The Dark Period
One might even call it the muddle through period.
I am becoming to believe that things
around the world may end up something like the triage idea. Some will do OK,
some will suffer, some will just plain have their lifestyle changed for the
worse, and some just won't make it.
Where I live in the USA, I expect to
be in the group that has their lifestyle changed for the worse. For example, I
may have to start growing my own food, and burying my dead before their time.
Mostly I fear the loss of rural
electricity for an extended period of time, and it's positive benefits; like
food availability and clean water and waste water treatment, health care,
police and fire security, and transportation from gasoline and diesel engine
power, commerce if you will. Now how I might lose my rural electricity and for
how long depends on the scenario, but I suspect the idea of triage may return
and affect me. For example, if the whole world has a shortage of transformers,
I would expect to be last on the list of restoration of power from transformer
replacements. That's what I would do, anyway.
And many around the world don't even
have rural public electricity today. That idea puts them in better shape as to
already formed habits. But the loss of their alternatives, like fuel oil for
lights, or seeds for growing, will also probably be devastating to their way or
life and habits.
So I have to make own local USA plans
in the interim, including any muddle through scenarios.
That "interim" will
probably be a dark period in human
history. Or at least the history where I live.
The only good news is kind of like
the idealistic idea of the noble savage. Now I know better than to buy that
line of belief. It's gonna be ugly where I live, especially for our women.
Even the idea of being cleaner and
happier under duress seems like some academic idea of nirvana. I would suggest that those that believe that
try living that way for themselves, and their Families, and see what happens.
Or so it seems to be coming my way.
I expect great change to come, and
our present leaders may be surprised at the outcome, and timing. Some may
suffer through revolt, or even having their heads lopped off, which has also
happened in our past. After all, it took decades to get into this mess, and it
will probably take decades to get out of this mess. And nobody wants to die
early, especially having their children die earlier than them. Bottom line, nobody I know is volunteering to
die early, like in North Korea, which has already happened, or so I believe and
was reported to me.
Heck, where I live the "restored"
black bears are now roaming around the neighborhoods, and most people and their
pets are not happy campers as a result. Can you say kick 'em in the balls. And
all that just to mow the grass, for example. And by the way, and depending on
the season, one can even render the bear fat for a while, plus eat them, too.
Just don't tell the government these days. Even I have a reprint of an 1879
Nashville Maxwell House Hotel Christmas Menu. It included "Leg of
Cumberland Mountain Black Bear". What a difference times and circumstances
makes in what we can say publically in 2013.
So when will the Dark Period end?
Who knows, especially where they live? Where I live I hope it is around 2020.
One's best effort is just to plod
through as best they can, and let it all sort out. That's what I would
encourage. After all, it is mostly about our Families, and their future.
One era, the Progressive era, is
coming to an end, and another era is beginning. What the new era brings is
still in my thinking stage, but for sure it is happening. I assume much
friction will happen during the transition, kind of like normal. But the practical effect on me is still the
same, like being fed, warm, and able to defend my interests, as best I can.
So can this be a Dark Period? Who
knows? Seems like a good time to hone up my survival skills.
No comments:
Post a Comment