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Banks are reporting ‘suspicious activity’

Tynehead Tom

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Back before the 2008 crash, folks were talking about how bad it could get. A internet story about the scenariotalked about barter. The dude telling it said he was a specialist in refilling lighters.

Since all they did was extend and pretend sincev2008, the splat from thefall may be rough. Most people living in cities are at huge risk of a supply stoppage causing widespread looting. After that there is no commerce. We are already seeing shortages of even regular items. Anybody stockpile TP now?

How do folks plan to get through the roadblocks to their peaceful bug out location?
don't have your primary residence in or near a major urban center for starters. ;)
 

flylowgethigh

Non-growing Lurker
ICMag Donor
All the people bugging out with their stuff gonna be like fish swimming into a trap.

Better have a chopper in your garage ready to go.
 

exploziv

pure dynamite
Administrator
Veteran
In the EU its 2k and up.. the bank has to report.
Under that sum they won't ask stupid questions. But they can (and are encouraged to) report anything suspicious, even if under 2k.
 
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Frosty Nuggets

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my wife, as a teenager who survived sarajevo during the bosnia war, and her mother have told me many stories about what happens when society collapses into anarchy. I would imagine few folks can imagine the human depravity that comes immediately following that collapse. Not weeks or months later..... it's instant.
What is also hard to imagine are the items that have high value in trades and bartering. Currency was used somewhat as the banking system did not stop. My wife's mother held a government job in the banking industry and she went to work each day under heavy guard. Anyways..... take-out ketchup packs, same for salt and pepper, sugar, strike anywhere matches, stove fuel, eye drops and wash bottles, water purification pills..... did I say salt? don't forget the salt. Also a big trading item was feminine hygene items and bandaids/ointments. Tea and coffee as well.
In Sarajevo there was a daytime market where everything from tampons to AK47's could be bartered for. A whole lot of the aid the Canadian Forces distributed in Bosnia ended up in these markets as well. Food rations and first aid stuff primarily.
It's great to stock pile stuff for bartering but if you are gonna plan that way..... you better have a bigger gun or several companions with big guns because innevitably if you have a big stash of stuff..... someone "is" going to try and take it from you
in the post social structure world it will pay to be highly mobile and plan to bug out and live like the afghans in the mountains with cache locations that can be found with the trusty map and compass..... unless the poles flip and that might become a "stash by memory" type thing.
I already told my wife that the day they force us into a cashless , digital ID life here in Canuckistan, I'm heading to the mountains.... and as strange as it might sound, I do have a plan in place and a cache already started ;)
Anarchy is to live without rulers (government) NOT chaos.
 

led05

Chasing The Present
Thanks to uncle joe shits his pants my entire business went to cash only. The hassle of document processing on electronic transactions over $600 is stupid.
The “Man” been switching sides the past decade or two and nobody paying attention…. Need more independents , libertarians & outlaws to stop this NWO - ha
 
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