Ask HN: How can I prepare for hard economic times?

Re:Ask HN: How can I prepare for hard economic times? by kergonath on Monday March 14, 2022 @10:17AM (#30672719)

It does not protect you from being bombed to oblivion, or summarily shot by anybody with an ak-47 jealous of whatever you have, or raided by a military looking for food or entertainment, or expropriated in the unstable years ahead.

It might help if things don’t go too pear shaped, but this kind of event (a foreign invasion by a military with no regards for civilians) is basically game over regardless of your situation. The best outcome is you survive and rebuild.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I prepare for hard economic times? by reitanqild on Monday March 14, 2022 @11:50AM (#30673875)

If anything, Ukraine shows that civilization doesn't necessarily immediately collapse.

Despite the madness the only thing I learn about looting from Ukraine is:

- civilian would-be looters still getting punished

- Russian soldiers are looting

i.e. when your rations expired you get desperate and since the Russian army is armed and know they are an utter disgrace anyway this happens.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I prepare for hard economic times? by kergonath on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:54AM (#30683834)

> If anything, Ukraine shows that civilization doesn't necessarily immediately collapse.

It’s been 20 days. I’d refrain from being overly optimistic just now. More likely than a full civilisation collapse is a return to feudal tribalism as in Afghanistan and Lybia, which is not very good either.

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