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Via Tom
In the Post-SHTF world, that awaits us all in the near future, going into “Town” might not be as terrifying an experience as it is so often portrayed. Glimmers of open and free trade could appear instead of the wide stretches of wasteland ruled by the marauding hordes we usually envision. Oh, the ruthless gangs will still be there, up to business as usual, if you scratch the surface, just a little.
But maybe it will all simmer down when everyone sees that by trying to act civil, you get more business done. There might spring up that inevitable degree of “Mutually Assured Destruction” that keeps everything corked up and we can all get along long enough to buy and sell “goods and services” without excessively having to watch our every step and word. Yet, then as now, the rule may be, “stay as far away from town as possible”. Then the real task becomes, “how to keep those electronic gizmos, that we depend on for information, navigation, and security, powered-up while we’re on the trail to and from “Town”.