6 Ways to Prepare for the Fallout of Election Day
After the November 5, 2024 election, there will either be 1.) an undeniably big win for one of the two major party candidates, or 2.) there will be a period of huge uncertainty.
I do not know what that period of uncertainty will look like.
I know, however, that there are ways to be prepared for it.
While this goes against the prepper, rugged self-reliance theories, I think it is the main thing that has made sense since the Ides of March 2020: more community.
It’s The Community, Stupid
It is time to get to know your likeminded neighbors. If you do not know if they are likeminded, these days leading up to the election is the time to understand where your neighbors stand.
This is no small matter. You need to be moderately self-reliant, but the world for millennia has had divisions of labor. You can not do everything. You need to know the people who are in close physical proximity to you.
1.) Talk to your neighbors. Do not talk about the weather. The election is not the be-all-and-end-all of life, but asking them what they think about the upcoming election offers you a good opportunity to get them talking about their values. “What do you think about the upcoming election?” can be a good opener to that area of conversation. You do not want to stop there, though. Get below the surface. Get to their values. Understand what they believe.
2.) Join up with the local political party that most agrees with your views and offer to walk your neighborhood for them. They will train you on using software to do that. The software will tell you who the other local members are and how people are registered. You will, again, have an opportunity to talk with people about their values.
3.) Go door-to-door in your neighborhood on behalf of your church, inviting people to church if they do not already have a home church. This will again expand the number of neighbors you know and will get you a chance to talk about values. You do not need anyone’s permission to do this. You can simply start knocking on doors and introducing yourself.
4.) Turn to area organizations you are already a part of, getting down into the values of individuals. Perhaps you see each other at the monthly meeting or exchange a few niceties in passing on Sunday mornings, but have never really gotten to know the person or their values. Now is a good time to be doing that. You, again, do not need anyone’s permission to do this, and right before the election is the exact right time to pressure yourself to get to know your neighbors better.
Even in the least-free corners of this country, there are people living free lives under the radar. People living in those situations tend to have exercised their values a little better, because it is nearly impossible to go with the flow in such places and live a free life. Any place comes with its own advantages and disadvantages. There are advantages to living even in those unfree places. Living in such a place should not stop you from k
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