6 Star Eye Opener, Deeply Authentic
This is a deeply authentic as well as troubling book, particularly in light of the ease with which Deep State / George Soros elements turned Seattle, Portland, and New York City into what the President has quite properly called “anarchist jurisdictions.”
From the description: Selco is a household name in prepping and survival circles. He survived the Balkan War in a city with no power, no running water, and no supplies. For a year, he and his family fought every single day for bare subsistence. This book is a collection of his darkest moments.
My flyleaf notes:
- Media is critical player in making it “OK” to kill, rape, and loot
- Assume no electricity
- Assume mauraders, armed, crazy, and given a free pass by authorities
- Neighbors can become savage enemies overnight, willing to kill you for food.
- Survival is a full-time job
- “The System” collapses fast — within days
- You have no rights — and no police or military protecting you
- You need others you can trust
- Media and social media are wortheless as sources of actionable intelligence
- Rural is safer by far — and easier to defend
- Anxiety and depression and fear can gut you
- Smell of dead and garbage in urban areas is pervasive and overwhelming
- Protecting property in urban areas in neither possible nor worth your life
- There is no foraging and hunting in urban areas
- Batteries are priceless, worth more than gold
- A lot of food scales are scams and you could get killed in the process
- Injuries (especially knife wounds) can kill you with medical care gone
- Hunger can make you desperate and stupid
- Be ready to shoot human shields
- Water containers can be as precious as water sources
- Streams and rivers are contaminated fast with the dead
- Water purification can be a challenge without firewood
- Outdoor latrines are critical
- Forget about bathing — but try to wipe clean with one wet napkin
- Canned food more valuable than precious metals
- Keep your humanity but be ready to go animal in an instant
- Learn to recognize collapse looming and leave before it happens — loss of cellular and Internet; food trucks stop arriving; gasoline outages
- Gun confiscation by police looms — registered weapons are too easy
- 2nd Amendment is worthless if police go Nazi Deep State on you
- Mobility matters — cannot defend fixed property from armed gangs
- Have practical skills — medical skills are especially tradeable
- Most activity happens in darkness
- Carts are priceless for carrying wood (and in his case) air-dropped MREs
- Sharp saws for cutting wood are priceless
- Toilet paper substitutes are the norm
- Women are pillars of strength especially in making food from nothing
- Homemade lamps matter
- Gangs with total power are a reality, only defense is to run and/or be invisible to them
- In a total violence environment be ready to run (forget pride), be ready to kill, be ready to ignore violence against others as the prices for not being seen
- Commons causes of death include snipers, shelling, beatings, knifings
- Be aware gangs have private prisons for fun — torture and rape
- Knife fighting is both simpler than most realize and more dangerous in that an infected cut will kill you
- Takes YEARS to restore normal
- Anarchy destroys the soul, the family, and the community
Buy the book. It will change the way you think about Election 2020.
ADDENDUM:
Mindful that the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is emergent, with a national event in Lynchburg VA on 30 September, I gave a little thought to neighborhood defense and here is what I came up with.
- Urban neighbors tend to be chicken-shits afraid of guns that believe in masks.
- Families should have “recall” plans for distributed children to come home.
- Assume no cellular and no electricity and no water for 30 days or more.
- Need a plan to blockade vehicular and pedestrian entrances as needed.
- If neighbors will not collaborate in self-defense consider a bug out option.
- Need unique siren signal to mobilize neighborhood.
- Need radios for both block wardens and blockade team leaders.
- Need batteries for radios and flashlights for 30 days sustained operations.
- Assume law enforcement is locked down by bribery of public officials.
- Blockade personnel should wear masks and be prepared to kill.
- Blockade vehicles should have license plates covered.
- Plan for a neighborhood gasoline and oil resupply chain for 30 days.
- In addition to shotguns at each point, at least one sniper up high
- Homes need to start working toward installed 30 day water storage
- Homes need to start working toward one generator each
- If natural gas not in home, should have propane gas grill
- Stocks of canned goods edible cold are important.
- Plan for pet food or executing your pets.
- Identify all badge holders and veterans, use them as leaders
- If you have a good sheriff, establish radio contact plan.
- The USA is not Central America or the Balkans — but it could be.
