Top of the food chain

After an event most of us accept that our control at the top of the food chain will be disrupted. It may be temporary and we may soon get back up, in individual cases it may not occur and in some cases we may not be able to regain our status.

The differences between those are going to be how prepared you are physically and mentally, the local predators and if you are armed or not. Weapons are going to make a big difference here and you need to bear this in mind. Nobody can phone up and get help. It is down to you and the predator and it is only through our society and technology that we are top of the food chain. It is a fragile position and we can quickly find that for a period, a short brutal and fatal period, our society or technology has left us vulnerable and we drop a few links in the chain. You read about it all the time in the news. People just recently were eaten by sharks, others by polar bears and others have died due to storms. Our position at the top is precarious.

Of course as well as what we see as natures predators we also have to deal with the most dangerous predator of all. Us. Man is currently the number one predator of man. This takes up most of the news, one man harming another in some way. Where this should be a major consideration in allowing us to defend ourselves it appears that it does the opposite. That is politicians logic for you.

After an event we have already considered local predators and have stocked up on traps, weapons and defensive capabilities. We can handle the wolves, dogs and other wild animals. We can even handle the weather and the loss of our food, water and shelter. We are fully prepared for those. You are aren’t you? They are on our lists, we have weapons that can deal with them and we should be thankful that we live in the UK where we don’t have Grizzlies, Lions, Alligators, Sharks and other major predators. We don’t have as standard tornadoes, tsunamis and earthquakes either so we really are lucky.

What we do have though, and plenty of, are human predators. Some are obviously predators and will come up against your defences. Just hope that you are armed enough. There are others though who are not so obvious. Those that will kidnap your children during the disruption of an event, those that will infiltrate your security and home and kill you in your sleep. They will disarm you with guile and lies and you will be defenceless against them. If you don’t think you will fall for lies and deceit just look around and see what is going on today as we are being screwed over by politicians.

You need to prepare but there are some things that you just cannot fully prepare for. Liars and con men are one of those. You can only be aware. Phase your acceptance of people until they prove themselves. Even then be careful how much access they have and remember OPSEC. It is need to know and being careful that will serve you best here. Real people will understand. Predators cannot afford to wait as they cannot hide their true identies long.

One thing I am always accused of is that I am not very forgiving. I’m friendly enough but I only get screwed once. I rarely forgive people screwing with me but I never forget. They only get one chance. I will be honest with everyone and if they are honest in their dealings with me then I can forgive mistakes but never something deliberate.

After a few years this issue will almost disappear and it will be less dangerous. Everyone will know who is trustworthy and who is not. In the olden days people’s integrity was known for miles. So all you will have to worry about is those who are wandering. They should be few and far between.

Keep your friends close and kill your enemies, or at least keep clear of them if they don’t deserve killing.