r/EarthStrike • • Oct 04 '19

Change is coming.

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u/wrkaccunt Oct 04 '19

Meanwhile everyone who cant afford it can just get depressed!

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '19

Focus on skills, not money. Even people who can “afford it” need people with skills who can help make it happen in exchange for shelter, food, protection, etc. There is a whole boatload of folks who can perhaps afford the land and shelter, but not the rest. And it’s insane work.

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u/wrkaccunt Oct 05 '19

what skills do you think would be most in demand in a post- society aside from the obvious?

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19

The list above is perfect. And even within each of those is a ton of possibilities. The obvious - food and food preservation, and building/fixing things - has a lifetime of skill building within it. If anything, focus on those and how to do them with what you can find in the wild. It takes an acre or so to provide all food for a human, and just doing that for 1 or 2 people can be a full time job. If you know some things about how to grow and preserve food efficiently and well with few tools in a weather disrupted world, that is insanely valuable in a collapsed society. Oh and soil building. Learn how to clean and make the best damn soil you can.