10 Things That The Egypt Riots Can Teach Us About What Happens When Society Breaks Down

One Patriot's Thoughts ^ | 2/5/11 | onemansthoughts

[Kartographer]

1 When society breaks down, people look for whatever weapons they can find. Over this past week, abandoned police stations throughout Egypt have been stripped of their arsenals by looters.

2 When society breaks down, nobody is safe. Average Egyptians “armed with sticks and razors” have formed vigilante groups to protect their homes from the crazed looters that have emerged during the rioting.

3 When society breaks down, you better protect your women and children. At least 60 rapes have been officially reported since the rioting began. The unofficial number is surely far higher than that.

4 When society breaks down, criminals do not fear the law. There are reports that at least 4 prisons have been attacked and that thousands of convicts have escaped into the streets.

5 When society breaks down, authoritarian governments begin hoarding food. The Telegraph is reporting that governments throughout the Middle East and North Africa have started stockpiling huge amounts of food in response to all the rioting that has been going on.

6 When society breaks down, food shortages can happen shockingly fast. As commerce has been brought to a standstill in Egypt, serious shortages of some of the most important basic food staples are starting to be reported. Many families in Egypt only have enough food to be able to survive for a couple more days.

[PastorBooks]

Excellent use of a timely Trek quote.

I would credit you 100 Quatloos but I don’t think Paypal takes them.

[TigersEye]

btrl

[fortheDeclaration]

Is there something in that article that anyone with common sense doesn’t know?

[mountainbunny]

Food for thought" for sure. I've been wondering when they're going to get hungry.

Many are already hungry. I was watching the evening news Thursday, and they showed a reporter trying to interview a baker. The people in the bakery didn't want the empty shelves being shown. The brief interview had the baker saying that he was going the best he could, but clearly, he was running low/empty on many ingredients.

The worst thing about being without food, aside from the obvious (hunger) is that you will have to venture out into the chaos to try to find food.

[vanilla swirl]

“we will need a strong leader to do what’s necessary and crush the revolt.”

ummm..... yes, like Germany in the 1930’s?

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[djf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_aM4hrRkEc&feature=related

[djf]

Actually, the original is on the NBC website.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/king-tut/1037261/

Dancin by the Nile,
The ladies loved his style...

He gave his life for tourism...

LMAO!!

[Caipirabob]

Good morning, am I on your ping list for this topic? Would you please add me?

Cheers,
Rob

[Yet_Again]

I would like to think that in a scenario where these people took to the street in armed insurrection, that they would be met head to head, outnumbered 2-1, by folks protecting the constitution against enemies both foreign and DOMESTIC.

[Yet_Again]

Any Conservative in an urban and even suburban setting better have an escape plan.

Very true. If you live in a population center of more than 5,000 or so you're at some degree of risk. Especially if you live in one with large numbers of the welfare class. I was offered a job in Texas recently, and looked at the town's demographics on city-data.com (one of the best sources for this sort of thing). It was 21% black. Katrina refugees, I'm guessing. Needless to say, I turned it down.

[Erik Latranyi]

If you do not believe this can happen here, just remember, the best example of societal breakdown we have had recently: McDonald’s runs out of chicken McNuggets and customers call 911.

[Caipirabob]

Thanks for the manual - cheers!

[notdownwidems]

Any Conservative in an urban and even suburban setting better have an escape plan.

I'd like to know, an escape plan to where?

[The Comedian]

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[DCBryan1]

I need on the list!

So does my wife, Jenbean.

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[DCBryan1]

we will need a strong leader to do what’s necessary and crush the revolt.

.....and alot of people like me with a willingness to pull the trigger at the drop of a hat and will sleep like a baby that evening.

[stickandrudder]

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[Whenifhow]

Extended info....

http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-preparedness/10-things-we-can-learn-from-egypt-about-preparing-for-economic-and-societal-collapse_01312011

[Dr.Zoidberg]

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