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People who have bought gold since 2001 have seen extraordinary gains. Other precious metals have made smaller but significant gains.
People who have accumulated semiauto guns. large capacity magazines, ammunition, and components in the last five years have had extraordinary gains. They also have what they may not be able to buy later.
People who have stocked up on food have had some relief from inflation.
People who have moved to their retreats have experienced far lower crime as well as seeing significant tax savings. In most cases they've escaped the housing crash as well.
People who follow the survivalist lifestyle have more carefree and happier lives.
If you learn to gather and hunt wild foods and to grow/raise your own, and preserve it you will have a far healthier food supply with minimal pesticides or commercial fertilizer use, plus you will have a store of foods if you need them in an emergency.
Add to that, if you know the local plants and animals and how to gather/hunt them, which plants can be used for medicinal purposes, and what is available each season means you have a fall back in case of natural/man made disaster as well.
Learning to make your own shelters, start fires without matches, how to purify water, how to hunt and fish and first aid to care for yourself and family/friends are skills that can be used anytime, but especially in an emergency.
Simply learning to identify threats from nature or man-made and moving to make yourself secure will grant peace of mind knowing you and your family will be provided for no matter what.
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