I joked about it earlier, but here is a more sincere tweet on this topic from a jaded Second Worlder: Take a bunch of money out in cash as you get the opportunity. The banking system isn't going to fail, but the people who keep the ATMs stocked might. And quarters for pay phones!
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Americans in general have trouble imagining the infinite gradations of social dysfunction between "normal" and "apocalypse". You don't have to keep three years of dried pinto beans in your cellar, just try not to live a life where you die in 72 hours if you lose Internet access
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Replying to @Pinboard
Same if you suggest that perhaps the current version of capitalism isn't well suited to a crisis like this. They go full on "But people die from communism learn some history".
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It's not about capitalism or any ism, but about not living life like a total rube
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