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Reply to: Neutrality for the sake of survival and how to manage the full spectrum of ideologies Posted 2 months ago

I’m brand new here, but it’s so ironic that I came across this post. I had this discussion with some of my staff last week! The best way to answer these is to determine the largest defining factor. Where do you live? I believe the smaller your community (think rural farm town), the more likely those community members are to have a more open mind about opposing politics and religion. In a time of societal “shift” or collapse, the common threads of that town will hold it together significantly better than other places. Small towns become families in many ways, including infighting. But, an outward threat would quickly unite them.  In a larger city, there is too much anonymity to hold a cohesive unit with your neighbors. People would be much more likely to seek out others who think the same as them, and then create their communities inside of others.  In my town, there are increasingly open conversations about what the near future may hold; and those conversations have taken place on both sides of the aisle. We all agree that outsiders who would mine our town for our resources are the greatest threat to our safety and security. We saw it during COVID and the great gas panic of 2019. City dwellers were driving to surrounding rural towns and emptying them out. Our County Judge ended up signing an executive order that required a local address (verified via Drivers’ License) in order to purchase certain supplies and food. While that sounds very big brother, remember that rural communities are at the end of supply chains. For example, Exxon gas might delivered 4 days a week to stations in Austin, but in my town, it might be once every other week. Our local leaders couldn’t let the people starve because of the greed of others who weren’t prepared.  We recognized Preparedness Month last month, and our local churches have been pushing out information. I think our last step in my town is 

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Reply to: Neutrality for the sake of survival and how to manage the full spectrum of ideologies Posted 2 months ago

I’m brand new here, but it’s so ironic that I came across this post. I had this discussion with some of my staff last week! The best way to answer these is to determine the largest defining factor. Where do you live? I believe the smaller your community (think rural farm town), the more likely those community members are to have a more open mind about opposing politics and religion. In a time of societal “shift” or collapse, the common threads of that town will hold it together significantly better than other places. Small towns become families in many ways, including infighting. But, an outward threat would quickly unite them.  In a larger city, there is too much anonymity to hold a cohesive unit with your neighbors. People would be much more likely to seek out others who think the same as them, and then create their communities inside of others.  In my town, there are increasingly open conversations about what the near future may hold; and those conversations have taken place on both sides of the aisle. We all agree that outsiders who would mine our town for our resources are the greatest threat to our safety and security. We saw it during COVID and the great gas panic of 2019. City dwellers were driving to surrounding rural towns and emptying them out. Our County Judge ended up signing an executive order that required a local address (verified via Drivers’ License) in order to purchase certain supplies and food. While that sounds very big brother, remember that rural communities are at the end of supply chains. For example, Exxon gas might delivered 4 days a week to stations in Austin, but in my town, it might be once every other week. Our local leaders couldn’t let the people starve because of the greed of others who weren’t prepared.  We recognized Preparedness Month last month, and our local churches have been pushing out information. I think our last step in my town is