http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/ Rational Refreshing Reflections on What's Happening Now en-en Wed, 22 May 2013 08:18:19 +0000 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/recent.gif http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/ http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/index.html http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/index.html   12A012 What's To Be Done? by Jim Davies, 2/29/2012     There's some, but not very much disagreement that things are very bad, and very likely to get worse. Government has caused a recession, it is waging wars that are failing, and intensifying its tyranny over us defenseless civilians. If there is any doubt about any of that, read this or this and any of several frequent, realistic articles on LewRockwell.com or the Economic Collapse Blog or Strike the Root. John Stossel's documentary here shows how innocent activities even by children have become prohibited by a rapidly proliferating forest of laws. The mainstream media either don't get it, or do get it and are determined that we shall not. Fortunately, they are no longer the only dispensers of news and analysis. I tend to discount some of this gloom and doom; perhaps it isn't quite that bad, or at least perhaps the anticipated collapse and chaos will take a lot longer to arrive than is implied on such web sites. Government has proven it is remarkably skilled in postponing the evil day. Yes, it will arrive, but nobody knows when and I think kitting up with survival equipment is premature. About survival in a broken-down society: it won't be a matter of just "going off the grid." If and when chaos (not anarchy, of course, but chaos, which is quite different) does take place I doubt that handy devices for generating power and filtering water will serve for long. There will be thousands of starving people ready to loot anyone who appears to own food and water, and ammunition will kill only a few of those desperate raiders before it runs out. It's what chaos means. So to my main theme: what's to be done. Survival equipment will buy one a few days, a few weeks possibly. That's not good enough. More seriously, writers I've noticed are now more often prescribing emigration. Get out of America, they say, while you still can. When government gets really desperate it will close the borders like totalitarian states usually do, and then our goose will be cooked. For some who are young, without many family responsibilities, or who have above average earnings and skills that can be marketed anywhere, that's not a bad solution. Consider Argentina like Doug Casey, or Chile like Simon Black, or any of several places around the world where - at present - economies are thriving and governments are a lot less oppressive than the ones here. Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong are often mentioned, and even Mongolia has its merits. For those with roots that go deeper that option is less attractive, and in any case I'm not impressed. Two reasons: Sooner or later, the yet-bigger-government disease will affect the whole world if nothing is done to stop it. So emigration is just a temporary fix, good perhaps for this generation but not for the next There is no need to go. Instead, we can stay and fight. But, fight smart - and not on government's turf. By "stay and fight" I mean this: Wed, 22 May 2013 08:18:19 +0000 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/12A011.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/12A011.htm Read more about '12A011: Non-Standard Gold, 2/25/2012 A standard would help. Its absence would help more ' on the Zero Government blog... 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