What are your barter items?

[Scythe13]

(26 January 2012, 22:29)Prep28 Wrote: Personally I don't see an apocalyptic future. More of an Argentinian type economic crisis. Whatever happened, I would not be interested in exploiting what I perceived to be the weakness/vulnerabilites of others (addicts/sick people). I'd hope to trade fairly with others, if at all. I wouldn't underestimate anyone ('they'd go looting for me'). Addicts are survivors, they'd inevitably clean up and from that point of view, they have a headstart in living on their wits with few resources. For me, prepping is about taking care of me & mine in a positive way, not imagining becoming some sort of 'man' in a crisis situation. I find that pretty nihilistic. I hope I'd keep my values in tact. But that's just me.

All fair comment.

I did say though, that I would be taking an amoral view of the topic. I'm not saying what is right or wrong. Just giving people things to think about and show the way the barter system can be manipulated.

Personally I would rather have a group of people that I knew and trusted. That team would be more than just people to be with. We would be more like the sheepdogs of a situation.

I see things like this, from a moral stand point:
We have Sheep, or sheeple, if you prefer.
The great masses that wonder around blindly, and will continue to do so post situation.
We have Wolves, that prey on the sheep.
The few that we would mostly consider to be scum. Those that would kill first and barter second.
We have Sheepdogs.
These are the people that help the sheeple. Protect them from themselves, and from the wolves.
We have stray dogs.
These are the people that go solo. Some strays would be wolves, others would be German Shepherds. The German Shepherd isn't a fulltime sheepdog, but will help now and again.

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I think I'm a cross between Sheepdog and German Shepherd. I will protect mine, the group I'm in, and sometimes those outside the group.

I have no interest in exploiting the barter system, or anything like that.

We would be like a wolf-pack, as a team. But with the intention to only hard those that are a direct threat to us.