We have had an economic collapse in our past. It was the great depression. How well you did depended on where you lived. People that lived on farms didn't know that there was a problem. Life went on for them as it had. That is according to my grandmother.
People that lived in the bigger cities had to move in together to make it. You had two and three families living in one apartment.
The government set up soup and bread lines to try and feed people. Money was very hard to come by. They did have things for sale but you couldn't get the money to buy it. My grandfather said when a job would come up there would be at least 25 to 50 men applying for it.
Many people of that time pulled together families to make it. The bigger the family the more money they had coming in. Out of twelve adults maybe only 4 would be working at a time. They did what ever they could to make things work.
In today's world in the U.S. many families barely talk to each other. They only see each other on the holidays. How will we make it in hard times.
We can prep all we want, but in less we have help from people that we can trust we will not make it. You can't hunt, plant, and watch your back at the same time. You will need land and people of a like desires.
In the last depression people coming in from out side the community were not welcomed. If they had family in the community the were welcomed or at least tolerated.
At that time in our history you had to be someones son or uncle to get into the trades. Family was king. You took care of your own. If you had any thing to share it was shared with your friends.
What will happen if it falls apart now? I would say after banks start to fail you will see riots in the streets. The government will step in to contain things. They will try and feed people. They will try to put people to work. How will it all work out. I would say that for the first two years thing will be very bad then things will start to work out. We may never get back to what we have now or it may be better. Only time will tell. There is no way the government can keep laying out the money they do with out bring in as much as the spend. It will have to fail at some point.
People that lived in the bigger cities had to move in together to make it. You had two and three families living in one apartment.
The government set up soup and bread lines to try and feed people. Money was very hard to come by. They did have things for sale but you couldn't get the money to buy it. My grandfather said when a job would come up there would be at least 25 to 50 men applying for it.
Many people of that time pulled together families to make it. The bigger the family the more money they had coming in. Out of twelve adults maybe only 4 would be working at a time. They did what ever they could to make things work.
In today's world in the U.S. many families barely talk to each other. They only see each other on the holidays. How will we make it in hard times.
We can prep all we want, but in less we have help from people that we can trust we will not make it. You can't hunt, plant, and watch your back at the same time. You will need land and people of a like desires.
In the last depression people coming in from out side the community were not welcomed. If they had family in the community the were welcomed or at least tolerated.
At that time in our history you had to be someones son or uncle to get into the trades. Family was king. You took care of your own. If you had any thing to share it was shared with your friends.
What will happen if it falls apart now? I would say after banks start to fail you will see riots in the streets. The government will step in to contain things. They will try and feed people. They will try to put people to work. How will it all work out. I would say that for the first two years thing will be very bad then things will start to work out. We may never get back to what we have now or it may be better. Only time will tell. There is no way the government can keep laying out the money they do with out bring in as much as the spend. It will have to fail at some point.
