{"id":24104,"date":"2017-06-05T20:15:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T01:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24104"},"modified":"2017-06-05T20:15:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T01:15:38","slug":"letters-from-venezuela-this-is-what-life-is-really-like-in-a-post-collapse-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24104","title":{"rendered":"Letters from Venezuela: This Is What Life Is Really Like in a Post-Collapse Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/letters-venezuela-life-really-like-post-collapse-society-06052017\">Letters from Venezuela: This Is What Life Is Really Like in a Post-Collapse Society<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>If you ever wondered what life was really like in a post-collapse society, look no further than Venezuela. Today, I\u2019d like to share a first-hand report of everyday life there.<\/p>\n<p>The country has been on the way down since a socialist government destroyed the economy. Here\u2019s a quick timeline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/did-you-know-that-venezuela-banned-guns-for-private-citizens-only-4-years-ago-05242016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Private ownership of guns<\/a> was banned in 2012. Then things began to go downhill in a hurry.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/could-prepping-become-illegal-here-too-venezuelan-govt-to-detain-hoarders-10042013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In 2013<\/a>, preppers were relabeled \u201choarders\u201d and the act of stocking up became illegal.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/venezuela-enforces-fingerprint-registry-to-buy-groceries-what-to-do-before-rationing-starts-in-america-04022014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In 2014<\/a>, the government instituted a fingerprint registry for those who wished to buy food to ensure they didn\u2019t take more than their \u201cshare.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In 2015, things began to devolve more quickly as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/case-study-in-collapse-propaganda-venezuela-is-now-rationing-electricity-05012015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">electricity began to be rationed<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/government-of-venezuela-forces-farmers-to-hand-over-food-07282015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">farmers were forced to turn over their harvests<\/a> to the government.<\/li>\n<li>2016 brought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/venezuela-is-out-of-food-heres-what-an-economic-collapse-really-looks-like-02132016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the announcement<\/a> that folks were on their own \u2013 there was simply not enough food. As well, despite the rationing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/heres-what-an-electricity-shortage-looks-like-04112016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an electricity shortage<\/a> was announced.<\/li>\n<li>2016 also brought the news that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/create-a-collapse-supply-list-based-on-the-things-they-are-out-of-in-venezuela-05162016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the country was out of everything<\/a>: food, medicine, and nearly all basic necessities. People were dying of starvation and malnourishment made other illnesses even worse. Hyperinflation brought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/what-food-costs-in-venezuela-eggs-150-a-dozen-dry-milk-100-a-pound-06012016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exorbitant prices<\/a>, like $150 for a dozen eggs.<\/li>\n<li>Now,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/apr\/24\/venezuela-civil-war-may-be-imminent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> civil war is near<\/a> (if not already happening.) They\u2019re calling it \u201cprotests\u201d but violence between the people and the government is ongoing. This rage is stoked by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3640941\/Super-rich-quaff-champagne-Venezuela-country-club-middle-classes-scavenge-food-rubbish-dumps-DOGS-starving.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wealthy Venezuelans who enjoy<\/a> luxurious meals, fabulous parties, and lush accommodations\u00a0while the rest of the country struggles to find a bag of rice they can afford.\u00a0Let them eat cake?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It appears there is no end in sight to the tribulations of the Venezuelans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what is day-to-day life like for the average Venezuelan?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letters from Venezuela: This Is What Life Is Really Like in a Post-Collapse Society If you ever wondered what life was really like in a post-collapse society, look no further than Venezuela. Today, I\u2019d like to share a first-hand report of everyday life there. The country has been on the way down since a socialist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[150,6156,1103,2924,6049,5837,3637,648,650,851],"class_list":["post-24104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-collapse","tag-daisy-luther","tag-electricity","tag-emergency","tag-hoarding","tag-organic-prepper","tag-post-collapse","tag-preparations","tag-prepping","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24106,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24104\/revisions\/24106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}