I don't think the Rhodesia/South Africa comparisons are fitting: in both cases, the Europeans were a small minority demographic on someone else's continent, whereas in America we are still the majority in our own homeland. We're not the easy target that Rhodesians were and Boers are.
Moreover, threat level is proportional to projected wealth. The nicer your car, the bigger your house, the bigger of a target you are. Those big targets need big numbers to defend against the bigger attacks their bigger lifestyle has attracted the interest of.
The hillbilly in a cabin or single-wide? Nobody is banding together with 30 other dudes to take his shit. It's about as likely as Al Qaeda deciding to blow up his 39 year old Ford Ranger.
This isn't to say communities and networks aren't great to have, just that the South Africa scenario is much less likely than folks think.
I agree, but I was trying to target those individuals that are moving or have moved 30 min or an hour outside of large to midsized cities where their isolation is relative.
They are safe but if things when south they would be in a bad spot.
I like the sentiment here, but for me it's very easy to visualize 30 dudes banded together and taking a random single wide. In fact, I think that would be a regular afternoon for many ad hoc groups in a devastated society.
I was going to comment above, but I'll mention here. The whole thing reminds me of the situation that the author "Selco" writes about: Besieged by a foreign arm in his city, families and certain neighbors banded together in groups. Together, they fought off or attacked other groups in the city, all while being attacked on the whole from without. More powerful groups of several dozen or hundreds of men were the rule of law, and regularly pillaged the weak. Wealth became a very relative concept, with a can of soup sometimes costing a man's life or commanding the use of a woman's body. And this was in a racially homogenous population.
I feel like things could similarly get very dark, very quickly here, and I agree with Slaughter's point about organization above. That being said, I don't have a clear way at the moment to start on such a strategy, other than knowing my current neighbors well and trying to do good by them.
Try getting three people to agree on where to eat lunch, even when all three are hungry. There's the rub. Until the threat is real to the participants, all preparation is pie in the sky, abstractions, unreal.
I agree with Sean. Life is still grand with all the luxury available via personal debt. The fake economy gives the impression that all is well. The rule of law still is followed in the majority of the country.
The msm doesn’t report on inner city violence and mayhem because it doesn’t fit the narrative.
All this gives a false sense of security and with the borrower a slave to the lender especially with a mortgage they spend the majority of their time and effort attempting to pay for their extravagant lifestyle.
So normalcy bias makes it a challenge to unite even one’s own street let alone a entire community.
When debt no longer can keep us afloat things will collapse which may wake folks up but by then it may be too late.
There are groups starting to form, but you have to be selective about the people. It is very hard to get a high level of commitment from random normies. Best to join local groups or start your own that are centered around much more mundane excuses like first aid, wilderness survival, search and rescue, or firefighting. But I agree, things are going to get worse and it is very important for people to be ready
I don't think the Rhodesia/South Africa comparisons are fitting: in both cases, the Europeans were a small minority demographic on someone else's continent, whereas in America we are still the majority in our own homeland. We're not the easy target that Rhodesians were and Boers are.
Moreover, threat level is proportional to projected wealth. The nicer your car, the bigger your house, the bigger of a target you are. Those big targets need big numbers to defend against the bigger attacks their bigger lifestyle has attracted the interest of.
The hillbilly in a cabin or single-wide? Nobody is banding together with 30 other dudes to take his shit. It's about as likely as Al Qaeda deciding to blow up his 39 year old Ford Ranger.
This isn't to say communities and networks aren't great to have, just that the South Africa scenario is much less likely than folks think.
I agree, but I was trying to target those individuals that are moving or have moved 30 min or an hour outside of large to midsized cities where their isolation is relative.
They are safe but if things when south they would be in a bad spot.
I like the sentiment here, but for me it's very easy to visualize 30 dudes banded together and taking a random single wide. In fact, I think that would be a regular afternoon for many ad hoc groups in a devastated society.
I was going to comment above, but I'll mention here. The whole thing reminds me of the situation that the author "Selco" writes about: Besieged by a foreign arm in his city, families and certain neighbors banded together in groups. Together, they fought off or attacked other groups in the city, all while being attacked on the whole from without. More powerful groups of several dozen or hundreds of men were the rule of law, and regularly pillaged the weak. Wealth became a very relative concept, with a can of soup sometimes costing a man's life or commanding the use of a woman's body. And this was in a racially homogenous population.
I feel like things could similarly get very dark, very quickly here, and I agree with Slaughter's point about organization above. That being said, I don't have a clear way at the moment to start on such a strategy, other than knowing my current neighbors well and trying to do good by them.
True.
Try getting three people to agree on where to eat lunch, even when all three are hungry. There's the rub. Until the threat is real to the participants, all preparation is pie in the sky, abstractions, unreal.
I agree with Sean. Life is still grand with all the luxury available via personal debt. The fake economy gives the impression that all is well. The rule of law still is followed in the majority of the country.
The msm doesn’t report on inner city violence and mayhem because it doesn’t fit the narrative.
All this gives a false sense of security and with the borrower a slave to the lender especially with a mortgage they spend the majority of their time and effort attempting to pay for their extravagant lifestyle.
So normalcy bias makes it a challenge to unite even one’s own street let alone a entire community.
When debt no longer can keep us afloat things will collapse which may wake folks up but by then it may be too late.
There are groups starting to form, but you have to be selective about the people. It is very hard to get a high level of commitment from random normies. Best to join local groups or start your own that are centered around much more mundane excuses like first aid, wilderness survival, search and rescue, or firefighting. But I agree, things are going to get worse and it is very important for people to be ready
Excellent summary of the essentials of nullification and separatism.