Peak Oil Preparation: Get Out of Debt 1/3 - Michael Ruppert

Michael Ruppert, editor of "From the Wilderness" and author of "Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil" sits down with Local Future's Aaron Wissner to discuss things that individuals can do to prepare for peak oil and the rough times ahead. Ruppert's key message, "Get out of debt!", because being out of debt will give an individual the ability to make quick choices during the quickly changing times ahead. This is the first of a three part interview.

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[drummerforreal1]

Why give the rest of your money to the banksters to get out of debt if the world's going to end? Someone please explaint that intelligiently...

[newculture]

@drummerforreal1 I don't think that Michael said anything about giving money to the banks. I think he was suggesting other ways of getting out of debt.

[drummerforreal1]

@newculture  Like how? Please explain!!

[newculture]

@drummerforreal1 I think it would be best to ask Michael that directly. He is on Facebook and has a page for Collapse and for Collapsenet. I suspect what he will suggest, for people who are underwater in homes, to leave them and rent. For people behind on payments, filing for bankruptcy. But you would really have to ask him. Good luck.

[dinkolino2]

how old is this?

[newculture]

This particular interview was recorded in September 2008, so its about 6 months old now. Michael Ruppert, though, has been saying pretty much these same things for at least four years since I first came across ones of his talks online. So, it while this recording is fairly recent, the message is not.

[TrinityOfTyrannyMovi]

"But, i'm poor to have gold. How is it possible for me to be in a safe haven? "

Silver Dude, and grow your own food & Buy a gun.

[LastReplaySC]

dry food and canned food, stock up, get things worth swapping.

[realusher00]

He is right!!!

many people sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep :(

and think all its ok but in the background

happening something that normal people should not know...

[sil3ntxOblivion]

@newculture and honestly, i feel as though, if it will be as bad as Ruppert suggests, a lil bit of civil disobedience & getting off the grid certainly will help ur chances of survival during a collapse- that includes self sustainable energy, self sufficient food reserves (& seeds), self sufficient means of exchange (not money but gold or a commodity), or investment in ur community, etc. all these can be detrimental if a true collapse of this magnitude occurs. nothin wrong w/ self- sufficiency

[gloriouspoetry]

What if they crash the dollar, being in debt will make no difference. You can't eat gold or silver or other investments! Knowing how to live off the land and building communities that know how to grow food and built natural resources is good advice. Money will no longer be the issue...you can't eat money!!! 

[PDopey]

I was killing time the bookstore in 2007 and I stumbled across Ruppert's book "Crossing the Rubicon" and giggled when I read some random sections, but I sat down to read it, day after day. When I was done I found Ruppert's claims hard to believe. After the last three years and reading numerous other books I now wish I had read the book 10 years ago so I could have been better perpared. I recommend both of Ruppert's books and his DVD. Now.

[baigandine]

Big commerical creditors will do everything they can to cheat you, so do everything legal you can to cheat them first.

[tenthousandyearsgoon]

@TrinityOfTyrannyMovi Yes, food and water is the most important, especially clean water.  HOw many of us have access to a real well here in AMerica? Practically none..all of our water was recently mixed with the sewage of a hundred thousand people, then chlorinated, fluoridated, and who knows what else? YUCKY WATER we have here!