Theorists predicting global riots are one year away due to food shortages.

Considering the amount of food that gets thrown away. No, not in the 1st world. In the 3rd world I'm surprised there aren't daily riots already.

Edit: I don't see it in the 1st world, unless there is a major war, for decades.

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Meh...

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Well I know who not to call when it's time to throw rocks at the drones.

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Considering the amount of food that gets thrown away. No, not in the 1st world. In the 3rd world I'm surprised there aren't daily riots already.

Edit: I don't see it in the 1st world, unless there is a major war, for decades.

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It wouldn't take decades - it would take hours. 72 hours for instance.

Okay, imagine that most people keep less than a week's worth of food in their cupboards and fridges. Why? Because most people in this country are used to stopping by grocery stores or eating at fast food restaurants regularly, two or three times a week for both.

Now, imagine a transportation infrastructure breakdown for example ... fuel embargo, EMP attack, whatever, and the resulting interruptions in either the ability to deliver goods to grocers, gas to fuel stations, etc. It would be even worse if the grid went down in the process and food spoiled.

Within 72 hours there would be massive riots in the major cities. Within a week there would be massive die-offs of the sick, weak, elderly, etc. Within a month there would be starvation, disease, people dying from drinking bad water, lack of medicine, etc.

I contend that some third world civilizations would be better equipped to survive something like that than would ours - because we are spoiled.

In the meantime my family preps for anything, food, firearms, ammo, water purification and storage systems, extra fuel, generators. We have gardens, raise livestock, stock heirloom seeds and, perhaps most importantly we've got a couple years worth of food stashed away in a central location where my kids and grandkids can gravitate to in an emergency.

Listen, the bottom line is that it is going to happen one day, one way or the other albeit war, social breakdown with the collapse of the dollar, oil embargo, whatever. And the gangs these days prepare. They are military trained and well equipped and they have a strong organizational structure.

I would not live in or near a big city - you couldn't pay me to do it.

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Are we soon to be in the streets rioting?

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not us. we have too much food here in 'Merica

I think economic collapse is the most plausible situation on which there would be widespread riots in any developed country. Food riots would be a thing of the developing world

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So youre one of those crazies on doomsday prepers.

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I hate that fricking show. Yes, they are crazy for going on TV.

No, I'm older so I was taught to prep by my parents and grandparents all of whom survived the Great Depression. We're a completely different mindset generation than you youngsters who believe everything is going to be there for you ... you can run down to the Wally World or Publix and restock every 48 hours if necessary.

My way of thinking, and my way of raising my kids and now my grandchildren, is the prudent way to approach life - to be prepared for anything. Don't dwell on it, don't let it obsess you, but be prepared.