Almost *any* other kind of preparation for collapse scenarios is a better use of your time/money/energy than guns. Like cooking, electronics repair, first aid, fire fighting, CPR...
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The rest of the world has its own different account of the source of American strength, and contrary to insecure American fears of it, it is NOT an unflattering one that tldrs to "smallpox and slavery." People genuinely admire America and believe in a positive story about it.
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It's in general a more accurate one, that more correctly separates truly exceptional features of America vs. the features that Americans just assume is exceptional. The overall picture that emerges is actually more flattering to Americans than the one they paint for themselves.
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This entire thread is for non-Americans and immigrants. I've now spent more of my life here than in India (22.6y vs. 22.4y) and one thing I've learned is that there is no upside to challenging American views of themselves. They simply don't believe non-native-borns can see them.
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If you're not native-born, all you can do is quietly nod and skirt native-born introspection conversations and place your bets according to your own estimates of whether or not you believe their own accounts of themselves.
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The most effective tactic for dealing with native-borns is to indulge their deep-rooted belief that you couldn't possibly understand them or see parts of them they can't see themselves. Don't take them at their own estimation, don't try to communicate your estimation to them.
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It's a bit sad, an acceptance of eternal outsider status no matter how much you learn and understand. But it's also a bit of fun. Like Hercule Poirot exaggerated and played up his foreignness in Britain to seem both more clueless and inscrutable than he actually was.
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I'll add one thing. When a B-grade-TV-star-turned-politician like Trump governs by the American mythology of itself rather than any genuine sense of America, it actually tends to devalue and destroy everything that outsiders actually admire about America. Sad.
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I am from the rest of the world and yes.
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