I had planned on moderating a roundtable on governance at the September PATCON and would like to elaborate about that topic.
As I wrote earlier, I wanted to have discussions instead of presentations. I wanted people to come together and discuss topics instead of preaching to the choir without providing solutions. Solutions would be discussed, modified and leave attendees thinking about how to move forward in their areas.
At one of Brock’s PATCONs, a meeting was held prior to its opening. Only selected people were “invited”. The first thing stated was that we should assume that there were people in attendance at that meeting who were infiltrators working for the government. That was over ten years ago but it was made strong impression. And it was ended up being correct.
My opening statement at the PATCON was to make a similar statement and assure everyone of my intentions. As I said earlier, people have not suffered enough to stand up. I firmly believe this government will collapse due to economic bankruptcy, incompetence and war; it will not collapse by people rising up and starting a revolution. I like to think of this as a restoration of our founding fathers’ intent for government instead of a revolution or civil war but my point is that the government will collapse because of the actions that they put in place.
My roundtable was going to focus on governance on a local level of the community. It would not have addressed any governance outside the area in which we lived as that would come much later. The best analogy would be the example outlined in One Second After in Black Mountain, NC. Security and supplies would be a priority. I would consider this to have been successful if people left with an understanding of the importance now of building and securing their community, understanding the need for morality and what actions were immediately essential. If the power was out, how would your community have drinking water, be able to cook, procure food and provide shelter within 48 hours? Who will be responsible for law and order? If you have read the 299 Days series, it provides much of the information concerning security, law and even a rudimentary judicial system.
I would not have addressed any larger system of government as that was not the point of the roundtable. The point was to organize, protect and feed people when this nation collapses. I also wanted input from other people concerning structure, morality and what they would prioritize. Living in WNC provides meat for people. Shooting a deer or wild boar would feed a small community at a central facility for a day if you have one ready ahead of time. Water is essential and that is another asset readily available here. But without power, how do you get pure water? It helps if you have a simple pump and/or solar powered wells already in place.
I have ideas based on history and fictional dystopian books but my purpose was not to tell people what to do. My purpose was to take prepping to the next level and encouraging people to think outside the box. Does your area have a local library? Does your area have community gardens? How much of your freedom will you give to support “law and order”? And the best part is that people would have been able to add to the discussion to build unity in these objectives and then pass this information to other areas when they went home.
However, that did not happen. I will continue to work to support our community. I do not have to consider providing water, sanitation requirements, a cafeteria, a meeting hall or a library. Once I complete a smokehouse, the food requirements will be eased. That is a part of what I have in place in our community center. I like to set examples and provide help. It seems people are more concerned with tearing down than edification.
The above is a small portion of what would have happened. On the bright side, I hope to have the smokehouse running by September 19th.
Agree 100%. This is straight-up conspiracy to commit treason. It’s another coup in the making with former military involved, which…