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How did it work out for the well-prepared country folks in the Ukraine in the 1930s?

It might devolve to anarchy, but it also might lead to martial law. Then, the govt. will lead military units out to the countryside to TAKE your food by force.

Think you can resist a company of soldiers sent to remove your “illegal hoard” of food?

Ask the Ukrainians how it worked out when the city folks were hungry and the govt decided to take the food from the farmers.

I too have read history. They can not take what they can not find. This goes for weapons, fuel, and food. Beside my own acreage there is almost 2 million acres of national forest land and BLM land within a couple hours in my truck and a day or two on my horses and mules.
To go to war with the government is futile. But I can out survive them.
I'm a gunsmith, I can make effective single shot weapons out of a plumbing store parts if I need to. I've been blowing stumps with fertilizer and fuel since I was in junior high school. Most every farm boy/ranch kid I know has these skills. I can farm with my mules. My ability to survive has been proven from Nam in 71 to Somalia in 93. I am very aware of the potential of our military. I also know that very few active duty personnel will actually pull a trigger on their own people. I also know that if they try to bring in the UN, that the active duty folks will turn on this government.
I have a very long history on the inside of the military machine. I can't defeat it and don't have to. I can avoid it and become a major thorn in their side if I want to. Mainly I can teach others how to survive and how to resist. You sound as if you have already chosen which side you will be on. Bet on one thing, what ever I have you will never get. As I depart one place for the next it will be scorched earth behind me. Power, water, and highways all run across our country and it wouldn't take a lot to shut them all down. We grow the food or not as we chose. You might want to reevaluate your situation. There are a lot of us country boys/vets out here. Do you think we forgot everything we learned???

"How did it work out for the well-prepared country folks in the Ukraine in the 1930s?"

"It might devolve to anarchy, but it also might lead to martial law. Then, the govt. will lead military units out to the countryside to TAKE your food by force."

"Think you can resist a company of soldiers sent to remove your “illegal hoard” of food?"

"Ask the Ukrainians how it worked out when the city folks were hungry and the govt decided to take the food from the farmers."

You're being a bad sailor, Travis. You know better than that. ;-) LOL!

Tell you what. I'll go one better. When you hear bagpipes,...

...run for your lives, folks! Game over! There's no way out! We're all going to die!

[This comment was for the sole purpose of sick humor. It does not reflect my perception of any current political situation.]