tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post661406856114311839..comments2024-03-28T17:03:56.038-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: 8 Lessons We Can Learn From the Epic Economic Meltdown In VenezuelaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-74076904372142173312016-06-06T15:34:33.884-04:002016-06-06T15:34:33.884-04:00Items 2 and 3 bring to mind something I read elsew...Items 2 and 3 bring to mind something I read elsewhere: Civilization DEPENDS on a reliable distribution system, as well as on having material goods to be distributed. <br /><br />Ref item 2: Most people can probably stockpile enough food and water to last a week or so. 6 months? 10 months? Absolutely not. <br /><br />Ref item 3: If the distribution system is down beyond a couple of weeks, those who THINK they can "survive off the land" by hunting deer in the local forest (or local zoo) will discover that the large grazing animals are quickly depleted. Squirrels and bunnies come next. Pretty soon THERE WILL BE NOTHING TO HUNT. <br /><br />Finally, I'd just note that a hunter-gatherer society is a SMALL society, and additionally is a family/clan/tribe-based society. (My gentle way of saying "Diversity" and "Equality" will be the ABSOLUTE LAST things on the minds of people who manage to survive long enough to find themselves in the Times of Scarcity.)<br /><br />Well, OK, one more "last thing". Pray. The Hard Reset that some people claim to want because "it's the only way to fix what's broken" will be just-about unendurable if it really arrives.A_Nonny_Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13599733730516661522noreply@blogger.com