Left alone or not?

[preservefreak]

It doesn't seem worth the PTB's time to target us as a group during a crisis, I would have thought they'd be too busy with more important matters to go for individuals like us. Maybe before a crisis if they thought we were a dangerous or criminal group.

In the long term if civilisation collapses I could imagine them trying to take control of successful groups/communities. They will need long term food and they would have the force of arms to control such a place if the population couldn't be 'persuaded' to obey and serve the 'legitimate government'.