MAGA’s gonna party like it’s 2020!
There any sense on what would be good to stock up on now? When I’ve searched this, the advice is usually pretty worthless. Just advice indistinguishable from general prepper stuff. I’ve seen recommendations to stock up on things like flour, things that the US produces domestically in abundance. But some necessities are going to be more vulnerable to disruptions in shipments from China than others.
Anyone find a good guide or have a sense of what basic household necessities are going to be most vulnerable to disruption of trade with China? I’m not concerned with things like consumer electronics right now, those are luxuries. I’m talking basic food and household staples. I don’t need the standard prepper list that’s meant to prepare you for grave natural disasters. What’s really needed is an analysis of precisely what necessities are most likely to be interrupted by this.
Has anyone seen such a list, or have a sense for what necessities are most vulnerable here?
If it’s really like Covid, toilet paper will be the first thing to go.
This rhetoric is just trying to butter us up for the impending next round of price gouging.
If something seems too expensive, don’t buy it and opt for goods with less headway for markup. Start cooking scratch meals and cut out the prefab stuff; you’ll take more time for food prep, but it will save you thousands in medical bills later on.
If you deposed your dictator this wouldn’t be happening.
Nah, just roll over and yell “FREEDOM”.
I have the worst timing …. I’ve been trying to eat my way down to an empty freezer. I bought a chest freezer in covid and kept it full ever since, but it really needs to be defrosted. I still have more stuff in there than can fit in all my coolers and in the fridge.
But maybe I should restock while I can and try again to defrost in four years
You think things will be better in Trump’s 3rd term? 🤔
I bet the US bomb stores are still fully stocked for *srael.
There is such an abundance we will have to use them against our civilian population just to keep from throwing them out.
WTF, this bullshit again.
Well… look who’s president again. Just saying
Let’s see how long they can survive on thoughts and prayers.
Everyone ready to start intermittent fasting without choice?
It’s one way to lower the obesity rate.
Strategic… They stopped paying for wegovy first to get people desperate.
Grateful at this moment for my wife who grew up food insecure who stocked up several months of food. That will run out though eventually.
I’ve been seeing a lot of tiktoks about raising meat rabbits lately
None of those weepers have the stones for raising rabbits.
rabbit stew 🤤
I’m gonna combine it with intermittent non-pooping.
Any society is three meals from revolution
This probably won’t be a starvation situation. This will be a supply crunch for all the cheap shit at Walmart and Target that Americans love.
All the sugar addicts are going to flip.
That’s all it will take.
As someone who doesn’t live in the US, I’m looking forward to watching this unfold.
It’s going to hurt Trump. I’m sorry a lot of Dem voters will be collateral damage but honestly, an economic shit storm of biblical magnitude is pretty much the only thing that can save you IMO.
…as someone who opposed the fascist-in-chief by civil means and will be wholly caught up in the economic maelstrom, i’m looking forward to watching this unfold, too: it’s the only thing which might save us from full-blown armed conflict and martial law…
Lmao hurt Trump? His cultists will be eating rat soup to survive and insist that the economy is great and America is on its way to being Great Again™, and that rat soup is just a necessary sacrifice on that path.
The cultists, yes… but they’re not the ones keeping him on his throne. If enough rich people lose enough money he will be impeached.
Rich people will make money if the stocks go up or down because they’ll know in advance what’s coming.
After the great divide and maga has central USA, you guys can get back to work, but unfortunately the civil war is gonna suck
It’s unclear if it’s going to save america, considering it’s 1:1 out of hitler’s playbook. He crashed the economy with tarrifs before going all in.
As an American I agree, though I have to point out something those of us living this shit nightmare know…
This won’t hurt him. At all. His supporters by and large are what you’d expect from full on Stockholm syndrome victims.
They excuse, Sanewash, and pretend it’s part of some plan to make them great.
His supporters? They can soak in their own bloodbaths and say it was Obama’s fault or some Hillary conspiracy.
The one issue voters who sat out last time, the middle of the ground twats who thought their vote didn’t matter, the Palestinians who thought Kamala’s stance on Israel wasn’t strong enough… Those are the people who have to suffer enough to motivate them to not be so fucking indifferent to things they don’t fully understand.
There’s a lot of folks who are either.:
Vote republican by default, but a shock could change them.
People who vote for or against the status quo based on how the feel things are going. Trump lost in 2020 in part due to people voting against whoever was in office. Hilary Clinton probably would have lost in 2020 had she won in 2016. Trump won in 2024 in part due to similar sentiment to vote out the current party after the inflation that was likely unavoidable consequence of not collapsing from COVID.
Yes the MAGA cult is unwavering, and they are a huge factor in the GOP primaries and certainly an asset in the general election, but they are not enough to assure an election.
…presuming that quasi-representative elections happen in 2026 and 2028, which are by no means assured…
IMO it’s not really the MAGA idiots you need to worry about. It’s the influential people in the republican party who are supporting Trump.
You’re right that the stereotypical trump supporter can’t be dissuaded by economic hardship.
However, the people that thought Trump was going to deliver them never before seen profits through de-regulation can very easily be dissuaded be economic hardship.
An economic hole is forming, and if it’s deep enough and wide enough Trump will be unseated.
Agreed. After watching videos of people literally dying in the ICU being told they are passing away soon specifically because they got COVID and didn’t take the vaccine or wear masks and drank horse dewormer or whatever else, and when asked if they were regretful, they all say “no,” I knew we were screwed.
Hell, I had that same thought happen again when I watched parents whose little children died from Measles were asked “do you regret not vaccinating your now dead children?” And they immediately without hesitation said “no.”
It is a cult, and they are locked in until they are all burned away like a literal fever.
They are supremely loyal but relatively few enough to be outvoted by the other voters that more casually voted for him. It’s harder for me to grasp, but there are folks that voted for him that wouldn’t be going to his rallies or anything.
It is a cult, and they are locked in until they are all burned away like a literal fever.
Yes but, as with any cult, blind faith won’t save them. They’ll go destitute, get sick and die all the same.
It’s a shame it had to come to that but the world will eventually be rid of them anyway. People wishing MAGAtards redeem themselves are focusing on the wrong thing
i blame carter
They really want to pick up where they left off huh
The article is behind a paywall. Do you have other sources?
I’m living the dream with individually wrapped quilted 3-ply tp rolls and $1.75/doz eggs. Current version of the us sucks balls.
Let me put it this way. Today I spent over $700 on a massive amount of groceries and various toiletries.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph and all his carpenter friends what the fuck did you spend 700 dollars on? Is that US?
Like I know you said groceries and various toiletries but the curiosity is tickling me.
Yes, USD. I bought some fresh food (and do so regularly), but also a ton of non-perishables: lots of canned food, various kinds of rice, cereals, oatmeal, lots of water, etc. Protein and carbs. 48 rolls of toilet paper (I have a bidet so this will last me about two years), and so on.
I’m building up my reserves. I have a large pantry and several large cupboards to keep it all in, and could probably buy another $700 worth and have a place to keep it. I also cook at home for most meals and so I rotate through these food stuffs faster than you’d expect. There’s no canned food older than two years, and most items are newer than six months. I generally buy more than I need, but not usually this much.
I’m not a “prepper” in an “underground bunker” sense, but I do prepare for emergencies and instability, whatever form it may take: political, yes, but I also live on several fault lines, so “the big one” might happen at some point. In the winter, ice and snow occasionally confine me to my home for a week or two at a time. They’re all the same to me from a planning perspective.
The original price was $850, but I clip coupons and maximize sales and brought it down by over $150.
48 rolls of toilet paper (I have a bidet so this will last me about two years), and so on.
Seriously, you have a bidet. Plop a small bottle of handsoap near the toilet and squirt a small bit on your wiping hand while the spray does it’s thing and you clean off using the soapy fingers. Let the bidet rinse your hands and asshole for a few more seconds. Keep a towel nearby for drying your hands and ass, that is replaced as you feel and serves only that purpose. If you do it right, no fecal matter will be on your hands when you dry and you can wash them again at the sink.
Toilet paper is just a waste.
I’m not a “prepper” in an “underground bunker” sense, but I do prepare for emergencies and instability, whatever form it may take: political, yes, but I also live on several fault lines
Assuming you’re a homeowner, make sure to check if your home insurance policy covers earthquake damage. By default most insurance policies don’t cover seismic.
It does, and I have an automatic gas shutoff valve as well (it’s gone off once before, which made for a pretty surprising morning shower).
But this is good advice for anyone who lives in a similar area. Don’t put yourself in a position where you could lose everything because you were trying to save a few bucks a month.
As an individual I spend about 100 a week on groceries. My guess is stocking up for weeks of food which I’ve been slowly stockpiling myself. Or a large family 4-5+
Wild. Our house has six and I’d feed us all for the week for about 180 euro / 200 USD. We cook all our meals though, with some exceptions like occasional frozen pizza or chicken nuggets for convenience.
I spent a summer in the US in the late 90s and I remember basically everything being cheaper there at the time but we have lots of discount supermarkets here now that we didn’t then.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph and all his carpenter friends what the fuck did you spend 700 dollars on? Is that US?
Eggs.
4 of them to be precise.
A few dozen eggs?
Could actually be a lot of canned goods. The top shelf stuff is like $5 per can 😳
Probably a lot of non-perishables, or like those camping meals with a 10-year life span.
Stockpiling
Last time I was in the states I figured it worked out to about 100 per bag of grocerys.
So they bought 7 bags. Or maybe 5 now.
Easy to do.
