There are millions of people stockpiling guns and ammo at inflated prices and some inconvenience right now. Does anyone really think they're doing that with the intention of giving it all up in a government buyback next year, or even paying an NFA tax on their stuff? A lot of these people, maybe most, are current or former military and/or LEOs. They're not going to attack a military base if SHTF and they're not going to bunker in their basements waiting for the local SWAT team to bust in the front door. So what is this all for, about? I read a lot of conflicting stuff and what one side calls evidence, another side calls a meme. Probably won't get any more of a straight answer here, but I am curious what people think about this.
Just a little over a hundred years ago, you had yourself, to protect, yourself, your family and loved ones, your land, your cabin, your food.
Life changed from the 1910's through the depression, and mostly after WWII.
The norm became cities, groceries, careers, going to college, making a "life" was different than it was 50 years previously.
We live in a country based on a faith and belief, in a system, whereby we have a monetary system that exists soley in the same faith and belief. When the faith and belief are shaken, or disrupted, so is the entire illusion, and reality, and self preservation kicks in.
The movie Margin Call had a great ending scene, and no matter the feelings Kevin Spacey's character had, he was reminded he has been doing it, and a part of it, all the time, and so to is the entirety of the outside world as they look down on NYC.
Jeremy Irons the CEO says: “It’s just money; it’s made up,” He tells Spacey’s character at one point, “Pieces of paper so we don’t have to kill each other just to get something to eat.”
Take away the faith and belief, the illusion, that exists as our country's simple make up, and, at the end, we are no different than we were in the late 1800's into the early 1900's.