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Okay, so I know next to nothing about preparation for this kind of stuff. But I do know what I need to live. Food, water, shelter, protection, companionship.
Let's assume that doomsday = no money works any longer. The dollar crashed, the euro crashed, the yuan crashed, all of it crashed, and now anyone involved with a bank has been either executed or is being looked for to be killed. Nobody trusts governments anymore and law enforcement has given up. We still have all our medical and technological knowledge, though, but nobody is doing research anymore since nobody is being compensated. Nobody even trusts the idea of money anymore. Many people have killed themselves because working is pointless and so is running a business. Those who still work and run business get paid in food and water. The richest people are those who have excesses of food and water and can afford to buy protection and better homes. The Internet still works, electricity is still running if you know how to connect to it 'illegally', and water still runs (although nobody cares for it anymore so it's dirty and diseased). Refineries have shut down and gold and silver are now worthless since you can't buy food with it, despite efforts of silver and gold investors to make those into currency.
So that's essentially the situation. It might not get that bad, but let's assume that it does.
Food: I'm not all for the idea of growing my own food. Sure, I'll grow peppers and tomatoes and such since they aren't difficult to grow in a small space. I also don't really want to hunt. I know there are people who are much, much better at hunting than I am. I would much prefer to barter with people who have food, because in a doomsday situation I know that it won't be every man for himself. Not only that, if I hoard food, people will want to take it. I'd rather trade something for the food.
Water: Clean water is a must. This is, in part, why I'm an environmentalist: we humans have nearly destroyed our natural water supplies. In order to use natural freshwater or rainwater we must clean it extensively due to all of the pollution caused by us. Groundwater is becoming polluted, too, as we put more and more chemicals into our soil. Nowadays, I could buy a lifetime's worth of clean water for a couple thousand dollars. I don't really want to hoard 5,000 gallons of water, but 5,000 gallons can fill a small pool and I could keep that small pool or water in my own airtight, watertight container so it will not become infected. MONEYMAKING IDEA: Sell 5,000-10,000 gallon airtight water-tight large fish tanks for keeping drinkable water.
Shelter, well, I'd prefer to live in a smaller space if possible. I'd also need a bed, blanket, and some source of heating in the winter and cooling during the summer. Or I could just move to a place where it was 80/27 degrees all the time. Warm and cool clothes are also a must. Keeping hygienic in this kind of situation may prove difficult, so I'd need to set aside a few gallons of water per week to wash myself, brush my teeth, etc.
Protection. My philosophy is, the less you have, the less you need to protect. Being rich in a doomsday situation just means being alive and safe. But in that case, I'd just carry personal protection like a .45 or something. Any loaded firearm will do. However, in a doomsday situation, everyone will have a gun. I'm not very good with a gun, so I'd need to practice. But, people would be less likely to kill me on the spot if I didn't have anything they could take, such as my 5,000 gallon fish tank of fresh water. I'd need to hide that real well.
Protection also means protection from disease and its effects. I'd need to have some very basic medicine: painkillers, Pepto-Bismol, bandaids, alcohol, ephedrine, etc. Of course, I'm not protected from all disease.
Companionship. Shouldn't be too difficult to find. However, I prefer to live alone.
In a doomsday situation, what could I offer someone? What could I trade so that I do not have to hunt for my food, keep my own water or protect myself? That's really the question because doomsday society is still society.
So, new question: what kind of 'business' would you start? Would you hunt and sell meat? Would you grow food, tobacco or marijuana? Distill alcohol? Run a well? Sell bullets? Real estate? This is what I have yet to decide.
This is a long post
Let's assume that doomsday = no money works any longer. The dollar crashed, the euro crashed, the yuan crashed, all of it crashed, and now anyone involved with a bank has been either executed or is being looked for to be killed. Nobody trusts governments anymore and law enforcement has given up. We still have all our medical and technological knowledge, though, but nobody is doing research anymore since nobody is being compensated. Nobody even trusts the idea of money anymore. Many people have killed themselves because working is pointless and so is running a business. Those who still work and run business get paid in food and water. The richest people are those who have excesses of food and water and can afford to buy protection and better homes. The Internet still works, electricity is still running if you know how to connect to it 'illegally', and water still runs (although nobody cares for it anymore so it's dirty and diseased). Refineries have shut down and gold and silver are now worthless since you can't buy food with it, despite efforts of silver and gold investors to make those into currency.
So that's essentially the situation. It might not get that bad, but let's assume that it does.
Food: I'm not all for the idea of growing my own food. Sure, I'll grow peppers and tomatoes and such since they aren't difficult to grow in a small space. I also don't really want to hunt. I know there are people who are much, much better at hunting than I am. I would much prefer to barter with people who have food, because in a doomsday situation I know that it won't be every man for himself. Not only that, if I hoard food, people will want to take it. I'd rather trade something for the food.
Water: Clean water is a must. This is, in part, why I'm an environmentalist: we humans have nearly destroyed our natural water supplies. In order to use natural freshwater or rainwater we must clean it extensively due to all of the pollution caused by us. Groundwater is becoming polluted, too, as we put more and more chemicals into our soil. Nowadays, I could buy a lifetime's worth of clean water for a couple thousand dollars. I don't really want to hoard 5,000 gallons of water, but 5,000 gallons can fill a small pool and I could keep that small pool or water in my own airtight, watertight container so it will not become infected. MONEYMAKING IDEA: Sell 5,000-10,000 gallon airtight water-tight large fish tanks for keeping drinkable water.
Shelter, well, I'd prefer to live in a smaller space if possible. I'd also need a bed, blanket, and some source of heating in the winter and cooling during the summer. Or I could just move to a place where it was 80/27 degrees all the time. Warm and cool clothes are also a must. Keeping hygienic in this kind of situation may prove difficult, so I'd need to set aside a few gallons of water per week to wash myself, brush my teeth, etc.
Protection. My philosophy is, the less you have, the less you need to protect. Being rich in a doomsday situation just means being alive and safe. But in that case, I'd just carry personal protection like a .45 or something. Any loaded firearm will do. However, in a doomsday situation, everyone will have a gun. I'm not very good with a gun, so I'd need to practice. But, people would be less likely to kill me on the spot if I didn't have anything they could take, such as my 5,000 gallon fish tank of fresh water. I'd need to hide that real well.
Protection also means protection from disease and its effects. I'd need to have some very basic medicine: painkillers, Pepto-Bismol, bandaids, alcohol, ephedrine, etc. Of course, I'm not protected from all disease.
Companionship. Shouldn't be too difficult to find. However, I prefer to live alone.
In a doomsday situation, what could I offer someone? What could I trade so that I do not have to hunt for my food, keep my own water or protect myself? That's really the question because doomsday society is still society.
So, new question: what kind of 'business' would you start? Would you hunt and sell meat? Would you grow food, tobacco or marijuana? Distill alcohol? Run a well? Sell bullets? Real estate? This is what I have yet to decide.
This is a long post
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. I guess S-corps are the way to go now.
