Sí, hoy asume el
que te dije. Pero hablemos de cosas simples, de la gente común en el corazón
del Imperio. Sucedió a comienzos de enero de este año en un pueblito del
sudeste estadounidense. Nada tremendo, pero sugiere cómo viene el talante de
los estadounidenses en los tiempos que corren. Un indicador, digamos, de una
sociedad al borde de algo. Leemos esta nota de Mac Slavo en un sitio predilecto
de los “preppers”: SHTFPlan.com:
Título: Empty
Shelves and Madness: A Minor Winter Storm Drove People Into “Panic Buying of
Food And Basics”
Texto: A couple
of weeks ago, in early January, there was a relatively minor storm in the South
and Southeast U.S. Cold weather, threat of the power going out, snow and ice
and empty store shelves.
This wasn’t the
big one. And yet it was enough to bring things to a panic.
If this is how
people react to an extreme cold spell, then what happens when something major
hits?
With about two
months of winter to go, it is the kind of routine disturbance that is likely to
happen again without much ado. A much more severe storm may come as well.ey
Shortages, and
ill prepared people scrambling about for the final available resources. The
angry race to the checkout line probably elicited road rage, fights and
arguments… the storm that is brought out in people poses perhaps an even larger
threat than the natural disaster, etc. itself.
After a few short
hours ahead of a short-lived bitter cold, practically everything was gone – and
nothing even happened yet. None one had gone without, and things hadn’t even
gotten the chance to turn ugly.
If this had been
a true crisis, and not just extreme weather over the weekend, people would have
killed and died over a cart of groceries, some bottles of water or some fuel…
and they could have prepared instead.
Vic Bishop shared
these photos via Waking Times.com that were sent by a Walmart employee in a
North Carolina store. He witnessed a chaotic buying spree, hopeless long lines
and a people who could be brought to their knees within mere hours, and without
even facing a real threat:
As a wave of
extremely cold temperatures and isolated winter storms hits the South and
Southeastern parts of the United States, Americans are once again proving their
tendency to panic buy food and basic provisions in the event of even the most
predictable and short-term emergencies.
[…]
The following
images were sent to Waking Times on January 6th, 2017, by a Wal-Mart employee
of the Cambridge Court store in Charlotte, North Carolina, who photographed
empty food shelves as a severe winter storm descended upon the region. Along
with the photos, this employee commented that the store had been a madhouse all
afternoon and that lines were incredibly long.
“It’s been a mess
since Monday, the lines on the register look like people going to vote.”
~Wal-Mart employee, Ras Vosty
[…]
If this type of
panic buying, which can empty the shelves of a major box retailer like Wal-Mart
in just a few hours, is so common place even in the event of a minor, predictable
weather event, then what will happen when a serious crisis like a severe
economic crash or an escalation of global conflict breaks out?
These photos show
that society is completely unprepared for ANYTHING AT ALL out of the ordinary…
and if it lasts more than 12 hours, it will cause complete chaos shortly
afterwards.
The people you
see on the streets, in your community, and especially in the big cities, would
be lucky on average to make it three days with the back-up canned goods and
last pickings stored in their cabinet and fridge.
After 12-72 hours
without ATMs and EBT debit cards working, and without food to buy at the
stores, electricity and other services, people will absolutely lose it.
There will be
nothing else holding back the inner animal.
That is when
everyone you in the general population becomes a threat against you, and a
liability to your survival.
Do your friends
and neighbors know that you prep and store lots of extra food, fuel and
supplies?
Will they be knocking
on your door for shelter and refuge, only to eat through your carefully-stocked
cache? Will their greed, ignorance and stupidity give you away, open you up to
outside attacks, get your arrested or even killed?
There will be a
lot revealed about the human character the next time a rise crisis hits and
something lasts longer than a weekend storm.
Be prepared, and
be on guard for signs like this – that things are not as stable as they appear
on the surface:
Becoming
self-sufficient, and cutting yourself out of the loop of dependency on the
system, supply chain and people around you might be a good thing to do.
At the very
least, a couple extra weeks of everything you might need in a crisis should be
the minimum step to take – as political and economic unrest may well be coming,
along with perhaps more than the average level of natural disasters and extreme
weather events.These are not normal times.
Escuché el discurso de inauguración de Trump. Bastante bueno. Insistió en la línea de la campaña, un poco más moderado.
ResponderEliminarLo que me llamó la atención es el énfasis que puso cuando dijo que, a partir de ahora, su propio país tiene prioridad y que va a reconocer ese principio para todos los demás países y que USA no intentará cambios de régimen en ellos.
Esto es muy rescatable y espero que sea congruente con ese principio en los hechos de su gobierno, sobre todo respecto a América Latina.