Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
I guess my point is that I'm going to spend my energy and efforts in trying to PREVENT TEOTWAWKI, but once it happens I could care less about survival. I was born in latter 20th century United States of America ... a place with high speed internet, HD television, hot & cold running water and free market capitalism ... I'm not going to live in a backward third world shit hole.
I can't entirely disagree with that... but if it does happen, I'll still do my best to "live" as comfortably and safely as I can.

I'm afraid to think that a lot of people will have the same recognition when they realize there's no "end in sight", and things won't be back to the way they used to be... A lot of them will lose their sense of community and morality and will take it out on strangers violently. Others might just collapse internally and take it out on themselves via suicide, murder-suicide, etc.. Regardless of possibilities and "what ifs", TEOTWAWKI will be a devastating turn of events we can only pray doesn't happen in our lifetimes, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be prepared for a few months of self sufficiency if necessary.