Apocalypse — from the Greek ἀποκαλύπτω, meaning “an uncovering, a revelation.”1
This guide is a list of necessary considerations for when SHTF, not necessarily “The Apocalypse” in the sense of Christ’s Second Coming per se (for that see the first and last points), but rather the major, civilization upending episode that has happened countless times throughout history and will inevitably occur in the present era—which all the time more so seems to be on the precipice of happening within our lifetimes. It is never too soon to begin serious preparation for the day that everything changes. These points deal with general survival, both physical and spiritual, for that time. You could call this a prepper piece, but I want to focus on some of the most critical matters rather than sell you a month supply of dry freezed food in PREPARED PATRIOT packaging.
When the day comes that it all crashes down, no one will escape unscathed and many will not escape with their lives. Most of the world is simply NGMI. But you, yes you dear reader! are not like others. You have a reading mind, a beating heart, a perceptive eye, and a sense that things are not what they should be. A sense that, maybe, an apocalypse is not merely inevitable, but needed. This guide is for you! Take what you want and leave the rest. But keep searching, keep building, keep growing, and, above all, keep praying. Godspeed to you.
May I now present to you Ringleader’s Schizo Guide to the Apocalypse:
Jesus Christ is Lord. He is the Alpha and the Omega. The greatest mystery fathomable of God made flesh, come down to this earth to die on a cross so that we, who have all fallen short of righteousness, may have the ultimate example of the glory of God to follow and, in accepting Christ as our Savior and living for Him, have everlasting life beyond the toil and burden of this world. To my Christian reader: God bless you, and keep praying and seeking Christ. To my non-Christian reader: God bless you, and start praying and seeking Christ.
Family and friends are key. They are so necessary even in our day to day, but the humdrum and toil of the world, and our own sin, is always wont to get in the way. In an apocalypse, one’s true family and friends will certainly be revealed, but it may not be in the way you think. There will always be those who, in the comfort of their own lives, have no use for real community when the going is good for them, but that, when the going gets tough, immediately seek you out to take whatever they can. Like the prodigal son, some of these people ought to be taken in and forgiven. But some are swine who will rend you the first chance they get. Be graceful, but also aware. Those who have always had your back will be there ten-fold in an apocalypse. Love your people and band together.
Stockpile real things. Look to your right. Your left. Do you have something real within your reach? You know what I mean, really real. What’s in your wallet? Some plastic, some paper. Your SSN? Send me those digits. Maybe a picture of mom, but even that’s doubtful. Who keeps real photos anymore? If an apocalypse reveals anything, it reveals what is real and what is reflection. A simple, if imperfect, rule of thumb is that anything intermediary is a reflection that be reduced to nothingness due to things totally outside your control. Your debit card will be useless if the banks fail. Your Benjamin Franklins and Harriet Tubmans will be kindling if there is hyperinflation. All the information you have on your phone/computer/tablet can be fried from solar flare, erased by censors, or just corrupted over time. Your terabyte worth of rare Pepes are not safe. You need real books, real records, real food, or at the very least real money so that you can get what you need when you need it if its available. Most of these are self-explanatory, but there are two that deserve their own exposition.
Learn about real food and start eating it now. We are being poisoned mind, body, and soul. Some of this is due to ignorance and hubris, but anyone that understands that “the government would never do something that would hurt me” is a lie knows that much of the poisoning is intentional, planned, and executed for the express purpose of weakening the people who must be controlled—a conspiracy if you will. Food is a foundational source of population control. We all eat.
As early as Plato’s Republic, the diet of the people was known to be crucial to social engineering, and the present dissident community has made excellent strides in communicating this issue: Raw Egg Nationalist’s The Eggs Benedict Option is a stellar contemporary analysis on globohomo’s attempts to poison, weaken, and cull the population via the food chain. It is critical now to be as much of an informed and active participant in real, healthy eating and living in order to be in the best physical condition for a crisis. Even more critical is the fact that the body’s health IS directly tied to our mental and spiritual health.
Learn about real money and start acquiring it now. Tomorrow, the banks fail and the world is thrown into financial chaos the likes of which not seen since 1929. Your checking account will not weather this event. The money, if withdrawable at all, will be hyperinflated and virtually worthless. If you do not possess any real money (and no, unfortunately bottlecaps like in fallout will likely not be very exchangeable), dire times will be even harder. Now, the question of what constitutes real money is the primary concern, and history provides a sound basis: the famous elements and icons of wealth, gold and silver. In my meagre judgment and most boomer take, physical precious metals that you can easily access and hold in your hand will always be the most sound method of exchange. United States constitutional silver—that is, the US legal tender minted prior to 1965 that is 90% silver—in particular will be highly exchangeable (and already is among those who are in the know). I favor this over random contemporary non-legal tender silver because of its status; it is literally legal tender, and its typically higher value reflects the trust people still have in the nation we no longer have, an America with sound money.
Of course. . . there is also cryptocurrency on which I have only two main comments. First, Bitcoin to moon ($2million+/BTC), and second, barring the absolute most extreme scenarios wherein all technology is rendered incapacitated or obsolete (true world ending scenarios of incinerating solar flare, nuclear war, etc. or Christ’s Return), technology, and necessarily cryptocurrency, is here is stay. That said, if you do not own BTC, then you are missing the boat. If you have stumbled upon this list and do not know about crypto, are a skeptic, or even a hater, I can only suggest that you do your own research and reach your own conclusions. This is certainly not financial advice lol.
There is also one other aspect of real money: long-lasting, consumable items that are valuable for the sake of their utility, essentially what will be most valuable to barter with. Ringleader’s essential bartering necessities are: drugs because people will always pay for either their vices or enhancements (liquor, tobacco, coffee, etc. etc.); guns because the inalienable right to self-defense is only as valuable as your ability to defend yourself and your family; and ammo (see guns). Plenty of other items will be good bartering grease, but these three are the universal essentials that will be as good as gold themselves.
Think about your surroundings. Where will you be when all Hell breaks loose? A major metropolitan area? God forbid. In an apocalypse, your setting will be a matter of life and death. Of course, the best location is dependent on the particular situation that unfolds, but there are a few key metrics to keep in mind. The farther away you are from major population centers, the better. Owning land or being in a part of the country where owning land is a real possibility is always ideal. This would ideally be a place with a moderate, farmable climate that does have extreme seasons. It would be a place where the people and culture around you are similar and there is a high-social trust where crime is an aberration and not a daily fact of life. If something close to this is not achievable, then the next best thing is having a detailed and specific plan for where you will go when things turn upside down AND the intuition to know when this plan must be executed. You only have so much time to pull a parachute.
Jesus Christ is Lord. He is the Alpha and the Omega. The greatest mystery fathomable of God made flesh, come down to this earth to die on a cross so that we, who have all fallen short of righteousness, may have the ultimate example of the glory of God to follow and, in accepting Christ as our Savior and living for Him, have everlasting life beyond the toil and burden of this world. To my Christian reader: God bless you, and keep praying and seeking Christ. To my non-Christian reader: God bless you, and start praying and seeking Christ.
Thus concludes this guide. I pray it provides some use to you. This is a both a fascinating and terrifying topic that can consume you. But I urge you to not let it do that.
As Jesus Christ has told us of the hardships of life and of following the Gospel, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 KJV.
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