i you have been tricked by life in a constitutional republic into believing that order is a natrual result of society rather than society being the result of order.
Doc, you remind me of an interesting observation I had.
I don't know if you have ever seen the show "colony" I think that was the name. It was an "experiement" where a group of people unknown to each other are put in a difficult situation mimicking a nuclear war or a plague or some other wide spread natural disaster - I believe there was another one headed up by Morgan Spurlock inventing a scenario where modern people were forced to be hunter gatherers.
the colony show had at least three different scenarios. In each of them no leader was selected, no "form of government". At times there were votes over what course of action to take, at other times each simply did what they supposed was most important. Of course in these scenarios the members were set upon by other outsiders - in one case one of the members was kidnapped.
What I found interesting is that none of these members ever came to the conclusion One that the others agreed to obey without thinking or critique.
These people actually VOTED on what to do about the kidnapp victim. In every case in every scenario their insistance on having every member be equal in all decisions crippled their ability to cope or survive
Such is as you say, we somehow believe that our method of government is transferable to every other situation - including, perhaps, to third world countries and.... those with an abundance of sand and oil.
close but no cigar homey. you mistake our republic for a democracy. thats some good thinking work and youre on the right track, but we have a republic with representatives so we dont have to poll the hoi polloi to get the herd's opinion on every issue (but modern politicians do this because they suck) in a crisis, if no-one steps up and takes command society fractures and individual survival rates plummet. when the shit hits the fan if you leave the decisions up to the herd, or the dipshits who hold endless committee meetings while the city burns, then youre all gonna die.
i was raised by people who are now called "Preppers" which is a stupid retarded name, i prefer the old style: Survivalists.
first thing my uncle taught me from his 3 tours in nam, when leadership fails and shit is going sideways somebody has to take command, this may mean decking the bigmouth who is shouting "we're all gonna die!" or it may mean slipping a knife between the ribs of an incompetent officer, and it may mean shooting some dumbasses who insist on doing dumb shit like trying to surrender to charlie, but you gotta do what you gotta do to keep your ass out of a bamboo cage in a swamp.
second thing you gotta do is secure food and water for the short term, then secure your perimeter, then you can start planning for the long term shit like rescue, defending in place, bugging out or whatever is most feasible.
everything he said has been proven true. indecision kills as fast as blind panic. i seen 7 men die because they decided to run from a fire, uphill, when the Shake-N-Bake fire shelter would have saved them. the smell of barbecued pork still makes me a little sick, and hungry to this day. i seen a dumbass lose his nose, and just a few more milimeters, it would have been his head, because he looked up when we shouted air drop, instead of hitting the dirt. a loose axe thrown by the fire retardant drop from 200 feet took his nose clean off. like a boss.
in the coming zombie apocalypse/nuclear war/socialist revolution/anarcho-falderall i will not be one of the bodies piled up in the streets unless i have the misfortune to be caught unawares.
in non-crisis situations democracy is a topheavy wobbling monolith of ineffectiveness, but a republic can stand (like rome) even if they have to elect a dictator for a few years (like gaius marius, or FDR) the problem with republics is that you cant force somebody to be free or make their own choices. some societies prefer a top down, dogmatic approach, while others prefer a dog eat dog lifestyle where they hope they can be the dog on top when the dust settles. in the end, freedom is as harmless as true communism, you just cant force somebody to share, or make their own choices, its only the half measures of freedom or communism that result ins despotism. i oppose half measures.
