I hate to be the “bah, humbug” guy, but I’m beginning to wonder if this will be our last truly merry Christmas and holiday season or not. Why? Well, if you’ve been following my blog for a while, then you’d know I firmly believe America is headed for collapse. Sadly, it feels to me like our collapse is coming sooner rather than later.
Granted, I’ve been warning about impending doom for a while know, though I’ve only ratcheted up my concern over the past several months and, to be perfectly clear, I don’t have a crystal ball. For all I know, America could hang on in its current state of slow decay for decades or collapse next week. But, let’s be honest, do you really believe we’re not going to crash in the next year or two? I can’t see how we won’t given all that’s been happening, particularly since COVID.
After all, the amount of money we owe on our growing debt was astounding before lockdowns, politicians keep printing money like they have no idea what a budget is, and our ideological divide continues to deepen. Russia continues to posture, China WILL make a move on Taiwan, and the southern border, well, can’t be called a border the way things are going.
Can it get worse? Absolutely. Inflation is here to stay and I’m afraid there’s little anyone can do about it now, at least, not on a governmental level. You, however, can make moves to protect yourself. I discuss most of my thoughts in my latest book, Crisis Preparedness Guide: How to Survive the Coming Collapse, but the gist of it is to purchase as many hard assets as you can. Buy land and equipment, livestock if you’re into that sort of thing, stockpile food as well as precious metals for the long-term, and get out of the U.S. Dollar.
Ultimately, you’ll want to be as self-sufficient as possible, especially with respect to food and power, since those tend to historically inflate the fastest and, as you well know, are needed by everyone. Think about growing your own food, raising chickens or ducks or whatever, hunt if you have the skills, can food, and so on. You can grow your own herbs and spices, too. Whatever you do doesn’t have to be “all or nothing” since even having the ability to offset rising food prices by a fraction is better than nothing.
The same goes with power consumption. Remember that this isn’t only about producing electricity on your own, but just as much about reducing your usage overall, as well as finding ways to reduce your dependence on the electrical grid completely. One easy way is to heat your home in the winter with firewood or even pellets.
In addition, there’s no harm in having a small off-grid power solution either. There for a while I’d been wanting to go completely off the electrical grid, but the more I priced it all out the more expensive it became. So, instead, I’m going to find a happy medium to where I can power multiple refrigerators at a time, power tools (that’s important), and maybe even a solar air conditioner for the hottest summer months. Yes, it will cost several thousand dollars by the time I’m done with buying panels and batteries and whatnot, but it will also allow us to be relatively self-sufficient around the house if worse comes to worst.
Where we may have problems is with a spike in gasoline prices since I can’t exactly make that on my own or stockpile enough given how much my wife drives for her job. Water could also be a concern since we can’t afford to dig a well, though I will have multiple IBC totes collecting rainwater next month. So long as we can purchase a lot of the items we use on a regular basis (e.g., medications, toiletries, soaps, etc.) which I am working on, we should be able to weather the storm for a year or two. If things get much worse than that then we’re going to have to reconsider a lot.
In any case, I firmly believe that now–especially over the winter–is the time for people like you and me to get our acts together. We know how to prepare. We know what to buy and what to do. It’s only a matter of getting things done before prices become astronomical and/or whatever is needed is no longer available, something my rich friends continue to not fully comprehend.
That said, I could be wrong. I recognize that the economy and everyone in it are far more complex than I realize. I also understand that God has His plans, too. But I also know that God expects us to provide for ourselves, especially when we know better. Perhaps that’s why He has brought us together today? That is, for you to read this message; a stark reminder of what’s coming and that only you–through God’s will–have the ability to see you and yours through to the other side.
Merry Christmas and I do truly hope the New Year brings good things to you, me, and this great land.
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