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> it would all be starving lions, and a lot of lions

90% of us would be better classed as the gazelle in this analogy. Even the lions would be fighting each other for dominance.

> If you want a preview, study famous famines and sieges, like the siege of Stalingrad, and the Holodomor

Most hardcore preppers either live outside a city or plan to escape the city pretty quickly, so I don't know what Stalingrad is supposed to prove. Were their people with remote bunkers and years of food supplies when holodomor happened?



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