Venezuela

[FrugalFannie]

So we all know what a shit show Venezuela is right now, right?

Thought I would start a thread.

From Sep 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...onomic-crisis-to-only-get-worse-barclays-says


One view on how it all started
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/15/americas/venezuela-slide-into-crisis/

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One site's lesson on how to prepare

http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/create-a-collapse-supply-list-based-on-the-things-they-are-out-of-in-venezuela-05162016

 

[MaxStravinsky]

I heard on NPR yesterday (or maybe the day before) that the number 1 thing people were going crazy for is toilet paper.

 

[cockpitbob]

The linked article says they made prepping illegal and "detained food hoarders". Wow.

We have a decent sized garden 30' x 30' but I need to put aside some good seeds. The bigger concern is if people are that hungry we'd need to set-up a 24/7 armed watch over the garden.

 

[Boris]

I heard on NPR yesterday (or maybe the day before) that the number 1 thing people were going crazy for is toilet paper.

rookies

The linked article says they made prepping illegal and "detained food hoarders". Wow.

been done b'fo, especially in a commie country

 

[ChevyGuy91]

Can we get some Venezuela megathread consolidation?

 

[FrugalFannie]

Here you go. Right out of Atlas Shrugged

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-economy-political-crisis-1.3583120

On Saturday, he threatened to take over idle factories and jail their owners following a decree granting him expanded powers to act in the face of a deepening economic crisis.

Maduro said factory owners were going to "sabotage" the country by shutting down and he ordered "all actions to recover the production apparatus, which is being paralyzed by the bourgeoisie."

 

[cockpitbob]

Here you go. Right out of Atlas Shrugged

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-economy-political-crisis-1.3583120

Wow, that really is our of Atlas Shrugged, only worse IMO.

 

[FrugalFannie]

Can we get some Venezuela megathread consolidation?

oops. sorry. Mods, can you merge?

 

[Knuckle Dragger]

I heard on NPR yesterday (or maybe the day before) that the number 1 thing people were going crazy for is toilet paper.

And when toilet paper was plentiful, it wasn't really the kind you'd get excited about. Trust met.

 

[Chevy 2 65]

The party there is just getting started

 

[JayMcB]

I heard on NPR yesterday (or maybe the day before) that the number 1 thing people were going crazy for is toilet paper.

Isn't that a number 2 thing?

 

[Steve Marshall]

Venezuela. Largest, supposedly, oil reserves in the WORLD. Thank Mr. Chavez for ****ing up the country. And people wonder why I buy 20 cans of Dinty Moore at a time.

 

[copterdoctor]

More fun in the socialist utopia.......

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/06/07/venezuela-socialist-party-control-food-supply/

 

[enbloc]

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[Christian]

I'd hate to be the driver of the tractor trailer that brings the food to the stores down there.

 

[radarbob]

I read on one survival sight that the number one thing to stockpile wasn't food, water, or even TP. It's LEAD!

 

[Chevy 2 65]

They need guns and ammo. If they already have them, they should already be using them.

 

[cockpitbob]

So we all know what a shit show Venezuela is right now, right?

Thought I would start a thread.

And a good thing you did. We are seeing a real-world example of what can happen to a developed country. They are having a genuine mid-level SHTF situation: food, water and power shortages. Astronomical %500 inflation (paper money is becoming worthless). The .gov has basically declared martial law.

Anyone that considers themselves a prepper should be watching what happens in Venezuela very carefully. What's happening there is a prime example of what we should be prepping for. And we need to watch what the [STRIKE= ]subjects[/STRIKE] people do and learn what works and what doesn't.

Venezuela's middle class is dumpster diving for food

party loyalists control {food} distribution

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Astronomical %500 inflation (paper money is becoming worthless)

It may become cost effective to use the lower denominations at toilet paper.

 

[Boris]

It may become cost effective to use the lower denominations at toilet paper.

I'm pretty positive that our currency can be washed, i.e. used more than once

 

[weekendracer]

I've learned the hard way, a small patch of cotton T-shirt is very effective in place of TP.

Ruins the shirt I guess, but better than the alternative.

 

[cockpitbob]

I've learned the hard way, a small patch of cotton T-shirt is very effective in place of TP.

Ruins the shirt I guess, but better than the alternative.

After having 2 kids I've learned soap and water can un-ruin many things. You get numb and nose-blind after a while.

 

[weekendracer]

After having 2 kids I've learned soap and water can un-ruin many things. You get numb and nose-blind after a while.

Well, when you cut a chunk off, the shirt is generally ruined, but t-shirts are easily replaceable.

 

[Varmint]

I've learned the hard way, a small patch of cotton T-shirt is very effective in place of TP.

Ruins the shirt I guess, but better than the alternative.

I guess none of you guys used cloth diapers with your kids?

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After having 2 kids I've learned soap and water can un-ruin many things. You get numb and nose-blind after a while.

Oops, I take it back, lol.

 

[cockpitbob]

After having 2 kids I've learned soap and water can un-ruin many things. You get numb and nose-blind after a while.

I guess none of you guys used cloth diapers with your kids?

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Oops, I take it back, lol.

Hell, I was talking about MY shirt. Diaper lower leg blowout while he was riding around on my shoulders. Driving home he only had a diaper on and I had no shirt on. It was a good mess.

 

[FreeWillie]

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/309562-Venezuela

 

[enbloc]

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[P-14]

I'm pretty positive that our currency can be washed, i.e. used more than once

Assuming the water is clean.

 

[Boris]

image is nothing, hunger is everything

 

[weekendracer]

image is nothing, hunger is everything

To think that is happening in such a wealthy country.

People say it 'can't happen here' need to wake up. Venezuela should be one of the wealthiest countries in the 'West'.