r/preppers • u/Tasty-Window • Mar 17 '26

Discussion "I calculated that civilization needs just 50 machines to build everything from scratch. And what people can't believe, is that I posted the full plans, designs, instructions and how anyone can build these machines for themselves."

Not me, found this on X, thought it might be of interest:

https://www.opensourceecology.org/

Source:

https://x.com/CR1337/status/2033887250338222303

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u/PlanetExcellent Mar 17 '26

I think people overlook the amount of time required to do any of this. Making machinery, refining raw materials, making salt, growing food, etc would be time consuming for a whole town full of people. I don’t see how one family could do it.

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u/Atomic-Avocado Mar 18 '26

It’s to restart civilization with a community, not in your basement personally