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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: 10 Skills Needed to Thrive in a Post-Collapse World Knowledge is something that no one can take from you. It's the eternal wealth that will help you thrive in a Post-Collapse world. Some experts see the perfect storm emerging for a dramatic collapse of Western civilization claiming we've reached environmental, economic, and geopolitical tipping points. Clearly, some skills will be far more valuable than others if this societal breakdown occurs. Sorry bankers, lawyers, and accountants, there won't be a need for you in a post-collapse world. Before we quantify the skill sets that will be viable, it is important to define the severity of a "post- collapse" scenario. When taken as a whole, together these tipping points could potentially converge to create a post-apocalyptic Mad Max-type world for the vast majority of humanity. However, given the advanced technology that we possess today, it is unlikely to ever become quite that primitive ever again. Surely there will be pockets of energy and food independence no matter what possible scenario unfolds, but the vast majority may be left to fend for themselves. It would take a serious cataclysmic earth event like a super volcano, a meteor impact, major electromagnetic pulse event, or dramatic pole shift to affect the entirety of humanity. Man- made events like nuclear war, environmental damage, or total economic collapse, no matter how devastating, will be somewhat isolated and contained to specific areas and populations. Incidentally, every nation or territory that has experienced these man-made catastrophes has roared back to life in less than one generation. The only example of nuclear survival was in Japan, while the largest recent economic collapse was the break-up of the Soviet Union. In both cases those countries went through a very tough period, but ultimately they persevered. For sake of this article, let's assume that some level of devastation is caused by each type of tipping point in the United States. Our ever escalating wars finally reach our shores by way of long-range nuclear missiles, total economic collapse occurs rendering the dollar worthless, and we would likely have less electricity and water than Iraq did after Bush's "shock and awe" campaign. Gasoline and oil supplies would likely be down to a trickle, halting all supply lines of food and other goods to big box stores. Factory farming will be impossible without cheap oil products readily available. The suffering will be dramatic. The only question will become, how do the citizens react? Both the USSR and early 1950s Japan were far more agrarian, and far less dependent on big box stores than America currently is. American dependence on long supply lines, interconnected yet vulnerable electric grid, and pharmaceutical-based healthcare may lead to a more severe breakdown of society than witnessed in those countries. Although, innovative technology for alternative energy and agriculture practices will play a part in surviving; but they can only help the few with the knowledge, means, and stability to use them. And stability will be in low supply for some time, resulting in only small groups with relative comfort -- those who planned for the worse. However, as an optimist, I believe that after the initial chaos Americans will rediscover solidarity for one-another, much like they did after 9/11, but this time it will be more sustained out of absolute necessity. Many articles have been written about how to survive the coming collapse, or what is needed to survive, but not many articles have been written about what skills will have value in a post- collapse world. Imagine fulfilling human necessity without consistent fuel or electricity, large-scale food production, or fully-stocked pharmacies and hospitals. The only form of wealth in a collapsed civilization is the knowledge and skills to produce something of human value. Here are 10 invaluable skills that will likely help you sustain yourself in a hand-made local world: 1. Organic Gardening and Seed Saving: 2. Food Processing and Preservation: 3. Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering: 4. Animal Husbandry: 5. Construction: 6. Alternative Energy and Fuels: 7. Water Purification: 8. Basic First Aid and Natural Medicine: 9. Mechanics: 10. Soap and Candle Making: You'll notice that many of these skills also fall into the category of what you would need to be self- sufficient. Again, learning all of these skills will be virtually impossible, especially if the collapse isn't that far off as many predict. Determine which skills that most appeal to you and focus on them by studying and acquiring the tools needed. Since you can't become an expert in everything it may be wise to recruit tribe members with various survival skills. It will also be beneficial to build up your library of "how to" books and videos for tasks that you are not proficient in. You can download any video from Youtube by using Keepvid.com and build your library into an external hard drive. Remember, knowledge of and skills to produce human necessities will be the only form of wealth creation in a hand-made world. Knowledge is something that no one can take from you. It's the eternal wealth that will help you thrive in a Post-Collapse world. Get Prepared Now!
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#1. To: Buzzard (#0)
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In his tag, PSUSA has some most excellent survival resource links. Check'em out.
perhaps i'm a skeptic, but i don't think we will need soapmakers & seed scavengers anytime in our lifetimes. not bad to learn skills of course. but i think 'patriots' sometimes get so immersed in the gloom & doom apocalyptic scenarios that they become detached from society & reality. i know a guy who listens to rbn & gcn daily- he quit filing his taxes years ago. now that the state & feds are coming after him ready to seize his assets, he's shocked its come to this, that he thought there would be martial law and chaos in the streets by now. Meanwhile millions of families are having pleasant lives, oblivious of all the gloomers.
All the gloom and doomers are absolutely wrong ... until they suddenly won't be.
#8. To: freeedom (#5)
I understand what yer sayin, but there has to be a balance. my dad used to tell me an old sayin- work & plan as if you'll live forever, live & pray as if you'll die tomorrow. I think gloomers may pass up opportunity & prosperity because of obsession on 'martial law, fema camps, food riots' & one that's bantied about on 4um- the dreaded RACE RIOTS which precipitate total crackdown, or the end of the world as we know it. good grief, what nonsense.
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