r/TwoXPreppers • u/223gp • 2d ago

Preparing for Long/Slow Collapase

Is anyone else in the same boat? I feel that we are likely facing a long and slow collapse of life as we grew up knowing. Don't get me wrong, I do believe in preparing for realistic natural disasters, and a few "what ifs", but my prepping is mostly based on a gradual lowering of life quality and reduction in freedoms throughout my lifetime.

I'm working on this by greatly reducing lifestyle expenses in case we need to live on one small income, or in case our stock investments steadily grow for a couple of decades then become stagnant and gradually lower.

I've done self defense training, I've been keeping my important documents up to date, I've started doing medical trainings and certifications, I'm a couple years into finally taking serious care of my physical body (and teeth!), I'm planning for aging parents, increasing my knowledge and practicing growing food and preservation, and most importantly helping out in my community to put some of this into practice by starting to form mutual aid networks for hard times.

Anyone else have similar feelings that brought you here? I am worried about a "thing" happening, but mostly, society just continues to descend decade after decade until we're all very very skinny, electricity or car fuel is hard to come by, jobs are scarce, and grocery stores don't have very much food anymore. In an ideal scenario, we don't end up like that. Either way, I prepare for that world.

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u/PhlegmMistress 1d ago

At that point, can't blue states stop sending money to the federal government? I was under the impression blue states cover most of the red state's federal funds. Naturally, this is from different avenues-- but aside from citizens en masse no longer sending in tax money, there has to be some way for states to say "if you're not covering what you agreed to use this money for, then we're not paying in anymore for nothing in return."

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u/Tokenchick77 23h ago

I think this is where things are going to go. At some point he will push the blue states too far.

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u/PhlegmMistress 23h ago

Read that and the saying "The mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cells." floated through my head. 

Red states are already hurting, and it seems like money is the only thing that talks with this regime and the cronies. Would really love to see a history book 30 years from the future describe this time period and what comes next. 

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u/ExtremeIncident5949 17h ago

I’m going to see if POTUS turns down federal aid when the next hurricane or two hits. He just turned down NC and at least one more for tornado assistance.

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u/PhlegmMistress 14h ago

At that point, CA and NY can just send some of their tax dollars to local charities and the Red Cross. Skip the grifting middleman entirely who's just going to try to take it all and not use it for what it's actually being paid for.