Surviving An Economic Collapse: What to Prepare Now

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[triggert]

I think the #1 thing I learned while living in a mud hut in the Himalayan mountains for 8 months with NO heat, electricity, running water, plumbing, toilet paper, and other modern convinces, is that you CAN adapt to anything. All the preps in the world will not help you if you are not mentally flexible and strong. Yes, you need the preps, the knowledge, and the community, but metal fortitude is the lynchpin. YMMV.

[DMAneoth]

One caution that I suggest, for a long term collapse.

When water and food trucks show up to give out the meager government supplies to keep people from starving; ALWAYS be standing in the lines just like those who did not store provisions ahead of the collapse. And make sure to wear ragged clothing. And don’t be too clean. Rub some grunge on yourself before heading out to the food truck lines.

If your neighbors notice you are never standing in the water lines and food lines; they will likely conclude that you have hidden supplies!

[citadel]

Staying in good shape is one of the most important things one can do to handle disasters.
Strong body, strong mind.

[hammondauger]

ITS BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT THAN NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT.

[richardowens]

In a total economic collapse, the biggest threat will come from our neighbors who never bothered to prepare at all. They're going to be worthless in terms of what they might have to offer, but they will still do whatever they have to do to survive, including engage in violence against you and your family.

[patrickbodine]

Please take note of those people who are creating fear. They have *no* control over you. Being prepared is essential, but being afraid is not.

[nrob]

"A prudent person forsees danger and takes precautions; the simple goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
Proverbs 22:3, 27:12

[jussivali-tainio]

I live on a sailboat, solarpanels, windpower, de-salination for water. Tools and skills. Prepared.

[georgehollingsworth]

I'm not a Doomsday advocate, but as someone who has been through multiple natural disasters, it is insanity to not have AT LEAST two weeks or more of food in your residence. All you have to do is buy ahead on the foods you already eat. This way the money is not wasted no matter what happens. Also, I am also amazed at how people completely underestimate the calories you will need. In a crisis you need MORE calories than you do normally.

[richardowens]

Not only do you need to be stocking up on food, you need to be hiding it in different locations throughout your home and property, including your attic, basement, and holes in the ground. If you put it all in one place where an intruder can find it, they can take it all at once. Make sure you have only a "normal" amount of food in your kitchen and put the rest elsewhere in obscure and hard to reach places.

[kellymaybee]

Hygiene and oral care. See the dentist as one of your preps. The convenience of going to the dentist will be greatly impacted in a collapse. Tooth and gum health greatly impacts your physical health.

[RKNADLE]

It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark, yet he built it to be prepared. If we are wrong in the end, you can eat your mistake. Nothing to lose.

[franktall]

What most people don’t realize is that we are headed into an economic collapse, how massive is still unknown.
Good video sir.

[howtodave]

Don't forget vitamins supplements to compensate for the change in diet.

[lancelessard]

My grandparents were young adults when the great depression hit in 1929. It lasted until 1940. They had almost no money, but PLENTY of food since they lived on a farm in Nebraska. They had chickens, cows, geese, goats, pigs, rabbits, etc., 160 acres to grow corn to feed the animals as well as had a garden to tend for vegetables to eat all year long by canning for the winter. There were 12 children, and nobody ever went hungry, even if cash money was rarely seen for years. My grandma lost all the money she had when her bank closed for good without warning. It was only $25, but that was a lot back then.

[sivispacem]

It’s here folks, pack that pantry asap!! Good luck, be safe.

[workinprogress]

It makes me so mad that this is all preventable, but people are too blind to see.

[mroudemus]

Every week I buy less with the same money. This is when you know that things are not right. The dollar is worth less and less. We rely so much on others countries to make our lives possible even when we do not want to accept it. As imports stop coming as it happened in 2020, with the constant droughts we are having, and the shortages in water already in some places, it is best to accept that you need to be mentally and physically prepared for the inevitable. I laughed at those in the Y2K that were prepping. I thought that it was ridiculous. After 2008, 2020 and the collapse of the grid in Texas during the coldest days, I learned that when the collapse comes, and it comes very fast. I find myself now preparing for the next catastrophe.

[lucymarion]

So I did my payday prepping yesterday...with lots of meats, pasta and noodles!!! The cashier an older guy asked me if I was running a restaurant...lol. I said "yeah, for my family"!!!😉😉

[MrLeelove]

I took this into account. I started doing “EXTRA” last May 2020. I made sure I added camping stoves, emergency food kits (2). Then cans upon cans, beans, 80 pounds plus of rice, 20 pounds beans, 75 lbs of dog food, fuel, generator. I have built 4 months so far. Now to think of 2-3 more survival kits. That’s $400 to $1200 to spend over the next 4-6 months