Hoosier Survivalism

Assuring the survival of your family and your countrymen requires first and foremost that you assure the survival of yourself.  Effectively resisting the federal government requires that you learn how to survive independently of it.  Much of this work is hard work, unrewarding work, secretive and difficult work.  It is, however, essential work, more important than any other work you can do.  Our cause absolutely requires that we in its vanguard survive and remain free.

If you don't already live on your own plot of land in the country, try to do so.  Living out in the wilderness offers a degree of insulation from whatever madness is unfolding in the towns and especially in the larger cities.  It offers a degree of privacy as you take steps to assure your survival which the federal government fears.  It also offers access to the land, which you may need to live off of if the federal and corporate infrastructure disintegrates.

At the very least, prepare a “bug-out bag” for yourself and your family members.  Create a backpack for each of you which contains enough food, water, and supplies to last for a couple days in the event of a crisis.  If you have friends or relatives who live in the country, this bag can hold you over until you make it to their home and ask for refuge.  If you find yourself pursued by federal agents for violating one of their intrusive regulations, this bag can allow you to survive on the lam.  If a job loss and spiraling inflation ruin you financially, this bag can be something to turn to when you've exhausted all of your alternatives.

Stock up on firearms and ammunition.  This is wise for a few reasons other than the obvious reason of empowering you to defend yourself and your loved ones.  Ammunition and firearms hold a relatively stable value even in times of peace, and become much more valuable as barter items in times of uncertainty and danger.  While gold and precious metals will almost certainly prove wise stores of value if the federal fiat currency becomes worthless, weapons and ammunition will prove to be more practical exchange items in the critical first few days and weeks of a nightmarish unraveling of polite society.

While owning land, having a bug-out bag, and stocking up on some weapons and ammo are things that nearly everybody can and should do, those are really the bare minimum.  There are a few great books on the subject of survivalism, books which are very practical and detailed, which delve into the details of food storage, gardening, livestock production, and surviving "off-grid".  Bear in mind that even my warnings prove to be entirely baseless, there's an exhilarating sense of empowerment that comes from assuring the welfare and independence of yourself and your family.

Turn off the television, but don't settle for boredom.  Buy a mountain dulcimer and download folk songs off of the web to play for your friends and family.  Learn how to play euchre and host a weekly night of playing euchre, playing Cornhole, and jamming with folk instruments.  Don't throw away your television altogether, but stock up on the classics, the old Disney animation classics for the children, the Westerns, and the legendary films like Passion of the Christ.  Take the steps necessary to assure that this transition is as welcome as possible by investing time and energy in superior alternatives.  Whatever you do, avoid imposing boredom and risking demoralization for your loved ones and yourself.

Perhaps the most effective propaganda of all is realizing true independence in your lifestyle and habits.  Your living of a simple, enriching, and independent life which is immersed in family and tradition can only gnaw at the threadbare patience of your friends and neighbors who remain on the soul-sucking hamster wheel of modernity.  Nothing persuades folks that something is possible and desirable more than accomplishing it yourself and enjoying the fruits of your accomplishment in plain sight.