Sorry about the trash title, couldn’t think of something more elaborate or appropriate. Also sorry if this isn’t the best place to pose this question.
So, given the state of world affairs right now, with the decoupling from US currency, soaring prices, impending recession, possible open war, etc., I want to ask fellow US comrades as well as comrades living in other countries like the UK who will be seriously impacted by this: How do you intend to survive the oncoming possible collapse?
As we all know, any time there is any sort of crisis, the wealthy are completely unaffected and the burden always falls entirely on working class people. Starvation, homelessness, increased violence, looting, etc. will affect everyone. My household has what would normally be a comfortable income and already this shit is starting to affect us. Or at least that is what the growing empty spaces in our fridge and pantry are telling us, and our electricity bill which doubled since two months ago despite the wattage being about the same.
While the collapse of western hegemony will be good for the world at large, collapse doesn’t mean disappearance. After all, the Spanish Empire did not suddenly vanish from the world stage just because they lost sea dominance, the United States still might survive as an independent, reactionary, nuclear armed, ultra-conservative, capitalist, shit hole where now the poor are significantly poorer and all those troops stationed overseas are granted law enforcement rights domestically or whatever.
And sorry my post is so US-centric, but I can only reasonably speak to local conditions and not as much those of other western nations. I’m interested in what those comrades have to say though for sure! While there are certainly differences in local material conditions there are also a lot of similarities, as well as solutions that can apply to multiple problems.
I know (or at least sincerely suspect) that it won’t be some world ending apocalypse or whatever doomers will have you believe, but innocent working class people will die.
So the question again is: How do you intend to survive the oncoming possible collapse, and possibly even help others?
I’m going to make a decent sized bulk order of long shelf life foods and canned goods soon. Dried beans, canned vegetables etc. Probably won’t save me but maybe, at the very least, I’ll have some food up until one of my psychotic neighbors kills me for it. I want to get a generator. I have been looking for one. And also need to look into water filtration. My next door neighbor whom we are close with has a pond so at least, if we can purify it, I’ll have a source of water.
I want to point out that I say all this I will probably just die if shit goes down and power and water are no longer a thing. Maybe not but man, my power was out for about 12 hours the other day and I was like "wow I am just going to die if shit gets bad. Idk how to even cook food right now. No wood burning stove or anything.