Biggest problem is people lie to themselves about skills,gear, and human nature.
any population center means more competition for resources, it turns ugly fast, expecially when no repercussions. Alone in woods has its own challenges a group in the woods on prepared site with years of functioning, practice and right kind of people who have faced adversity together before as a group that is a tough nut to break. Anything can be over run and taken, but you can make darn sure it won’t be easy fast or cheap.
The one universal rule is
1)you need to be lucky and have skills, skills buy you more tickets in luck lottery of life.
The lies we tell ourselves that can have severe consequences
Shooting a stationary paper target at bench rest makes you a operator able to shoot and kill another human being including kids… Yeah no.
Buying seeds, taticool gear and some mre makes you a hard core survivalist oh and watching dooms day tv stuff preps you for reality of shft.
That range buddies who have never been under fire will have your back in a shft situation.
That there won’t be double standards and equality and democracy will be how a group is managed. Plus same treatment of group members will apply to strangers.
The I am coming over to x persons,looting x store is my plan
That watching on tv,reading about or gong out every once in awhile makes you skilled in such things when shft. That you will be able to read book and magically be able to do things like a matrix download
That you can keep the same set or morals that you have now and survive without breaking bending or ignoring nearly all of them.
That if this goes badly it will return to “normal” in a little while. More likely never comming back to this age of decadence for half a century or more.
That in shft cities wont become open air cesspits with diseases running amok, of course you can time it perfect and take all your gear with you find the cabin in the woods and live off the land with no conflicts. Fish hunt and garden like a god no effort no mis takes and with 2 or three people…
I can survive shft with a group of less than 20 well trained dedicated adults with diverse skills.
So many more delusions could go on forever. as having to be near a city center because of health and medical services is basically telling you that you won’t make it if it is a long term issue. There is a reason in war zones the young and elderly perished first.
These are ugly truths
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