I'm 68 years old and I can tell you that in 1965 everyone around me had food stored "just in case". It was totally the norm. My family would put up a half of a beef and a hog. My grand mother would can produce and jelly etc. Even people who weren't on farms would have lots of canned goods, a freezer and store of non perishables in the basement. At that time, here in the US - at least in my part of the country - you would have been viewed as irresponsible if you weren't doing that for your family. I think it's part of the whole "just in time" supply chain mentality. It's the final leg. The crazy thing is that people don't see that they're living in and totally dependent on a system that can fail. This system of consumer-culture reality is now failing and they don't know what to do. It's pathetic in the true sense of the term Another issue is that during the course of my lifetime people lost so many skills related to living. How do you grow a garden, take care of chickens, fix the car, repair the roof, cut firewood - even deliver a baby. People have been reduced to dependent children and they don't even know it. So, here comes moment of truth, of consciousness when reality knocks at the door. it's not going to be pretty. And guess what: the "metaverse" isn't going to save you.
Xavier Israel Matamoros
12 hours ago