Prepping resources in the UK

I will no longer use the word 'survivalist' and use the word 'prepper' instead.  This is because survivalism has some negative connotations such as right wing conspiracy theory and an obsession with weaponry. I was surprised to find that there were more constructive prepping sites in the UK than any other country.

'Prepping' is also wider than survivalism. Survivalists often find themselves talking of Hollywood blockbuster situations. They even talk about The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI) so often they have invented an acronym for it.

'Prepping' on the other hand is simply being prepared for every eventuality. This makes everyday life easier and is even something we teach boy scouts to do. Prepping can even be a social activity. You may increase your social status by becoming the 'go to' guy in a crisis.

I have also found a few very useful websites that prove that preppers can actually work with one another.

UK Preppers which is part of a world wide network of sites and is a good place to exchange ideas with others. If you like your women paranoid and heavily armed try Survivalist Singles.

Permaculture Association. Permaculture is a system of farming that consumes all of its own by-products. In other words your weeds are eaten by pigs or geese and turned into food. This means that your mini farm can exist without input from the wider world. Your crops are made fertile by animal droppings creating a natural cycle that resembles natural ecology. This is often seen as a solution to a generalised collapse in wider society. The chief problem is that permaculture can only support a fraction of the present UK population due to to lack of available land. The permaculture guys reply that even this dismal outcome is better than the alternative.

Survivalists and preppers may do well to take a diploma in permaculture with these guys. £500 worth of survival gear may be worth killing you for but £500 spent on a permaculture course would mean that you are much more useful alive.

You may also like to visit Transition Network this is a network of local groups that are making their communities more resilient in the event of disaster. The powerswitch group presents the peak oil message in a professional but rather depressing way. There is also an independent Civil Defense Association that seems to run on a shoestring but runs a number of volunteer search and rescue teams. This organization is actively seeking volunteers and would be a good way to pick up skills. The New Economics Foundation promotes some novel economic notions such as localized currencies designed it isolate communities from economic crisis elsewhere. These schemes do have value and appeared in Russia, Zimbabwe and elsewhere when the conditions were right. Right now they are solutions looking for a problem. You may also like to investigate the Alpha Strategy which the left leaning NEF ignores.

Survival School will teach you to live off the land. This amounts to a form of initiation into manhood that is probably preferable to the allegedly cultist Mankind Project (dancing naked and hitting chickens with hammers). Survival training does not market itself as an initiation but it is likely to give a man an inner confidence that amounts to a form of initiation.

If you would like a qualification you may like to take outdoor group training with the YHA. This will teach navigation and leadership skills and result in a certificate that may impress a future employer.

Bleach

Bleach is a useful survival aid. It may be used to disinfect water (make it smell of chlorine but not burn the mouth). It may also be used to disinfect wounds. Wash as normal but make the solution stronger than you would if you were drinking it.

I have recently purchased a 60ml sample bottle of peppermint foot lotion. Once this is used up the bottle will be filled with bleach and kept with my personal emergency kit. Bleach would probably also be a useful weapon against attacking dogs if it were kept in a squeeze bottle and sprayed into the animals eyes as it approached.

My total budget for this project (including the original foot balm) is about 60p.

We could buy an island!

Private islands cost as little as $30,000

How to be a Submarine.

THE SUBMARINE

What is a Submarine? A submarine is a man or woman who is prepared to disappear if the political situation demands it. In normal times this involves living quite openly but always mindful of what information is given out. I call this 'surface running'.

There is nothing more unhelpful to surface running than misplaced secrecy. We are honest people and have nothing to hide.

SURFACE RUNNING

My own version of surface running involves complete transparency. Anyone who wishes to know me may  read this blog. My only ambition is to live as a free man and right now the government poses no threat. The main dangers are identity theft and the risk our employers google our names.

DEEP RUNNING

Deep running where one has to leave the country- usually for political reasons. The British government is unlikely to formerly declare anyone an enemy of the state because the UK is a trading nation that must never embarrass its partners. Political Correctness is a far more effective way or stripping undesirables of their civil rights.

THE TRAP IS SET

We are far more likely to have to run than you think. Forget any Hollywood notions you may have about tyranny. Military parades and a uniformed political police are very 20th century. Our present day tyrants have been very successful at taking our freedoms without any of these things- why should these guys change a winning formula? We can expect a intensification of speech codes and political correctness to the point that life as a free being becomes impossible.

The strange thing is that tyrants and monsters are generally very honest people. Hitler explained his plans quite honestly in Mien Kampf. The only reason the liberals of the day were taken off guard was that they chose to ignore what was in front of their eyes. The same applies to the Islamic radicals today. These guys have a long term game plan for world domination that has almost nothing to do with Iraq or Afghanistan. Harriet Harman (deputy Labour Party leader and extreme feminist) has made no secret of her own ambitions. She has joked that there would be no men left in the country the day after she becomes PM. It is true that the Labour Party is currently out of power but 'mad Hattie' has always played the long game and she is ruthlessly set upon power. She came to parliament as a 'Blare's babe' but shafted Tony Blair for personal advantage. Later on she turned on Gordon Brown (who she has supported only six month previously) by forming the WAG's (Women Against Gordon) a group of labour women who spread rumours about Gordon Brown's personal qualities, limp handshake, effeminate nature and general lack of Alpha.

The WAG's never made a policy statement but simply rubbished him as a man. This vicious, personal and careerist approach is her hallmark. She is curiously non political and will support anyone who promises her power and wealth.

Harriet became implicated in a number of corrupt expense claims and became a sort of shop steward for all corrupt MP's of whatever party. In this way she appealed to the worst elements within the Labour party and became deputy leader despite being unpopular with the party membership and the nation as a whole. Her only qualifications for the job was that she was a woman and that she had no shame. This means that Harriet Harman became the second most powerful person in the UK without facing the electorate. She then became party leader by default when Gordon resigned and has spent her time publicly ridiculing men in general. It is sobering to think that she may have become PM by the same mechanism if Labour had been in power.

Harriet Harman has already indicated that she wishes to introduce a special tax upon men that women will not have to pay. This would be used to finance programmes for single mothers making all men their collective husband. Harriet would also create a second form of pseudo marriage by which a woman could sue their former boyfriends for lifetime financial support.

This would strip men of whatever property we presently have and would also place us in permanent litigation with women claiming to be former girlfriends. This could be done quite easily as the family courts already hold massive power and probably no primary legislation would be required.

ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET...

First decide on where you wish to live. This will usually be a poor country where one can live on a few pounds a day. You are unlikely to be prevented from leaving the UK. Your main problem is that you will have to leave most of your money here. This is because the 'family' courts have the power to stop you moving money around and selling property. They also have the power to suspend passports and driving licences but this is less commonly used.  The family courts will be the main weapon used against men in the initial phase. We must remember that almost any woman would be able to claim to be the girlfriend of any man and this would tie him up in endless litigation that would prevent him selling his home.

You should have as much liquid cash and gold as you can afford (a minimum of 10% of total assets). Physical gold is preferable to gold based investments because it may be hidden and is easily spent in Asia. A man may carry sufficient gold in a briefcase to live for the remainder of his life in most SE Asian countries.

You will also need a local skill. My own solution is to teach English, but many others exist.

RUN RABBIT, RUN!

I will place the words SURFACE RUNNING with a link to this article. This means that things are basically OK at the moment. This means that we should live in peace with the government and work to increase the trust they have in us. If this benign atmosphere changes I will also change the words in the sidebar to DEEP RUNNING. You may think of this as the tail of a rabbit which flashes a warning to all other rabbits the moment it starts to run.

How to be an English Gentleman.

George Clooney- you do not need to be English to be an English Gentleman.

The English Gentleman look is a universal aphrodisiac across the world. It is particularly powerful in anglosphere nations such as the United States. This may be because the USA is ruthlessly meritocratic so that you cannot have much status without wealth. This causes less wealthy yanks to look nostalgically to the British system which is based more upon how one conducts oneself. I am currently unemployed (and a lowly security guard when I am employed) and yet I get to be snobbishly superior to a certain kind of millionaire.

The English Gentleman archetype therefore offers an escape from vulgar consumerism and the worship of money. It speaks of a more humane world where everyone has value regardless of materiel success and where appreciation of art and music is more important than the size of ones home.

The English Gentleman is generally not rich. He is the ultimate 'high alpha' in that he has nothing to prove. He shows equal respect to everyone he meets- rich or poor.

Being an English Gentleman is very cheap. This is because most of his hobbies (art, opera, charitable works of various kinds) are subsidised by the state or entirely free. His clothing is expensive but lasts forever and looks better with age than when it is new.

The man who becomes an English Gentleman actually steps outside of all the status games that other men play. You absolutely cannot AMOG such a man because he is not interested in vulgar things. If you show him your new Ferrari he will admire it to make you happy but think you a vulgar fool. In reality the only thing you are proving to him is that you are not a gentleman.

My favourite disaster.

Every survivalist has their 'favourite' disaster. Here is a list of my top three.
3. Dirty bomb
2. Meteor impact
1. Bee extinction

When I say that bee extinction is my 'favorite' disaster I do not mean that is the most likely or even that the incident is the worst disaster imaginable. I am talking about a combination of the two. I am looking for situations that are both preventable and reasonably likely. I do not intend to guard against events that are either-

a) Absurd (anything by David Ike or L Ron Hubbard).

or

b) So destructive that nothing can be done (black holes, supernovas and so on).

Dumplings

Dumplings are great! Dumplings are cheap! Dumplings are high calorie and filling! (Mine do not look like this)

I bought a bag (1 kg) of self raising flour today because it was very cheap (28p) and because this is something 'proper' survivalists do. The great thing about flour is that it is a dry food so a single kilo of flour can make more than a kilo of bread or dumplings.

Actualy I have been experimenting with dumplings on and off all day. There are a surprising number of different kinds. The easiest to make is something the Jamaicans call 'Jack'. This simply involves splashing some milk and self raising flour together to make a non sticky dough. Then squish it together and fry it slowly with some oil. The instructions are a bit confused but the final result tastes OK. English dumplings require self raising flour but also require suet which is bad for you. Most Jamaican boiled dumplings rely upon non raising flour which I do not have.

Dumplings are now a standard austerity food of mine- quite apart from the survival value.

Game on £1 a day.

Pick up is an expensive hobby (furry hats, boot camps and nightclubs all cost money) but does it have to be this way?

We meet women every day in a variety of situations. Maybe we could practice our game without going anywhere special at all? Maybe we could game for a pound a day?

Work Game

I talked in a previous post about using game to gain cooperation at work. I personally believe that a woman is incapable of fully cooperating with a man she holds in sexual contempt. She may intend to do so out of her job description but there will always be something missing. A man must therefore game the women he works with in order to get his job done. This does not mean that he must become overtly sexual with them. The object is not to seduce them but to establish that he is the alpha and that they are happy to cooperate with him. Do not put up with work based 'shit tests' as they will only stop you doing your job.

What follows is a true account of what occurred in my life yesterday. I am currently unemployed but working hard to resolve this. This means that I have zero legitimate social status and would normally expect to be treated with a polite contempt from the women I meet.

The problem with this from an unemployed man's perspective is that most personnel departments and most government agencies are run by women. Their contempt for him as a man will damage his chances greatly.

This is an account of my day yesterday.

9.00am I visit my local volunteer agency. I flash a big alpha smile at the receptionists and they answer in stereo  'good morning!' I am dressed in a battered primark jacket that is one step above scarecrow. I suspect that most men are expected to hover around until one of them makes eye contact.

I am shown upstairs and fill in a volunteer form that asks what type of work I would like to do. I tell the organiser off in a good natured way for having 'women's groups' and not 'men's groups' listed. He promises to change this. I feel he is following the lead of the receptionists who think I am alpha.

9.40am I return home and phone up Families Need Fathers- and explain that I would need a travel pass into London if I were to volunteer for them. She seems positive because I explained this upfront.

12.00am Adult education centre for a test. I am approached by a woman I do not immediately recognise- 'Hullo Richard' she runs her finger across my back. I realise that she was from an interview workshop I had attended previously.

04.30pm I pass the test and now need a letter from the authorities stating I am on benefits so that I can take the next course. I use the free phone in the office to contact admin and find myself talking to a Scottish girl. I explain my situation and add that I am excited to be on the course. This makes me a human being and she brightens up immediately (she probably took the job to help people). I thank her in a genuine way and she wishes me luck in the future. I am sure the letter will arrive.

Why am I telling you this?

1) In each incident I obtained cooperation above the minimum by assuming an alpha, positive persona.

2) Alpha brings out the best in women. Each of these incidents brightened the day of the woman concerned.

3) Sex is never far behind the cooperation- note the finger across the back incident. It appears quite innocent to a bystander but feels delicious.

4) Do not seduce the women in work game. Wait for them to seduce you.

There is nothing particularly remarkable about these events. Women will cooperate and show respect provided one seems alpha at the time. This is not dependent upon looks or real social status. Some of you will think that I am talking nonsense because women have always treated you in this way. Congratulations! You are an alpha!! Some of you will imagine that I must be doing something extraordinary to get these modest results. This is because you are currently beta and it proves my point. Just be alpha.

More survival foods

Baked beans- energy rich, easily stored and very cheap (29p a can). Baked beans can be eaten cold right out of the can if needed.

Corned beef- this is another versatile food. It is relatively expensive at £1.19 a can but it may also be eaten cold. Corned beef makes a good curry or it may simply be added to pasta. It would make a welcome change to a diet of rice and beans.

Fruit juice- this is highly portable and will keep your strength up if you are unable to eat. Fruit juice may save your life in a flu epidemic.

English survivalism.

English survivalism differs from the US variety in two respects. Firstly, there is no 'bugging out' to some pristine wilderness because we are a small and crowded island. There is very little wilderness to be had.

Secondly, we do not carry guns. The US survivalists are quite right to fear the breakdown of order in a society where gun ownership is common. If my neighbours had guns I would make sure I had them too.

Many US survivalists have a years worth of food along with a generator and a water purifier. It would be worth killing a man for such treasure if the alternative were starvation. Unfortunately I have neither the money nor the room to store anything worth killing me for. The only way I can survive is to form alliances with others. I will share with you freely.

My priority is water. I have discovered a sparkling drink in Aldi that is made from real strawberry. In comes in a useful reusable bottle and costs 69p. I will eventually store 100 litres of water in this way.

Not three, but six

It is commonly believed that there are three classes of men. Alpha, Beta and Omega.

I believe there are actually six. Let me explain.

HIGH ALPHA. This is the man one instinctively wishes to follow.  There is nothing selfish or self serving about him, All his plans are for the common good and one instinctively knows he would take a bullet for you. He brings out the best in everyone around him and is delighted when everyone excels. The high alpha is not only the best friend a man could have but he is also a dream husband and father. A charismatic, inspirational leader.

LOW ALPHA. This is your AMOG junky. He dominates conversation and has a certain charisma about him but other men feel sidelined in his presence. He will be supportive of people who are less capable than him but will try to crush anyone who threatens to outshine him. Corporate empire builder- sometimes sociopathic. This behaviour is encouraged by early Mystery Method. The Low Alpha has many short relationships with women but has little regard for them as people. This type often has the largest number of notches on his bedpost.

HIGH BETA. Women relate to this man as a friend. He is often a reliable cog in the corporate machine and a highly valuable member of society. He makes a good husband (women will sleep with such a man out of affection and habit but not sexual obsession). He is capable of equal relationships with women and generally believes women are moral and decent because this is his experience.

LOW BETA. This man is also in the 'friend zone' with women except that women are never true friends to him. A woman will leach from a Low Beta on every level. She will use him as a therapist, have no respect for his time and often expect him to pay for her. The Low Beta believes women are better than men (mangina) but (paradoxically) does not hold them to the moral standards he holds for himself. The easiest way to find out if a man is a high or low Beta is to ask a woman how she feels about him sexually. If the man is a High Beta she will say something about not wishing to spoil a friendship. If he is a Low Beta she will find the idea funny. Low Betas will occasional surprise everyone by going on murderous rampages and then killing themselves.

HIGH OMEGA. A High Omega is an outcast with a survival mechanism. He may become a violent thug and have other people fear him. The High Omega is obsessed by respect but does not understand it. The Omega is never respected but the High Omega may make people fear him and he mistakes this for respect. Damaged or fatherless women may mistake him for an Alpha because other men defer to him on occasion. This means that High Omegas are often highly successful with women despite being violent and contemptuous towards them. This is simply a misidentification problem. The women do not desire abuse but they lack the skills to identify the Alpha they truly desire.

LOW OMEGA. Self hating, often depressed and self destructive. Lacking in all self belief and therefore incapable of making plans. Occasionally violent when drunk but generally meek and submissive. Generally asexual.

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Wingman (or wing girl) wanted

"Hey baby.. what's your sign?"

You will have some idea of my game from my posts here. I have a very natural style of game and am good at building rapport but a not approaching very much at present. I  am also one of the few pick up guys who post under my own name. This is a deliberate choice and it forces me to be honest with the women I meet. London and Essex based.

I am particularly good at cold reads but dislike heavy negging. I am one of those rare gamesters who is looking to fall in love. if you feel you could work with me, please leave a comment and mark it DO NOT PUBLISH.

The Gamester

I dislike the term 'pick up artist' because it limits the usefulness of the science. Not every man wants a series of one night stands quite apart from the dangers involved. Condoms split and I cannot see why they should be 100% effective even if they do not as the woman's juices will still come in contact with the base of the penis even with a condom.

I am a romantic and want to find that one special woman. I suspect that many other men are as well but we feel that this is somehow un-masculine to admit this.

Game can be used for monogamy or simply to obtain respect from women at work. This is why I prefer the term 'gamester'. It implys both gangsterism and fun which seems appropriate.

Identity

Tyler from RSD

A fundamental concept in game is that a man must have an attractive identity. All of the great seduction gurus have achieved their success with women largely due to their identity rather than their lines or methods. Mystery is an illusionist and TV star. Style is a writer who hangs out with rock stars. Tyler travels with an entourage of interns and admirers which treat him like a rock star and so on. I guarantee you that any of us would do nearly as well given the same identity.

This does not mean that gurus are out and out frauds. Their advice is often good- but it will not work in your home town where everyone knows you as the local nerd. To be fair, all of the gurus admit that a strong identity is needed.

We need to find a new identity for ourselves. This does NOT involve lies. It is more a matter of finding ones true self and then being that person.

In order to do this we must first be absolutely honest about our old 'bad' identity. This is the reason we are not getting the respect we deserve- and we can only understand the problem is with brutal honesty.

So here it comes (with brutal honesty), my old identity.

1) Middle aged man who has not achieved very much. Partially employed (by choice) because he wishes to study game and hang out with fellow losers and conspiracy freaks.

2) Uneducated despite high IQ

3) Overweight and unsuccessful with women. Bitter former nice guy and emotional vampire.

4) A failure in life who insists upon advising others how to live their own lives. Combines poor self image with  an arrogant disdain for liberals and feminists.

Is it surprising that I was not attracting hot babes to my bed? Who would want to get involved with such a man? Nobody apart from the occasional woman with low self esteem and mental health issues!

So here is my new identity.

1) A young 46 year old who still has a sense of fun. A rebel and eternal student who refuses to sell his soul to the company store. Non conformist with his finger on the hidden London that few people see.

2) Highly educated despite having few paper qualifications. Widely travelled and widely read. I know how to buy airline tickets for £5 and book hostels for £4 a night. This means I can spend much of the year on holiday and can also offer this life to any woman who wishes to join me.

3) A home owner who spends approximately 26 weeks a year travelling or studying things that interest him. This is something few millionaires can afford to do.

4) A leader of men and a bad boy. My 'ghost nation' essay has been re posted all over the place and has even been made into a pod-cast. I have studied game, Austrian economics and other esoteric subjects that most people cannot imagine. I am a free man.

Fire!

Whatever happens when the shit hits the fan it will probably involve fire. In fact fire is a leading cause of death even in normal times.

The cheapest way to prep is to remove flammable materials from your home. Make this an ongoing process.

Give away your books. You are unlikely to read them again.

Get rid of plastic items if you can. Plastic burns but it also emits toxic fumes. Even wood is preferable.

Most fires start in the kitchen. Do not deep fry, this is bad for you as well as a fire risk (and can cause your home to smell like a chip shop).

The most valuable preparations are usually the cheapest.

Motivation for £1 a day.

Western culture is confused about motivation. Motivational speakers enthuse about goal setting- but what does this mean exactly? Why is it that one has to pump up desire for something that is supposed to be a central goal of life? Why is it that people find it so hard to want what they say they want?

In fact there is very little you can do to motivate yourself. If you cannot get out of bed in the morning you are probably doing the wrong job and should find a new one.

Having said this it IS possible to motivate oneself to adopt good habits. You can get up earlier, eat more healthily and so on if you reward yourself. These rewards do not need to be large- it is a way of recognising yourself and saying 'thank you'.

Tyler says something quite profound on his 'blueprint decoded' lectures. He says that the number one reason men fail at game is that they have not developed the habit of success. In other words they have never followed through with their promises to themselves in any area of life.

You could even say a depressive is someone who has stopped believing in their own promises.

The important thing is to develop the habit of success. This will build into an unstoppable momentum.

First decide which habits you would like to change. Start small. Remember what I said about depressed people- these are people filled with self hatred because they have broken their own promises. This means you should aim very low at first.

My own goal is simply to throw out more junk than I buy. This is relatively easy as I am a hoarder of junk but it is also a genuine discipline for the same reason.

So how does money come into it? I am spending slightly less that a pound a day to build up a supply of minor luxuries that I can use as a 'thank you' when I do well. What can a pound buy me? It could buy two snickers bars and then it would be gone.

Alternatively I could build up a supply of items that make a real difference to my life.

1) Easy cook rice rather than economy (99p a bag verses 73p).
2) Earl grey tea rather than TyPhoo.
3) Body shampoo rather than soap.
4) Side products from survivalism (chutney and lemonade).
5) High quality shirts and shoes.
6) High quality razor.
7) Cologne

The list of incentives will grow gradually longer as time goes on. As this happens I will also require more of myself in return.

Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea is a seaside town that is less than an hour from London by train. Guidebooks always seem to favour Brighton even though it is a little further from London than Southend.

What do you need to know about Southend? It is in Essex- and this will tell you all you need to know (Essex is supposed to be brash and vulgar). It has the longest pier in the world and the most mysterious because there is absolutely nothing at the end of it. You simply take a train ride to the end of the pier and then ride back again!

The beach is stony (like Brighton) and boasts a theme park and the Kersal- and a sort of pretend Las Vegas.

This is Adventure Island, the theme park.

Beach huts.

Free shows.

Plus the famous Essex Girls (sexually aggressive but loud).

Rice and beans

This is part of a series of articles on 'survivalism on £1 a day'. It could also be called 'urban survivalism' because most urban dwellers do not have the space to store a years worth of food.

One way to overcome this lack of space/funds is to ensure that you only have items within your home that enhance your survival. Prepping therefore becomes a process of eliminating counter survival junk from your home rather than buying a whole lot of extra kit.

The first thing to do is to work your way through the kitchen and eliminate things you are unlikely ever to use. Many of us have old spices that have lost their flavour or other doubtful stuff. Use what you can and dump the rest.

Good. You now have space. You probably also have some empty containers.

Fill these with long term survival foods such as rice and beans. It is possible to live on a cup or rice and a cup of beans a day provided that you have heat and water. This means that it is quite possible to fit a months supply of food into a single cupboard. Rice and beans will last almost forever (although beans go hard over time). Remember to take multivitamins and to have some spices to make this diet more eatable.

Total cost of survival foods for a month is only £30.

Rice and fish

Dieting is a female hobby and yet men benefit from being thin at least as much as women (excessive fat makes CPR difficult in the event of a heart attack). Our problem as men is that the dieting industry has grown up around female needs. One of these is the need to bond with other women over their food cravings. Many lasting female friendships have been made over the agony of a cream cake not eaten.

The problem with dieting is that it focuses the mind on what is forbidden. The more you think about denying yourself some pleasure the greater it grows in your mind. The way to lose weight easily is to find new pleasures that advance your personal goals rather than obsess upon self denial.

I have deliberately developed a taste for rice and steamed fish. This is very easily prepared using a rice cooker. Simply boil the rice in the lower chamber and place fish and vegetables in the upper chamber. The steam from the rice will cook the other items without boiling away the flavour or the nutrients. Throw them together on a plate and you have a healthy meal that took less time to prepare than a microwave mystery concoction that tastes of plastic. Do not weigh yourself and do not deny yourself anything you currently enjoy. Simply replace bad habits with good ones and watch your weight drop off without effort.

Survival kit.

Survivalism is an insurance policy and a hobby. Let us be honest and admit that preparing for imaginary disasters is fun- I am not even sure why!

Many of us pay for insurance on our homes and our cars hoping never to claim on them. It is the same with survival preparations. I hope to buy the cheapest policy available and then not claim on it.

What can one buy for a pound a day? Quite a lot! It would be possible to be prepared against most likely eventualities within a year or so and to gain some useful side benefits.

I am starting small (these projects have already been covered in previous posts).

1) PERSONAL SURVIVAL KIT (£28 incomplete) This is a small survival kit that may be carried in a briefcase or in a glove compartment. It consists of a toiletry bag that now contains the following items.

A fisher space pen (this will not leak and will write on plastics and on wet surfaces).

A selection of maps and a compass.

Wind up torch.

First aid kit (inc condoms)

A five pound note.

Side benefits include the toiletries that came with the bag and the fact that I can always find a pen when I need one.

2) STORAGE OF DRY GOODS (£8.50 including rice). I wish to maintain approximately one months supply of food in my flat at any one time. This will be built up slowly and will probably save money in the longer term as rice is increasing in price quite rapidly.

To this end I have bought myself a kilner jar containing Fortnum and Mason chutney. I admit that this is a luxury but the main benefit is an airtight, fireproof, waterproof and rodent proof kilner jar that will contain more than a pound of rice and will fit into a sock drawer.

The chutney will last a month and I may also use the jars for water in any real emergency situation. I estimate that a pound of rice will keep me alive for at least a day and a kilner jar will contain about a pound and a half of rice.

3) WATER STORAGE. I have purchased four 1lt bottles of real lemonade from Aldi (69p each) these are the same size as wine bottles and fit easily in wine coolers. They may also be filled with water and frozen in a refrigerator as a refreshing and free alternative to ice cream.

Four litres of water will not go very far in a crisis but it is very useful when the water supply is interrupted for an hour or so. I hope that I will have the opportunity to fill the bath in a major incident.

Spooky

I spent Sunday at Speakers Corner once again. I always find that I learn far more than I teach on these occasions.

So here are my discoveries in no particular order.

1) The audience at Speakers Corner is generally more interesting and intelligent than the speakers. There is far too much religion and meaningless point scoring between the religions at the corner. One man stood on a box and simply repeated 'only Jesus saves' for approximately an hour. He drew a larger audience than I did which I found rather depressing.

2) The audience is made up of approximately 80% tourists and 20% regulars. The regulars are generally middle aged or elderly men who have become socially isolated. They never speak publicly which is a shame because they have some original observations to make. These men are victims of the current order and may be reached by us.

3) Most people like the familiar. The most successful speakers are careful not to say anything new or tax their audience in any way and the moronic quality of 'debate' is beyond belief.

4) Men I meet are astonishingly open about their feelings. These are the 'sensitive' men that women say they want- but most of them have problems with women.

5) Most young men know something about game. I drop jargon into my talks as a sort on in-joke.

6) It is possible to tell a persons personal history simply by looking at the way they stand and feeling their 'presence'.

I was talking to a a pastor in an African church about children and he told me that he could always tell the children who came from broken homes because they could not sit down or concentrate. They squirm around on their seats and are always bored. It suddenly occurred to me that the same was true of adult women. To my right there was a woman who had already impressed me with her ability to listen to what I had to say without flying off the handle. He has a very 'solid' and secure presence that was the opposite of every feminist I had ever come across. I told her that I thought she had an exceptionally good relationship with her father and she told me that this was true- she glowed with pride as she told me about him. She then asked me what she would be like if she did not have this relationship and I told her that she would not be talking to me. She would have blown her top and stormed off a long time ago and not had the patience to understand the message.

There was also a Scandinavian man who asked me to interpret his presence. I felt that he was fluttery, introverted, and a little un-masculine. He told me this was exactly how he felt but then suddenly he changed and became far more masculine. This was because his thinking changed as we were talking. I was able to pick up the exact moment when his thinking transformed. Spooky.

Three worth consdering

It is time for radical ideas to enter the mainstream and this cannot be done unless we do. Blogging for other bloggers simply will not do. It is time to meet people with real power.

Ideas percolate through many channels in a democracy. I have identified three that seem more promising than most.

THE COGERS

This may be the oldest debating society in the world (1755) with branches in the City and Westminster. Iconoclasts are particularly welcome and membership includes Judges and MP's. I may be the only opportunity these guys get to hear new ideas.

THE ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE (Membership fee)

This is a mixed sex club of the 'gentleman's club' variety. It has a clubhouse in St James and offers cut price accommodation around the world. Why should one join? Membership of a club offers a degree of prestige and opens doors (you will be entered into a lottery to take tea with the Queen). The club runs some aid projects in Africa and organizes a variety of arts events.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS

This organizations should not be confused with the Royal Academy of Art. The RSA concerns itself with all ideas and it is the only place you are likely to meet a Nobel Prize winning economist. The RSA seems to be liberal in orientation but it is also highly intelligent. It is likely that many very bright people have never been exposed to alternative explanations.

Two Englishmen, three clubs.

The title of this post is actually a quote from Goring, the leader of the German air force in world war two and it was probably true when he spoke it.

The English are tremendously keen on forming associations for vaguely worthy goals. The English are probably no better at inventing games than any other nation but we are tremendously good at creating sports societies and rulebooks. This meant that English sports tended to become popular abroad because of the structure that came with them.

The same applies to charities and self improvement societies such as the Youth Hostel Association or housing associations for the working poor. The English tended to create an organised structure for everything that could be duplicated across the world.

This voluntary endeavour seemed to reach its peak in the Victorian age when national self confidence was at its peak and the welfare state had not yet been invented. Voluntary associations have been in a steady decline for many decades because it was the governments job to look after us. Unfortunately governments are now going broke all over the world and so this is no longer possible. We may be entering a new age of voluntarism.

In fact we cannot reduce the role of the state in our lives unless we take over some of its functions ourselves. This has a double benefit. Firstly, it cuts the politically correct expert class out of the picture. Secondly, it provides a role and status for men who have been marginalised in our society.

Our present welfare system has created an artificial division of labour between the creators of wealth and the poor. Welfare is distributed by an unaccountable liberal elite who do not understand the link between work and personal salvation. This was not true of the Victorian philanthropist who actively sought out the 'deserving poor' and it will not be true in the future.

In fact the road out of poverty usually involves adopting conservative values (hard work, frugality, faithfulness to ones partner and so on). Future welfare will be tied to these virtues because successful people realise their importance and successful people will administer charity.

Tour of the City

The City is an enclave within London that has been run according to MGTOW principles for at least a thousand years.

Government (and local taxation) is largely voluntary here. Companies and individuals pay their tax to the national government but the local government (the Corporation of London) runs largely on voluntary effort.

The City is guarded by dragons that always face the outside world. Once you are in the City (which is a tiny enclave) you will notice dragons everywhere.

There is nothing the English love more than a silly costume. In fact it is possible to get many of us to work all year without a wage in return for this right. This means that the cost of government can be kept to a minimum.

This is a map of the City- it will help you understand how small it is. The numbers represent the great livery halls where people who love the City gather to eat, drink and raise money for the City.

The City is not particularly democratic but it is a genuinely open and popular organization that is able to persuade many bright people to devote their time and money to its upkeep.

Local government in Britain is famous for its life sapping, Soviet style architecture. The City is an exception and it is quite wonderful to walk around with your mouth open.

The City has understood something about men that everyone else has missed. Men love uniforms, rank and tradition. We love to contribute as long as we are respected for doing so. The City offers an series of initiations (at a price) so that a successful man may become a revered patriarch in return for sharing his wealth.

The Corporation also organises a City of London festival each year- a sort of Notting Hill but with white people.

We are ending the age of big government. This does not mean the future is dull or grey.

The City resembles a medieval city state and yet combines this with being the leading financial centre of Europe. It is a small, tightly organized little state and also libertarian in that participation in government is voluntary. It also manages to combine mass participation with doubtful democracy- a paradox in all things.

This is the monument to the Great Fire of London and is found in the centre of the city. There is a project to turn it into the centrepiece of a gigantic sundial!

The City has achieved greatness by harnessing the desire men have to join associations and associate with other men. The City may have something to teach the west when we realise that the state can no longer provide for us.

You have to see this.

You really have to see the website of Dimitri the Lover- it makes the Tom Cruise character in Magnolia look like a saint. In fact I am sure he is being as offensive as he can possibly be.

http://www.dimitrithelover.com/

This guy has become quite famous for his personal history which allegedly involves being struck off as a psychiatrist for sexual misconduct, hoarding weapons and  leaving psycho messages on answering machines.

Beyond parody- but fun in a dark way.

A short history of the men's movement in London.

There is nothing new under the sun so it is not surprising that men have been going their own way for many centuries. What follows is an absurdly simplified history of MGTOW in London.

THE LIVERY COMPANIES

London is actually two cities and not one. The very center of London is known as the City or the Square Mile and is governed under an extraordinary medieval system that guarantees endless theater to the residents.

The City (not to be confused with London) is largely run by 108 'Livery Companies' that were originally formed as trade associations-cum-trade unions and have existed since the 14th century. Many of the livery companies represent trades that have long died out (such as the Longbow makers) and yet the Livery companies persist as a system of voluntary governance. This allows City to remain internationally competitive because the system of government is based largely upon voluntary contribution rather than taxation. These companies were concerned with the education of boys into a particular trade and their initiation into manhood. They became so wealthy that they became charitable institutions that were capable of planning and financing major projects from their own resources. Here is an article from the Daily Telegraph that estimates total assets to be about two billion pounds.

The Dyers and Vintners count the swans on the Thames each year. This is known as 'swan upping' and seems to make them happy.

This is the Drapers hall. Each of the Livery companies have spectacular accommodation and act as a sort of social club as well as a system of government. They spend much of their time banqueting but also do a great deal of good work. Members of livery companies are expected to give their time and money in return for influence. It resembles the original Greek conception of democracy by which citizenship was something to be earned.

Goldsmiths hall is one of the most grand. This is what the minimal government advocated by MGTOW would look like.

Livery companies remain overwhelmingly male and resemble US student fraternities with their emphasis on initiation, food and drink.

This is the hall of the Worshipful Company of Butchers. A good place for a steak?

The Lord Mayor of London (who has nothing to do with Boris Johnson- the Mayor of London) is not paid. In fact he pays for he honour of the job!

THE FREEMASONS

In 1717 the Grand Lodge of Freemasonry was formed in London- and freemasonry in its modern form was created. This organization was open to men and sought to initiate men into manhood through ritual and symbolism. Freemasonry also sought to give its members a degree of social security through its charities. Although Freemasonry is commonly seen as an aristocratic pastime it was originally a trade union of skilled stonemasons working on the cathedrals of Europe. Later on Freemasons came to be associated with enlightenment thinking and were the bane of the establishment that eventually came to dominate it.

The original 'lodges' were hostels where stone masons would live communally rather like the 19th century American bunkhouse. They would provide cheap lodging, companionship and education for the upwardly mobile stonemason. Many masons would also have been single or living away from home and so the lodges may also have functioned rather as the modern day 'lair' of pickup artists does today.

The following photographs are from the Freemasons Hall in London.

Modern Freemasonry has evolved very far from its original roots as a trade union but belongs to the same family of organizations.

GENTLEMEN'S CLUBS

Gentlemen's clubs also evolved around the same time that the Freemasons and the Livery companies were evolving into their present form. The early 1700's seemed to be an age where men were looking for structure and belonging. Gentlemen's clubs provided both these things and were also highly aspirational in that they generally promoted intellectual debate or the pursuit of the arts. There are many such clubs in London although most of the established ones are in Pall Mall which is just off Picadilly circus.

Most 'gentleman's' clubs are actually mixed sex although many of them maintain the serious minded atmosphere they once had. There is a great deal of snobbery around some of these clubs as invitation is on an invitation only basis. My own choice (once I have a little cash) would be the Royal and Overseas which is pictured at the top of the post. This would make an excellent lair as it has a cheap (by West End standards) hotel and is close to the night-life. It is also one of the few that would accept me as a member!

It is possible to see the club as a sort of upmarket bunkhouse or hostel for the gentleman going his own way. This photo is from the RAC club (sometimes called the Really Awful Club).

EVOLUTION

Freemasonry and the gentlemen's clubs went upmarket throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and as a result skilled tradesmen formed the Trade Union movement. We must remember that each of the institutions that I have mentioned was formed by the same class of people- skilled male workers in search of security and community. Each of these institutions moved closer to the centre of power and were absorbed by it.

The Livery companies became a system of government.

The Freemasons became an extension of the establishment.

Gentlemen's clubs became mixed sex and a part of the establishment.

Trade Unions no longer serve their members but exist to promote a socialist agenda that many disagree with.

Finally we have an organization I am a member of- the Ancient Order of Foresters. This group has been hanging about for many centuries and combines tax free savings plans, charitable and social activities. It may be seen as a poor man's Freemasonry or even an alternative to trade union membership as it offers free legal advice and other benefits unions typically offer. Naturally, this is a mixed sex organization but some of the local 'courts' have wonderful names such as 'Grand Patriarchy' that meant I just had to join!

Everything I have written is an oversimplification but basically right. Do not take it too seriously as a history as I have left 99% out.