The Dangers of Rebuilding Society

[Scythe13]

Okay, this will cause some outrage, some obvious outcomes, and some very obvious replies. But what the toot, let's just get it out there and see how this goes.

Firstly, we all speak about the lack of community in the UK at the moment. We all recognise the issues that will cause WTSHTF and also during life post SHTF.

The real fun comes when, let's say 1 year, after the event, when things have settled down and life becomes semi-regular, e.g. most of the time is spent planting, harvesting, and the alike. Few MAJOR interruptions, if any.

I bet you're failing to see the problem right?

Here's the problem.

How will society be rebuilt? What role will you lead in the rebuilding?

Think about it. The rebuilding will involve interactions between survivor groups. That will involve trust. That could potentially require becoming slightly more vulnerable. OOOW!!! There's the real kicker isn't it?

If we are going to look at rebuilding a societal structure, or even build on interactions, then it will involve trusting another group. The other group might be 100% ethical and be an ideal group to meld with. Or they could just be a great acting bunch of bandits and thieves.

The issue is that for society to be rebuilt, it will require combining groups of people that will be having social interactions on a regular basis.

Is this something you'd be looking at joining in with?

Because of the way that so many of us are trying to spread into more rural areas, the odds of a city being created or even a medium sized town, is pretty small. HL for example has a good few miles from his next neighbour. Unlikely to move house to get closer to them.

So, in my opinion, the resurgence of society will be based around markets and selling to each other. People will meet together now and again, for shorter periods of time, however not permanently....to begin with.

There will be small, low intensity, gatherings, which will start to increase over time, for the intensity of the meet and the length of time spent together.

I do foresee an exception to this. Where a group that is trusted and recognised as being so, by all parties involves in the meeting, are there to 'guard' or watch over the activities of the people in the interactions. Not a policing force per-se, but recognised peace keepers that are trusted to....keep the peace (it's self-evident in their role as peace keepers). This kind of group would allow greater ease and lower tensions for everyone at the market, or in the communal meeting area.

What are your views on how the recreation of society will come about?