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Elite Investigative Journal
Social Survival Tactics in a Devolving Society, pg 15-24
©2014-2015 Press Enter Resolve, LLC
Social Survival Tactics in a
Devolving Society
By Randy Gonzalez
Photo Courtesy of mgic-connects.com
In a world where the masses of human beings are What if? A very good question, it’s asked often by
devolving, and by varied means of self-indulgence, trainees, recruits and students. From many institutional
are you prepared to survive? As you travel through settings, police academies and college classrooms,
a society where the gross stupidity index increases such is a reasonable perspective. Worst-case scenarios
annually, have you planned countermeasures? Daily, are considered by the police and the military on a
when you step out that door, from your comfort zones, regular basis. What about you and your situation?
and false sense of security, have you considered Have you considered your “what ifs”? Suppose the
the threats for the involuntary termination of your masses of westerners for instance, mindlessly accept the
existence? Alternatively, do you mindlessly wander externalities of excessive material consumption. Since
the social landscape and relish in the illusion of pop this is likely the case for great numbers of people, given
culture consumption? Not only is there the ever- their cultural context, what do you think will happen
darkening threat of human degeneration, nature when comfort is removed? Sure, anarchy, chaos,
conjures a staggering array of conditions adverse to and primeval predation. Massive numbers of people
human longevity. Life is too short to be arrogantly will behave in ways you can’t imagine. Platitudes of
self-absorbed and happily stupid. When "normal" fails simplistic “bumper sticker” conjecture will not sufice
to offer the seductive gluttony of selishness, how will in the face of real basic survival needs. Primal existence
you react? trumps lirtations with the pretext of social civility. In
confrontation with economic calamity, massive terrorist
As people predators search for mass victimization attacks or tumultuous weather conditions, life ights
across the globe, terroristic actions continue to plan with death.
more creative means to provoke fear, death and
disaster. And yet, that’s only one reality in the myriad In all probability, death wins, as a signiicant number
provocations of grotesque communal upheaval. Social of people regress to prehistoric levels of subsistence.
survival tactics suggests your voluntary willfulness Subgroups quickly form into evolvers, survivors,
to plan protective contingencies in the event of a predators and prey. Part of that “terminal velocity” for
catastrophe. Are you training yourself every day for giving up, and embracing the cessation of life, relates to
the worst-case scenario? This might be the calamitous the practice of stupidity. Foolish behaviors have many
aftermath of severe weather conditions, geologic historic and metaphorical references. Basically, people
eruptions, economic collapse or acts of bio-terrorism. are selish and un-evolved and resist the self-willed
Any number of widespread chaotic manifestations, hard work to become more differentiated human beings.
natural or fabricated, could conceivably create an Many will be unable to survive, since they are not up to
environment in which people degenerate into anarchy. it, physically and mentally, with no planned
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Social Survival Tactics in a Devolving Society, pg 15-24
©2014-2015 Press Enter Resolve, LLC
Social Survival Tactics in a
Devolving Society
By Randy Gonzalez
Photo Courtesy of mgic-connects.com
In a world where the masses of human beings are What if? A very good question, it’s asked often by
devolving, and by varied means of self-indulgence, trainees, recruits and students. From many institutional
are you prepared to survive? As you travel through settings, police academies and college classrooms,
a society where the gross stupidity index increases such is a reasonable perspective. Worst-case scenarios
annually, have you planned countermeasures? Daily, are considered by the police and the military on a
when you step out that door, from your comfort zones, regular basis. What about you and your situation?
and false sense of security, have you considered Have you considered your “what ifs”? Suppose the
the threats for the involuntary termination of your masses of westerners for instance, mindlessly accept the
existence? Alternatively, do you mindlessly wander externalities of excessive material consumption. Since
the social landscape and relish in the illusion of pop this is likely the case for great numbers of people, given
culture consumption? Not only is there the ever- their cultural context, what do you think will happen
darkening threat of human degeneration, nature when comfort is removed? Sure, anarchy, chaos,
conjures a staggering array of conditions adverse to and primeval predation. Massive numbers of people
human longevity. Life is too short to be arrogantly will behave in ways you can’t imagine. Platitudes of
self-absorbed and happily stupid. When "normal" fails simplistic “bumper sticker” conjecture will not sufice
to offer the seductive gluttony of selishness, how will in the face of real basic survival needs. Primal existence
you react? trumps lirtations with the pretext of social civility. In
confrontation with economic calamity, massive terrorist
As people predators search for mass victimization attacks or tumultuous weather conditions, life ights
across the globe, terroristic actions continue to plan with death.
more creative means to provoke fear, death and
disaster. And yet, that’s only one reality in the myriad In all probability, death wins, as a signiicant number
provocations of grotesque communal upheaval. Social of people regress to prehistoric levels of subsistence.
survival tactics suggests your voluntary willfulness Subgroups quickly form into evolvers, survivors,
to plan protective contingencies in the event of a predators and prey. Part of that “terminal velocity” for
catastrophe. Are you training yourself every day for giving up, and embracing the cessation of life, relates to
the worst-case scenario? This might be the calamitous the practice of stupidity. Foolish behaviors have many
aftermath of severe weather conditions, geologic historic and metaphorical references. Basically, people
eruptions, economic collapse or acts of bio-terrorism. are selish and un-evolved and resist the self-willed
Any number of widespread chaotic manifestations, hard work to become more differentiated human beings.
natural or fabricated, could conceivably create an Many will be unable to survive, since they are not up to
environment in which people degenerate into anarchy. it, physically and mentally, with no planned
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