fight or negotiation

[Tibbs735]

Fight to survive. Whilst negotiation may allow you to avoid violence, the fact you are negotiating at all
The mindset post-shtf is the same as pre-shtf.
Avoid places where confrontation will occur. (We do this by prepping so we can hide whilst everyone else kills each other for diminishing loot. You can also do this by not going to dangerous places, and having a carefully planned bug out route)
Be aware of your surroundings. (Condition yellow, could be as simple as checking behind you in the reflection of windows, or patrols around your BOL.)
De-escalate the situation. (There are many things worth fighting for. A spilt drink is not one of them, as one example. You may be able to get them to go away, thought it is more likely, in a immediate disaster aftermath, that they are just looking to justify attacking you)
Finally, strike first, fast and hard. Then GTFO. Or re-secure your perimeter, which ever is more appropriate.

I would be absolutely willing to kill to defend my life or property. Taking someones property is as good as a death sentence post-shtf.
There is no excuse for them not prepping. I really don't have much sympathy for those who don't even question the systems that keep them alive, or stop to think about how things reported on even the watered down mainstream media could effect them, and then are left up shit creak because they bought something stupid instead of a 20 pound bag of F***ing rice that could feed them for a month.

Ragnar Benson said, (Paraphrased) If you must die, die with the wind to your face, not in some stinking hellhole 2000 miles away amongst people you neither know nor care about