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Jim's Quote of the Day:
"The groups conserving civilized values and preparing for the
renaissance will have to enjoy notable freedom from the immediate anxieties
which would otherwise exhaust their energies; and this could happen
only
by means of an initial endowment made soon enough (that is, before
the dark age begins) by the planners of the survival groups. This initial
endowment could not be in money, since money would obviously be among
the first casualties when the systems break down. Instead, it would
have to be an endowment of concrete things; tools, implements, motor-generator
sets, non-perishable good which a monastic community would make more
of; goods exchangeable for food,, particularly salt, sugar, and alcohol;
drills, electric cells, copper wire, stainless steel screws and small
arms ammunition." - Roberto Vacca, The Coming Dark Age
