When that fails what do you do?
No one will be unaffected by that stuff failing. Try as you might, the world is too connected to technology to just go without it. It's delusional to romanticize that it is possible to survive in a non-tech skill job when that job relies on a host of services and utilities that are run by technology. You cannot escape it. The world will literally burn around you.
The objective, for me, is to prepare to be of great use in building the new world. Come with us alien friend
The objective, for me, is to prepare to be of great use in building the new world. Come with us alien friend
I get that, but I will tell you what I have told all the preppers over the years: your plans will not work out as you wish them to.
There's way too many variables in the total SHTF collapse. I wasn't kidding about the world burning around you. Fires will rage and go unchecked because no one will be able to fight them. Those who try will die from exhaustion and toxic smoke. There's no amount of self-reliance that will prevent this from happening. Some will survive to start over, but it will take far too long to rebuild anything more than basic civilization. It's sad but unfortunately the most likely outcome.
That's the part of prepping that always makes me laugh. Your beautiful bunker and amazing air scrubbers aren't gonna help of you get no warning. Your firearm collection won't save you from an armed mob who are shooting back. Your stockpile of food is largely only good as long as you have means of cooking and clean water.
Keep some dehydrated food/mres/canned stuff, a few cases of water, a shotgun or two, and pray for the best. Your best preparation isn't Jack in the face of a real crisis.
I think developing a few skills and generating a base of local customers (bartering services) is foundational to a new society. More so than the "stuff" you gather to prep, it's the skills and connections that'll likely prevail.