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The wealthy would be irresponsible if they weren't preparing themselves for the coming crash. For most of us a more immediate concern won't be the billionaires who have retreated to their own islands, but the neighbors who haven't made any preparations.
Very good point. Where I live people are generally self-sufficient, cooperative and knowledgeable, though not because they're aware of peak oil/fiat crisis, just because their farmers.
See how well that does for them when they can no longer afford or access the external inputs that drive their farming on top of that depleted topsoil of theirs.
The street I live on is working class. People here are generally pretty decent. They help each other out. Being working class, my neighbors have a variety of practical skills -- carpentry, mechanical, etc. -- that would be short supply in a higher priced part of town. Only one guy (me) gardens at all (and, to be honest, my 'garden' is pretty pathetic, most of what I eat comes from the store).
A block to the east is mostly rental units. People come and go. Nobody knows their neighbors. These people could be a wild card.
Don't think about moving.
You moved to Vermont for the College but there may have been a deeper psychological process in play.
This is the kind of thinking that the wealthy will promote. So long as ordinary people are fearful of each other and reluctant to take a chance on working cooperatively, the wealthy will remain in control.
Political leaders who build trust amongst ordinary people are needed. In the US, we are so far behind the rest of the world in many areas precisely because of this mentality. The unions are weak and mostly non-existent. It's like Moore says in Sicko, in France the gov't is afraid of the people, here the people are afraid of the gov't. But he might have added that the reason is they are afraid of each other -- and that's been heavily promoted. We have our own SS, the Scared Shitless.
Davebygolly for president!
I am serious.
righteous
The wealthy have more to lose and more to protect, they may end up more SS than anybody.
When under duress "ordinary people" will hand over control to maniacs. At least that's how it's always worked in the rest of the world, which is so far ahead of us.