot of undirected, systemic processes premised on corporate virtue signalling and pandering to blue check outrage mob on Twitter. It helps to remember that a lot of the people making these decisions are incredibly parochial; they live in bubbles where everybody has the same views, and this leads to strange extremism, like these Munich doctors refusing to treat Russian patients.
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In the near term, of course, I think the humiliation of the West is very dangerous. Not only the political leadership, but also many of the urban upper middle-class sub-elites, live in a state of profound isolation from reality, including geopolitical reality. While I think the nature of the post-political West is to prefer cultural and economic assimilation to military solutions, they also have a lot of munitions and they command substantial armies, and it‘s inconceivable they misjudge the situation and do something really stupid, like escalate to direct military confrontation with Russia.
This excerpt above, is why this here below, is now important:
I don’t know about you, but I often plan for the worst. In the 2008 financial crisis, my husband and I “prepped” a bit — as many people further from urban centers tend to do, anyway.
When I moved to New Zealand, I threw a bit more caution to the wind and lived like a French woman for over 5 years, often with totally unstocked cupboards and nothing more than a half bottle of wine and some cheese and bread in the fridge. After all, I lived in the ‘burbs of Auckland and I was single and free again. It was a refreshing change. The dairy (corner shop), fish and chips, and bakery were steps away.
I did have a little 10 square meter garden, too, which I miss very much. You can’t really beat a relaxed subtropical environment without predators where you can grow vegetables year-round. Cost of living was certainly an issue in New Zealand, but the relaxed lifestyle was worth the belt-tightening I had to do to live there.
After many years of a somewhat bucolic existence, I’m back to thinking about how to stay two steps ahead of the psychos. In some ways, it irritates the hell out of me that I even need to think about any of this. On the other hand, I have enjoyed being in nature since I was a kid growing up in the Adirondack Mountains, and I am fairly decently suited to this challenge.
Like many of my readers, I see hard times ahead in the near future, and I have zero intention of going quietly into the digital dystopia.
To that end, here are the things I’ve secured since July 2021:
dry food (oats, beans, lentils, rice) in storage
gravity-fed water filter
heirloom seeds
solar generator
inverter
candles
medical supplies
crank radio
potassium iodide (yes, really)
I already had camping gear (obviously! :D ). I am planning a summer garden, have access to a bicycle, and am strongly thinking about fishing gear. I haven’t seriously fished since I was a teen, but I always enjoyed it.
Me fishing for bluefish off the coast of Massachusetts:
Grandpa and I on the St. Lawrence:
Great-grandpa and I with the green bean harvest:
Twenty years ago I loved canning vegetables and fruits, but this year I’d like to dehydrate such things instead. Dried tomato and melon are fabulous, and take up far less space. The time and resources to process them are also minimal. Potatoes are calorie-rich, don’t take much space to grow, and don’t require processing before storage.
I have a pretty stunning library but am also thinking of adding a few books on fermentation, medicinal plants, and edible wild plants.
What are your thoughts and plans? Drop a comment below!
Took my panic down a few notches after reading this. That said, I’ve done many of the same things although I feel very alone in my pursuits. My family members think I’ve gone a bit “overboard” in my understanding of the problems we have and are going to face. This is frustrating mostly because I truly have spent so much time and energy researching and thinking about my own ideas of what is actually going on. I’m not a fortune teller but I am a critical thinker ( 53 and missed most of the educational indoctrination). I’ve put the work in and I’m acting on my own research and trusting in my instincts. They have always been a friend to me even when I wished they were wrong. Glad to have forums your writings. Enjoying reading them and passing them along. Especially loved the video of the flash mob you attached. Best to you and thank you.
Many of the things mentioned, including buying books in paperback. Many for pleasure, but many also for life skills if the Internet ever went down. My husband thinks I’m nuts, but I don’t mind.