What Is Your Pitchfork Factor?

[EJR914]

If you've never checked out Global Guerrillas you should!

What Is Your Pitchfork Factor?

What is my pitchfork factor?

A pitchfork factor is a measurement of how vulnerable you are during this decade plus of turmoil until things settle down again.  Pitchforks can arrive in a variety of forms:

    Siezure of assets and/or imprisonment.  From nationalization to a corrupted process (for the personal gain of those in local/regional government or connected to them).
    Criminal activity.  From gangs to mafias to militias.  All will be present and they will be larger and much more active than they are today. 
    Riots.  Destruction and/or looting.  More random and less likely than the above.

Here are some very simple rules that can reduce your pitchfork factor:

    Invest in your community's viability.  The better the community does, the better it will protect you.  There is strength in numbers.  If the gulf between your personal sucess and that of the community's is too large or your community is too small, your factor will rise.
    Establish a trust network.  People with whom you can conduct transactions with without recourse to legal entanglements (which will be corrupted).  Know who is in and outside of this group.  Transactions outside of this group are very risky.

Much, much more at link, please go read!  http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/08/what-is-your-pitchfork-factor.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FrzYD+%28Global+Guerrillas%29

Checking Global Guerrillas from time to time is always a good idea. 

[NOLA556]

i read this earlier... good read.

[southern patriot]

Great read!
    <~~~ there would be a thumbs up right there,but seems like 505 is stuck on the booby thread!

[sledge]

Thanks for the link.  I hadn't seen this one.

[WhiskeyJack]

Real good read man. This is right on point with what i want my preps to center around.