I hope that more folks are taking community aid, mutual aid, and self-sufficiency seriously right now. Growing food and preserving it are difficult, but they’re not lost arts, it’s just that most who had to live like that (the generation of the Great Depression and war) are pretty much gone. People joke about preppers and homesteaders but as one of them I’ve found that it’s less crazy bunker builders and more people who’ve tried, failed, tried again passing on their skills/knowledge to the newbies who then try, fail a little less, and try again. Survival in a nation in decline is like oxygen masks in a crashing plane- secure yours first and then assist others who need the help. You’re no good to anyone else if you can’t take care of yourself.
Eugenics is about encouraging or discouraging reproduction to maximize or minimize genetic traits in a population. Food production and preservation is a learned skill. Starving to death because you won’t adapt to changing supply chains or figure out how to feed yourself with what’s available is a choice. My comment leans more towards an indifferent attitude towards the failure of large numbers of people to break their reliance on traditional capitalist structures and hierarchies. The people who choose to share with their neighbors are going to survive because of mutual aid, the others will continue to ride on the power of their wealth even if it gets less, or try and steal from those they think are weaker, but again, the power of mutual aid makes that a dangerous prospect. I plant more than I need for myself so I can share with neighbors, but I’d let my MAGA neighbor shrivel up and blow away rather than waste food on them. They made their choice, live and die by it.
Americans are about to get a crash course in relearning home canning if they want to have year round access to seasonal fruits and vegetables.
And a lot of people will learn about botulism hands on.
I hope that more folks are taking community aid, mutual aid, and self-sufficiency seriously right now. Growing food and preserving it are difficult, but they’re not lost arts, it’s just that most who had to live like that (the generation of the Great Depression and war) are pretty much gone. People joke about preppers and homesteaders but as one of them I’ve found that it’s less crazy bunker builders and more people who’ve tried, failed, tried again passing on their skills/knowledge to the newbies who then try, fail a little less, and try again. Survival in a nation in decline is like oxygen masks in a crashing plane- secure yours first and then assist others who need the help. You’re no good to anyone else if you can’t take care of yourself.
If the options are a: americans learn how to can -or- b: americans starve to death. Im fully putting my money on b
The herd could use a good thinning.
whooo eugenics. all the rage right now.
More like natural selection
Eugenics is about encouraging or discouraging reproduction to maximize or minimize genetic traits in a population. Food production and preservation is a learned skill. Starving to death because you won’t adapt to changing supply chains or figure out how to feed yourself with what’s available is a choice. My comment leans more towards an indifferent attitude towards the failure of large numbers of people to break their reliance on traditional capitalist structures and hierarchies. The people who choose to share with their neighbors are going to survive because of mutual aid, the others will continue to ride on the power of their wealth even if it gets less, or try and steal from those they think are weaker, but again, the power of mutual aid makes that a dangerous prospect. I plant more than I need for myself so I can share with neighbors, but I’d let my MAGA neighbor shrivel up and blow away rather than waste food on them. They made their choice, live and die by it.