In the event of a yearly anarchic purge, I would...
1-Carry a rifle and post guards.
2-Drill/dig a second well on my property.
3- Manufacture or obtain a bunch of class III weapons and suppressors.
4- Stockpile a bunch of fuel, food, ammo, supplies and other big ticket items to last me a year, TAX FREE!
5- File income taxes with all the boxes filled with "Taxation is Theft" or subtle variations thereof.
6- Burn weeds, brush and sticks in my yard.
7- Buy raw goats milk from a lady who can't sell it.
The only thing I don't understand is the second well. Do the "powers-that-think-they-be" figure you'd use twice as much water if you had two wells?
If, out of the kindness of her heart, the "goat lady' gives milk to thirsty travelers what's wrong with that? If said thirsty travelers decide to donate a little for the care and feeding of the nice lady's goats... ;-)
Just for an off the books backup water source, maybe with a way to run it without power. All wells have to be documented with the state, and although domestic wells do not require a meter yet, every legislative session it is a battle. I don't own any water rights, so I would depend entirely on that domestic well allotment not getting cut back or further regulated.
Yeah, there is always a black market or loopholes for all of the things that I mentioned, but I'm such a good citizen, I would never dream of displeasing the crown...
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What a dilemma... I'm too old and moral to participate in the purge, so that's out. On my street there are seven cops, a retired judge-his wife is a doctor, one retired firefighter and one active firefighter. Both have been trained as paramedics. And at least one hunter. The ages of the homeowners range from mid 30s to late 70s. There is only one entrance for vehicles, but there is a wooded area at the end of the street. I think in the event of a once a year purge, we'd be OK, as long as we banded together and placed the proper sentries and over watch.
For a total societal break down, I'm debating. Should I try to find Rex and offer my meager skills to supplement his merry band? Or, should I find my way to Queen Kacie and join the cannibalistic crew of former MK ultra kids? Taking a queue from Lew and becoming "cannibis-allistic" also seems appealing!
Hopefully, nothing major goes down until I get some land out west, but not as for north as our friends in the Frozen Tundra. Just the thought of winters up there makes me want to shoot something in the face!
Not exactly sure what I would do. For sure I would NOT participate, but I live near an area with a lot of theft problems/drugs/gangs. I would expect there to be some "looting by force" to spill over to the rural area where I live. Likely my family and the few neighbors around would look out for each other. Only destructive thing I might do would be to take out the cell towers in the area. All that looting/robbery would likely be coordinated by iPhone. Take away their commo and you'll hamper their efforts.
I feel I'm fairly well prepared. I have a well, generators with enough fuel to last over a month (propane and diesel), plenty of stored food, and let's just say I'm better armed than most but not as good as some. Next door neighbor is Navy, but no other mil, leo, or firefighters nearby like Geoff.
Plissken, if you're looking for raw goat's milk, I know people. On item 6 I have the image in my head of Tom Hanks in "Castaway". "IIIII HAVE MADE FIRE!"
im going to play dead in my own house, every purge i will find new ways to display my body, hand in toaster, donuts on my fingers like rings, laying spread eagle with a latex body suit with that strappy thing over my face, maybe even dressed in really tacky drag. anything to make a murderer go "what in the F#@$" thats what i would do.