That is an excellent response and basically captures what I was thinking. But to me, the constraints of society that I am talking about isn't something imposed recently. I feel it started back when humans began farming and domesticating animals to better feel larger population groups. I think in a global meltdown with a severely decreased population, a return to the nomadic, hunter/gatherer would be more natural than trying to carry on old institutions.
I like the way you think. I spend as much time attempting hunter/gatherer skills by myself and with my little brother who is also interested in them, but everything is very difficult without a lot of practice. I bring a light pack for just in case but i try my best not to use it unless its something I made with the exeption of my knife(which is never very far from me). the funny thing is the outlook of most of the people around me they seem to think I am nuts. At work when I have spare time I carve traps work on a bowdrill set and may primitive living skills for this very reason. dependency on modern society in that type of situation would always have the same result, running out of supplies. If you can live without supplies there is nothing to worry about except eluding other people, which the less things to worry about the better.
Yeah I have a very tolerant and understanding wife and I work in a body shop on commision so they dont really care what I do with my down time, but they definately think I am strange and dont understand why I would want to do all of these things the hard way.
