Preparedness & Survivalism 102.00
Attitudes Can Make Or Break Us
If we are to survive as a nation, a society, we must all work to be self reliant and prepared for the challenges of life, large and small, extreme like hurricanes and tornadoes or a terror attack. Unfortunately, since 1992, the US government with the help of the news media and Hollywood have “taught” our citizens that “prepping is for toothless idiots and crazies” who stockpile guns awaiting Armageddon. The result of such messages and images being portrayed in the media, by government officials and even some fringe people in the preparedness movement is that we lose the opportunity to bring an attitude of preparedness to the mainstream.
The fact is the government's message regarding preparedness from the early 1900's through the 1960’s preached an engaged citizenry in preparedness. The Civil Defense Program taught preparedness to every school child in the USA. It flashed images from news reels of death and destruction warning people that they needed to be prepared. During the 1st and 2nd World Wars the US government implored its citizens to grow victory gardens to sustain their own families in order to allow the limited food resources to be sent oversees to feed the troops in the theater of war. The new norm; ushered in during the 1990's took the approach that the government would prepare and care for the people. This was largely based upon the argument that nuclear conflict was not survivable, therefore our survival rested soley in the hands of our government. The new approach has created a great void in our citizen's ability to sustain themselves at time of crisis. This conundrum brings me to recall a popular quote in the prepper community by the late Ayn Rand, “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”
Recently the USA Federal Government has become bi-polar on the issue. While survivalists and preppers are classified as domestic terrorists and kooks their agencies spearheaded by FEMA are now ratcheting up the messaging of "Go Bags" and Preparedness.
In October 2013 Philadelphia Mayor Nutter, in his pre-Hurricane Sandy news conference, told people that the city did not have to resources to come save them. He told people in threatened areas to, “make a plan, arrange an alternate place to stay (friends, family, etc) outside of the threat zone, make a “Ready To Go Bag” (Bug Out Bag) and leave by x time. It was simple, bold and refreshing. He was honest and direct, it was refreshing. For once a government body was not placating people by telling them everything will be fine Mother Government was going to take care of them. Finally a hint that people including government is realizing that they will never have enough resources to save and take care of everyone. Mayor Nutter pressed the fact that people needed to take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. That is the silver bullet. If we take care of ourselves, instead of expecting others to do for us, when we fall someone will be able to help.
Mayor Nutter and some of his counterparts are to be applauded for their honesty and earnest efforts to help motivate their constituents to survive. Even those who believe that the Mother State can take care of “everything” are realizing that there just never will be enough resources for such an enormous burden. The only hope will be to embrace what most of our Forefathers of this great nation believed; each individual, strong, self sufficient, free standing and self sufficient, standing shoulder to shoulder creates an indestructible force. If one falls, the rest will pick them up and all will stand, together. That is the only hope is to teach our citizens such a simple but empowering lesson.
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