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I live in a town that has appeared in post-apocalyptic fiction in the past as "the last bastion of civilization". I don't really fear civil unrest here. I think we're a pretty cooperative community in general, and I figure that if the shit were to hit the fan, we as a community would figure out some way to guarantee everyone's survival. We're just not a "every man for himself" kind of place. I don't see the need to arm myself, and I have access to arms elsewhere should I need them to hunt food.
However, I do think that civil unrest would be likely elsewhere in times of crisis, and were a major crisis to hit the United States, where I live would rapidly run out of easy-to-get food. We have other sources of food available to us in this community, though, and we're fortunate in that respect. We're surrounded by farmland, and we're at the fore of the local food movement. I think it would be difficult at first for us to change gears, though, and I have food supplies, first aid kits, and other supplies socked away in case of those scenarios.
Personally, I don't think our future is any more dim now than it was in the 1950s or 1980s. After all, there's still six minutes to midnight.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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