BTW there is no such thing as poor people, jobs, concept of money or a Global Financial System or a recession or depression.

Everyone needs to be identifying sources of water and stocking up on food – and by that I mean REAL food – not frozen or bottled packages of stuff your body can not digest.

Few realize that if the power grid goes down EVERYTHING will stop including sewage systems and water supplies – so you need a way to purify or pump water the way people used to do that – with windmills.

We should all be looking into creating communities of like-minded people in remote areas willing to contribute their labor and skills toward self-sufficient living. Choose land that has excellent soil for growing food, ponds stocked with fish, and where you can build chicken coops. You may get sick of eating eggs and fish but at least you WILL eat.

Consider having common quarters for living and cooking and private quarters off the main area for privacy. Decide whether private baths and showers are a necessity for you or not. They ARE a very nice luxury but they are among the most expensive luxuries to provide.

Learn skills NOW. Buy food staples (rice, beans, pasta) NOW. Learn to can fruits, meats, poultry and vegetables in glass jars and stock up because there is VERY LITTLE FOOD stored ANYWHERE in the U.S.

What you see on the shelves is ALL the food in that location except for a few pallets in the back. Many stores restock DAILY so in 2-3 days the shelves will be totally empty.

Most who garden only do so seasonally so they don’t have food stored for themselves much less surplus they can provide for others. Buy large quantities of fruits and vegetables when they are available and dehydrate or can them. (Freezing MAY work but if the power goes out how will you preserve what is thawing? If the outage is temporary keep the freezer closed to keep food frozen.)

Use YouTube to learn new ways of eating and preserving food. I recently saw a video on making hamburger rocks = dehydrated cooked hamburger. Great idea – takes up less room and keeps without refrigeration.

It will be far easier to do these things NOW than if the power is off. Getting out of the city when you have money and it is not an emergency is WAY easier than trying to leave later. If you get laid off and have no job prospects MOVE somewhere inexpensive where people will teach you how to live without a job!

Use the Internet to look up intentional communities, communes – whatever type of community you might consider. Ask around. Get serious about making changes in your life because economic collapse IS COMING and nothing is going to stop that from happening.

And so he did wake up one morning and ate a loaf of bread.

I happened. I just did that today.

With all the respect, study history and you will see that Damascus and Syria have been invaded and destroyed over and over and over.

Same damn thing. An 80% increase in less than one year!