{"id":59756,"date":"2021-10-09T07:08:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T12:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59756"},"modified":"2021-10-09T07:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T12:08:20","slug":"15-common-dynamics-of-shtf-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59756","title":{"rendered":"15 Common Dynamics of SHTF Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 Common Dynamics of SHTF Collapses<\/a><\/h3>\n
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When it comes to how we see and prepare for SHTF, thinking in terms of\u00a0<\/span>real and probable<\/span><\/em>\u00a0rather than\u00a0<\/span>fictional and possible<\/span><\/em>\u00a0can make a big difference.\u00a0<\/span>Even though\u00a0<\/span>SHTF has many forms and levels<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and is in essence complex, random, diverse and unsystematic, some patterns and principles are common to the way things unfold when it hits the fan.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Toby and Selco\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Seven Pillars of Urban Preparedness<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as inspiration, I came up with a different list of the 15 dynamics and realities of collapses.<\/span><\/p>\n

#1 SHTF is nuanced and happens in stages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thinking about SHTF as an ON\/OFF, all-or-nothing endgame is a common mistake that can lead to severe misjudgments and failures in critical areas of preparedness.\u00a0<\/span>Part (or parts) of the system crash, freeze, fail, or become impaired. This is how SHTF happens in the real world. And when it does, people run for safety first, i.e., resort to more familiar behaviors, expecting things to \u201cgo back to normal soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By \u201cnormal behaviors,\u201d I mean everything from hoarding stuff (toilet paper<\/a>?) to rioting, looting, and crime, and yes, using cash \u2013 as these happen all the time, even when things are normal. But no one becomes a\u00a0barterer<\/a>, a peddler, a precious metals specialist in a week. Society adapts as time passes (and the situation requires).\u00a0<\/span>That\u2019s why preppers who are also SHTF survivors (and thus talk from personal experience) insist that\u00a0<\/span>abandoning fantasies<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>and<\/span>\u00a0caring for basics first<\/a><\/span><\/em>\u00a0is crucial. This is not a coincidence. It is how things happen in the real world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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15 Common Dynamics of SHTF Collapses When it comes to how we see and prepare for SHTF, thinking in terms of\u00a0real and probable\u00a0rather than\u00a0fictional and possible\u00a0can make a big difference.\u00a0Even though\u00a0SHTF has many forms and levels\u00a0and is in essence complex, random, diverse and unsystematic, some patterns and principles are common to the way things unfold […]<\/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":[150,31922,648,650,727,728,14221,5756],"class_list":["post-59756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-collapse","tag-fabian-ommar","tag-preparations","tag-prepping","tag-shit-hits-the-fan","tag-shtf","tag-societal-collapse","tag-the-organic-prepper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59756","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=59756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59757,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59756\/revisions\/59757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}