Vichy Survival: Duck and Cover Bourgeois

[TalkingDog]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/fashion/06survival.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5124&en=a6b25249a30293e3&ex=1365134400&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

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Survivalism, it seems, is not just for survivalists anymore.

Faced with a confluence of diverse threats — a tanking economy, a housing crisis, looming environmental disasters, and a sharp spike in oil prices — people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social fringes.

They stockpile or grow food in case of a supply breakdown, or buy precious metals in case of economic collapse. Some try to take their houses off the electricity grid, or plan safe houses far away. The point is not to drop out of society, but to be prepared in case the future turns out like something out of “An Inconvenient Truth,” if not “Mad Max.”

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Maybe they see the Proles heading toward them with pitch-torches and rope......

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. ...or worse still, with knives and forks...

[TalkingDog]

2. Meat's kinda fatty, but still....n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. This is why I've always encouraged CEOs of multinational corporations to exercise regularly!

You know, build up lots of lean meat...er, muscle. :evilgrin:

[Atman]

4. Or maybe they drain the U.S. Treasury and stockpile all the cash in preparation

I'm telling you, and I've said this a hundred times on DU...Bush refuses to relinquish one penny of his tax cuts to his buddies because they knew this was coming. The basically intended for it to come, as a way of helping to ultimately bring about their "new world order." Can't rebuild a house without tearing it down first. But the richies had to make sure they'd survive the cataclysm they were intent on creating, so they made sure they drained every last drop from the Treasury.

It may take years to rebuild...but they'll be staying in their luxury suites eating their stockpiles bought with OUR money, while the riots rage outside their compound walls. All just part of the plan.

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