DotD, I answered some of yours.

Don't forget that the security and ease of survival we enjoy now is part and
parcel of the society that we live in. We wouldn't have many of these fine
"toys" that we now have if it weren't for the society that we live in.

Exactly, I would not be happy about it.



The "yoke of government" is a bit of a different story, and could stand to
be revised, both in your country and here in Canada. I believe that there
is vast room for improvement to a more responsible situation, but that's politics
and isn't the focus of this post.

Correct again.



Most people look at a survival situation with a given time frame of short duration,
say a couple of years at most, then it's back to the status quo....man that
was tough, glad I survived it, now lets all sit down and watch the football
game on TV.

Won't happen in total break down.




Picture yourself doing your everyday tasks the way your great, great grandfather
would have done.

No thank you. I am not that tough. Then again, my g-grandfather was a moon shiner. That might be ok. (Thumbs up)




Don't know how long it would take to go by horse, as I don't have one, but I can
envision it taking quite awhile.

Yes, but is doable. Problem is if it is bad the best you can do is keep up the horse and eat it if need be.


Now picture taking a trip into town in the middle of winter, in your northern
States, or like here where I live. Temperatures could easily reach -20F to -30F,
and if your trip took hours, what a different story that would be.

That is dang cold. I could not adapt to it.



I'm a very adaptable person, and know that I could make a go of things if I
needed to, for as long as I needed to, but it would be extremely painful,
and I can tell you without a doubt in my mind, that I would miss the perks of
modern society, hands down.




Can you imagine what it must have been like during the last ice age?

Dang cold, most died at a young age, the ones that made it were all broken up and crippled.





We as a society here in North America have it pretty good, and I'm saddened by
the thought that many members of our society would not be able to survive should
the situation develop where our society was gone.

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