Now, wait just a minute, Jillian Becker. Who has it been that has been talking doom and gloom about America, the Democrats, the Left, the snatch of power and control from Covid and Climate Change, the shift to Communism/Socialism that would take all private property and monies from the people and work to reduce The West and America to fiefdoms with elite overlords? A while back TAC, not the forum, became so depressingly gloom and doom that I despaired for those who seemingly had given up and saw no hope for America and Americans.
What do you think would happen then, that we would all just lie down and take it? That will not be the way America goes. There are too many who will not lie and down and take it. There are others and “they also serve that only stand and wait.” In the words of an old song:
“Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer
Never hint at what you really feel
Teach the children quietly
For some day sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still”
That is perhaps when I was moved to be really prepared; an old song that spoke to me, “Silent Running” by Mike and the Mechanics, which came out in 1985, but I probably missed it then, as I had three babies in six years and missed the 80s music entirely, discovering it only in the 90s.
And who was the one that always had Hope that whatever may come, America and Americans will remain and seek to regain the Republic? That’s me, despite the despair of TAC. Maybe you didn’t realize how TAC projected despair and doom and gloom in recent years.
What has happened before in human history? The people that hold individual freedom as the most important condition, will continue and try to return freedom to themselves and to their progeny. That cannot be done if we aren’t prepared to weather the worst of times.
Jillian, many good Americans already believe that hard times are coming, because they are aware of current shortages, current inflation, current foreign affairs and current domestic events…plus we have two more years of the Biden Administration and can expect more disasters for America because of it.
I don’t need Beck to persuade me, but he confirms through his research teams and his own self-education what we have been expecting; that eventually the Left will control the country and align itself with the “Fabians,” “New World Order,” “Global Oligarchy,” “The Great Reset.” “Build Back Better” and that the Communist that Joe McCarthy said were infiltrating our government have taken hold, and are nearing completion of their rather more fascist goals.
Barring that, if you and I both acknowledge that a civil war is possible, that a world war is possible, that an EMP strike or solar flare of EMP strength is possible or that a break-down of civilization is possible due to plague or economic disaster …then why wouldn’t you, Jillian, prepare for severely hard times, wherein the US might not recover significantly as a government that is a Republic under our Constitution and Bill of Rights?
I understand your age, but you could encourage your children and grands, or you could stock up for them if they don’t take such possibilities seriously. There are many people, who exhibit a normalcy bias. It is almost a natural condition to expect things to remain the same, to minimize the threat of a disaster or how that disaster could affect them.
As I said in an earlier post, I have from an early age felt that I should be prepared. I was behaving as a person that wanted to provide for her family during hard times and I was always a person, who was determined not to be a victim, but to help others in trouble.
Stocking up for a time when civilization breaks down is more serious than preparing for an electrical outage during hurricanes or blizzards. An EMP from attack or from the Sun are real possibilities, and would wreck havoc with life as we know it. Why wouldn’t an intelligent person want to be prepared to struggle through it? That isn’t despair. That is hopeful determination. That is a desire to continue. My sanity is not endangered. It is the sane position to take.
