Holistic Survival: Points to Remember
• Chaos frequently results in people being harmed.
• The best defense is generally to avoid the chaos.
• Chaos will most likely be concentrated in dense urban areas.
• Make plans to evacuate high-risk areas before the chaos begins.
• Most attackers are looking for easy targets.
• Many attacks can be avoided simply by giving off the impression that you are aware and prepared.
• Engaging in a physical fight will most likely result in moderate to severe personal injury.
• Ordinary items can be used as weapons if necessary.
• The goal is not to subdue an attacker, but to cause him sufficient pain so that he retreats.
• Chaos is likely to result in looting and vandalism.
• Stock enough supplies to survive for 30 to 90 days.
• Being prepared will allow you to avoid the “mad scramble” for resources.
• Choosing to live and invest in the suburbs may help to avoid rioters and looters entirely.
• Crisis situations will leave the police and fire departments over-stretched and under-resourced.
• The public agencies will not be able to help everybody in a crisis.
• Be prepared to take care of yourself in an emergency, since the public safety agencies may not be available.
• Significant inflation is likely to occur as the government debases the currency to finance its spending.
• Inflation destroys the value of savings, stocks, home equity, and debt.
• Structure your finances so that your assets are physical things and your liabilities are dollar-denominated debt obligations.
• This will cause inflation to increase the value of assets, while destroying the value of your liabilities.
• Gold has a history of manipulation and seizure by the government.
• Hyper-inflation could result in commerce descending to barter and trade.
• Gold has limited intrinsic utility, because it is not consumed by humans.
• Barter with gold will be inefficient because of its high value relative to other items.
Jason Hartman, https://holisticsurvival.com
