Guest Post: We will always have to answer for how we act now, by Badlands Rifleman

This is coming from my friend, Marine and well-seasoned trigger puller Badlands Rifleman. He’s launched a new blog and is working on getting a training company off the ground out west. I’m proud to have him along, and with this post, he’s spot on. Quit kicking the can and stand up. Protests ain’t getting you nowhere. -NCS


As time goes on our government seems to be jumping through bigger and bigger hoops in order to maintain normalcy and control, so one has to ask himself “where we are headed?” I don’t claim to know the future and I’ll certainly not wager a guess on any specifics, but what I can say is this; our government can’t keep pulling rabbits out of hats forever. At some point, there will have to be consequences for the choices that have been made to produce the society we live in.

So currently we are dealing with a viral pandemic that has caused the government to shutdown our society, causing major upheaval to the economy in the process. This in turn has required new attempts by government to control the damage. Damage that was largely brought on by bad decisions that put the country in a bad position to begin with. For every problem that arises, the only solutions seem to be ones that will eventually evolve into more problems in the future. Consider the Federal Reserve’s helicopter money to bail out the stock market if you need any evidence.

My point in all this, is that we are front and center to the beginning of a new era, where the decisions of the past are beginning to come back to haunt the children and grand children of those who made those decisions.

We are at the point in time where the sun is beginning to set on the American Empire, and since it is such a large support structure in the global community, globalization will follow it. Many people overseas understand this, that’s why so many of them follow American politics. They understand that who gets elected here, affects them.

So as this cumbersome, wasteful beast begins to grind to a halt under the weight of its own ever expanding waistline, you may as well get used to the idea of chaos. Accept the fact that it too gets a seat at the table.

When/ if the current crisis calms down, there will be another, different one to replace it. This isn’t doom and gloom fantasy, just the reality of 160 years of bad ideas and selfish motivations.

We can’t keep kicking the can forever, and why in the hell would you want to?

I most certainly would prefer to rip the band aid off now and spend the rest of my life in hardship rebuilding than to lazily get by and force my children and grand children to deal with the results of decisions they had no choice in and benefited them little to none.

So use each time frame between crisis’ to prepare for the next. And use each crisis as an opportunity to learn and be an example.

No matter what you do, you will be judged for your choices and actions. Don’t let fear coerce you into making the “easy” choices. I wouldn’t want to be the man who has to answer to his grandson for his cowardice in the face of evil. Make choices that will let your progeny know what you stood for, even if you’re long gone when they are born. Ideas can’t be killed; some of the most formative ideas and traits I have learned came from people who are now gone, but it doesn’t make them any less real.

Remember: Courage isn’t the lack of fear, but rather appropriate action taken in spite of fear.

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About the Author: NC Scout

NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small unit skills rarely if ever taught anywhere else in the prepping and survival field, including his RTO Course which focuses on small unit communications. In his free time he is an avid hunter, bushcrafter, writer, long range shooter, prepper, amateur radio operator and Libertarian activist. He can be contacted at [email protected] or via his blog at brushbeater.wordpress.com .

8 Comments

  1. Dean Varner May 11, 2020 at 06:16

    I agree. Been saying for some time now that we need to face the hard reality now while we are still here to help rebuild and be of some benefit to the younger generations of our skills and experience, which many of have been lost with the newer generations.

  2. Steve Mutzig May 11, 2020 at 08:13

    NC Scout —- like the way this guy writes —- seems that WordPress has already deleted / blocked him —– does he have a website? Or some other way to get more info from him?
    Thanks,
    K7DN

    • NC Scout May 11, 2020 at 08:44

      I’ll fix the link.

  3. Anonymous May 11, 2020 at 11:47

    4.5

  4. Backwoods Okie May 11, 2020 at 12:44

    Your friend has deleted the site. Would be interested

  5. Anonymous May 11, 2020 at 12:59

    5

  6. Matt May 11, 2020 at 13:01

    It seems that his blog site has moved elsewhere.

    Matt

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