People Online Are Sharing How They’d Prepare For A Country's Collapse, And For No Reason At All I'm Reading Every Single Comment

Recently, Reddit user DetroitsGoingToWin turned to the popular Ask Reddit page to pose an apocalyptic hypothetical: "If you thought your country was three to six months away from a violent collapse, how would you prepare?" and the answers range from funny to genuinely earnest. Here are some of the best:

1."Really work hard on strengthening my relationships with my fellow community members."

—GSilky

2."Cardio."

"Legit something that is wildly overlooked is how physically demanding fighting is, even just running around.

You can have all the guns and bullets and food stockpiled and then get mowed down because you can't run for more than 10 seconds.

Go all out and carry a 35-pound pack on your back while you do it for extra realism."

—ChickenPicture

"In the military, we were taught that if we stop moving, we die. This is especially the case with drones now. Soldiers think they can hide from them instead, but this isn’t the case."

—Druzhyna

3."If Zombieland taught us anything, it's that cardio is Rule #1."

—Coffee_And_Bikes

4."I would go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over."

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—wepa_reddit

5."I wouldn't; I procrastinate far too much."

—Lost_Needleworker285

"Yeah, can we get to the collapse tomorrow instead?"

—Crallise

6."Instead of obvious prepping, I joined a local hiking group to learn the terrain and made friends with people who have useful skills."

"My new friend Sarah's a nurse, John's ex-military, and Mike's an expert gardener. Building a community might be more valuable than stockpiling supplies when everything falls apart."

—Handsome_Cupcake

7."I'm from Venezuela, and it happened...2013."

"I started saving in foreign currency (USD, EUR), sold my properties while they still had value, renewed documentation (passport, IDs, credit cards), sold vehicles, worked on apostille for my credentials (diplomas, certifications), spent on the basic stuff to survive to get ready to leave, started networking with friends abroad to see my options, made up my mind, and hopped on a bus to the border."

—brkdesigner

8."Honestly, even some backyard gardening could go a long way, in just getting the knowlege, even."

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"I sometimes watch a Youtuber, a heavily tattooed and mustached Italian living in London, and he goes through lots of space-saving ways to grow lots of food in the middle of London, of all places."

—u/lokua_CDN

9."Start wrapping my baseball bat in barbed wire and learn to whistle."

—Dinnerpancakes

10."I'd inform the neighbors and hope they stock up on supplies so I can rob 'em later."

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—Affectionate-Army650

11."I kinda hate to say this but the people who have been prepping for years would be the most prepared. They’ve seen this coming and have set up for it."

"In Washington state, I lived near people who built their home underground. Full electric solar systems and such. I dated a girl when I was 18, and her dad was always filling his used soda bottles with filtered water and beans and rice, and storing them under his home. Things like that.

BUT, in desperate situations, anyone who knows these things will go to those people for help when (or if) shit hits the fan."

—A_CA_TruckDriver

12."The reality is, if it was three to six months away from collapse, you would have already had a lot of market failures and daily changes that would inhibit you from being able to sufficiently prepare."

"Realistically, figure out what type of survival you want, refugee, institutional loyalist, looter, scrapper, etc."

—MightNo4003

13."I'd put micro machines around the doorway of society so any threat would slip and fall. Maybe rig some paint cans on ropes to cover society's staircase."

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—BeholderLivesMatter

14."I'd say stop overreacting. Your country isn't facing a violent collapse. Sure, it's going through a somewhat tumultuous phase, but it's so much better off than most economies and still the world's innovation capital. People/democracies are far more resilient than you give them credit for."

—hasanDask

15."It’s not three to six months from collapse, but I prepared by buying a bidet instead of stocking up on Costco toilet paper."

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—Naturist02

"Bidet life, best life."

—katiepags

16."People are very frustrated with the cost of basic needs. Starting a garden is ideal."

—ThroatLower5257

17."Move."

—lemons_of_doubt

18."Ammunition for my guns. As much nonperishable food as I can get. Bigger generator and lots of fuel for it."

"I live on 20 acres in the country, so I can control my immediate environment better than if I lived in town.

I would talk to all of my immediate neighbors to make a plan so we can coordinate our actions, should actions be necessary. As a group, set up a control to access the subdivision. Fuel up all of the vehicles."

—showme1946

19.And finally: "If the cities do fall apart — and you’d be surprised how many won’t in war, as the military creates supply lines — you will see people from the cities coming to where you are and setting up camps to survive if that’s where food is."

"You need to decide if you all can help each other or not. Refugees are best to see. If you see the army or soldiers, they will take your food and farm for their side of the war effort and you’ll get bombed too by the other side. There is no amount of strategic planning that can prepare you for a governmental collapse."

—apple_kicks

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