🇺🇸 Are You Ready for the Chaos Coming in 2025? | Prepping & Election Countdown 🫣 

Are you concerned and/or prepping for this year’s election? What are your predictions?

I’m 72 and have seen many political crises come and go but this one is different. I’ve always kept 3 months of expenses and food on hand (this was useful several times) but I don’t think that’s going to cut it going forward. Having marketable, practical skills, multiple income streams, good tools, a garden, simple needs - all will be essential. This is going to be a long term situation.

I think the best thing anyone can do to prepare is to try to find common ground with people who we feel we couldn’t possibly find it with. Listen to one another, even if you don’t agree. Treat everyone with dignity and respect. Model decent and loving behaviour. Above all , refuse to be pulled in by the rage bait and propaganda.

So you’re a Prepper which is awesome! My whole life over the past 25 yrs is about preparedness especially being a mom to my three sons..I started 16 yrs ago building my edible/medicinal landscape along with my flock of chickens..learning to grow from seed, save seed, forage, making medicines, salves, tinctures, rubs, making colloidal silver, burn gel, topical antibiotics, wound care, headache balm to making all my body products..canning, making everything from scratch to crocheting my wash clothes and dish clothes to sewing my monthly pads. Anything I can learn to more self sufficient.

Expect that GOD is always with you wherever you go

100%. Everyone needs to always have "a back-up plan" for everything. You never know what's going to happen. My parents grew up in the great Depression. The stories are becoming familiar. Whether you want to believe it or not, history IS repeating itself and this time it's going to be EPIC. Prepare for the worst and hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised if nothing big happens to your situation.

Off grid in a travel trailer for 2 years in the mountains. Kind of like camping, but we never go home. 😊😊😊

I doesn’t matter who wins if people think a president going to fix this country 😂

I think we’re IN it. A lot of what we’ve been doing matters NOW.

We added a basement apartment so any of our kids can move home with us. Housing is too expensive for everyone. Multi generational homes used to be a norm. We can bring it back.

You are wise to be preparing. If asked, we would definitely be part of the majority that is concerned about major civil unrest regardless of what happens the first Tuesday in November. The US is so divided, and there is so much hatred towards anyone who does not think the same as the herd mentality. We are in a suburban area and doing what we can to be ready for whatever happens and are praying fervently for peace. Thank you for your videos. They are so helpful and encouraging because you don't just talk gloom and doom. You provide practical ways to prepare for what lies ahead - whatever that may be.

Thank you for not turning this into a political fight 💜 it's smart to be prepared for anything, and I do agree, there will be an upheaval regardless, we've seen it the last handful of elections.

Live on bear minimum especially as senior citizens and inflation. We pray for this country!

Unfortunately the reality is no matter who comes into office things are going to get worse than better. with that being said ive been prepping since the pandemic and have not stopped. my son and I love being home and do things at home 🏠 so I save a lot of my money 💴. Budgeting is essential and my goal is to bring in extra income to save and get my backyard ready for a small homestead. love your content

I grow a garden, have chickens, supplies etc. BUT I have kids. So buying a good pair of walking shoes & flip flops in the next size up ahead of when they need them + a few clothes in future sizes are part of our preparedness stock up.

You're not the only RU-vidr talking about this. Others are planning including stocking up on food and other supplies. It's scary for those of us who are watching on the sidelines. Im so glad you're doing what you are talking about now. Hopefully nothing drastic happens. We have solar power, hot water with a battery plus a water tank. We're stocking up purely for shortages which could happen. I make most of our food from scratch like you. I wish you, your family and all of the good people in the USA the best.

We have savings, we have cash, we have precious metals, we have food for months and months, we have ammo, we have “some” home security. We don’t have a bug out plan. But we can get out of two fairly quickly if we have to. Thankful we don’t live near a “hot zone”.

Married for nearly 40 now. Wife & I are definitely preppers. She started and fully funded education and retirement accounts, & kept us debt free while building a very large financial reserve. I prepared for SHTF & zombies. Sure glad she put the proper items 1st for prepping. Live below your means!

The wheat and tares are, in deed, being separated.

Take care of your self first is a hard leason i had to tell my grown family members always asking for a loans - no more hand outs for non emergency, to keep my own head above water 🎉

I highly recommend everyone learn to pressure and water bath can. It's super easy. I learned during the cough and have saved a ton of money. I now can corn beef, lamb, hamburger, chicken, beef stew, soups, and the list goes on and on. Whenever a meat goes on sale now I put it in the freezer until I get enough to can a batch. This saves us from eating out also because I can just grab something already canned and heat it up and I know that what we are eating is healthy.

In the last year or so we’ve bought bare land, built a cabin, water system, chicken coop, etc. We just sold our house in the city and moving to the cabin in a couple weeks. U.S. dollar will mean nothing. Hard assets will always have value. Land, water treatment, food production, tools, skills, equipment. Be asset rich.

There are about 20 basic ingredients with which you can cook all the meals needed for a family 😎👍 wise to streamline & simplify for sure

My goal for this year is look at everything I buy and researching how can I make this or replace this item? I was buying brown sugar and powdered sugar. I just needed to buy some molasses to add to sugar and there is brown sugar. Powdered sugar I put in the coffee grinder (that's been well cleaned) for 15 seconds and there is your powdered sugar. Mayonnaise oil, egg, salt, vinegar, lemon and blend for 15 seconds. Jelly is pectin, what flavor juice and sugar boil and there is your jelly. We need to get back to very basics verses all these convenient items that are full of other ingredients. As I'm researching each of these I'm shaking my head at really I've been buying this for how many years, why? Because we have been conditioned to just pick it up at the store.

I think you are right. I hope it isn’t as big and awful as I imagine. Yes, we are preparing as you are. Living in this world waiting for the shoe to drop is exhausting.

I strongly disagree about delaying paying off debit.

I think you should do all those things no matter the circumstances .

I liked this video. Being a rural living person, must be prepared at all times for many reasons. Thank you.

Car maintenance! I'm focused on that this summer...and trying to get ahead on medicines by picking them up early.

Very wise advice! Thank you sharing your wisdom and for making videos to help people learn how to live without running water and electricity. Your ideas go beyond basic survival skills and demonstrate how you can live joyfully close to nature with a lot less. As our basic institutions (political, finanical, medical, etc) are collapsing around us, we all need to think about new ways to live and help our children. Even small steps to sustainabile living are better than doing nothing.

I’m scared too I want and need a fantastic leader to lead us out of this miserable mess of things. We don’t have a mortgage on our home thank goodness but we don’t have much either, so not in a real pickle yet. But I know some things like canning, basic sewing and I’ve got a lot of great books to learn anything I want I can self teach. Haven’t really prepped much but will start doing so now😊 TFS

Ive commented before but i just love you and your channel. I always look forward to your upcoming videos. My husband and i have paid off a lot of debt but my dad and aunt say the same thing too... take care of your family first.

Really enjoy your videos and your money saving tips. Would love to see you post a video about how you’re cooking off grid and the kind of things that you’re cooking for your family to eat for breakfast lunch and dinner. Blessings to you and your family.

I just found your channel and I find your views very interesting. I watch and listening and take what might work for my household and leave the rest. I hope you keep up the good work. Thank you

I think you are spot on. I have also chosen not to follow all the news,,,I am aware of what is going on but I am not consumed by it. I watch old movies, read, and when I watch you tube it is positive channels like yours. Thank you so much for what you are doing.

Whatever you do, dont vote against your own interests

It's a shame we have allowed politicians to divide us so greatly. Violence is being promoted a lot even in my small town. Inflation in part is being caused in part by corporate greed. But what we should be looking at is what Brics could do to our economy. Right now they are being slow and calculated in what they are doing. But over 150 countries have applied to join, some countries are silently turning in their US Treasuries and demanding their cash back. Then turning it into gold at the Shanghai Exchange. If they speed up the process it will crash our economy, send us into hyper inflation(look at the history of the Weymeier Republic), make the cost of imported goods cost more, stocks will crash as much as 50% and home values will also drop. Then look at the 20 major banks in trouble and they won't tell us which ones. Where I disagree in your plan is how you are paying off debt. 1. Pay yourself first for that contingency plan. 2. and then pay everything else off starting with the highest interest rate first. Then put that payment in the next, and the next until it is all paid off. 3. Don't use credit cards and if you do pay them off as you use them. The U.S. dollar is loosing value and will continue to do so as this Brics issue continues to unfold. You must be concerned about debt because that is one thing that won't ever go away and it will kill you as interest rates go up. 4. Drive less. 5. Only spend what's absolutely necessary. 6. Because the whole world is a mess there will be no place safe. But having a passport and a birth certificate is a very good idea. One other reason for this is the plan to have citizens prove they were born here to vote and those are the documents we would need. 7. Don't get caught up in the violence and threats there of. 8. Prepare in every way one can is what we must do. 9. Know your history and how empires have failed in the past. 10. Understand authoritarian governments and the dangers there of. 11. Understand the bank bail in law as far as your bank is concerned and know how stable they are. Ask your bank lots of questions and re read the contract you signed when you opened your accounts. These are just a few things and Inhave done them but I saw this coming a long time ago. I have done a lot more but have been at this a long, long time.

We have a lot more to fear from the threat of Nuclear War with China or Russia than we do from local unrest. Everyone is so focussed on the forest they can´t see the trees.

We have a good saving account as well as cash on hand in a safe just in case the world goes crazy again

I appreciate how you kept this politically neutral. I worry about EMP's as well. It's definitely possible.

I appreciate the fact that you present hard data in percentages. And that you avoid anecdotal supposition. Thank you. My question is, what do people believe will happen if there is violence?

Beautiful words, great advice.

I expect Jan 6 to look like school sports day compared to the next uprising.

Money isnt gonna be worth anything soon...its fiat currency

We prepare the best we can

Thank you. We couldn't heed enough. I fear that too many of us are unwilling to give ostensible/impending "chaos" sufficient attention.

Dumpster diving to get things to plant is good too .

I had a patient move to Canada because of this!

Love your video and you’re right I’m in the country right now, but me and my family is thinking about moving further out. God bless.

I don’t consider myself a prepper, but I grew up on a family farm. I don’t can produce any more, but I keep a healthy pantry, cook most of my pet food, and am debt free, so I can weather many things. We can never be totally prepared for everything. If I can take care of me, mine, and some others, resources can go to those in need.

You have good commin sense. Thx

You are so right! Thank you for this video. I have about a year's worth of food saved. I don't keep it all in one place either. You never know if the government will start to confiscate food. Nothing would surprise me anymore. Keep these informative videos coming!

I've been ready for the chaos that was coming in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and yes, I'll be ready for the coming chaos in 2025. There were the other smaller ones like Y2K, Jade Helm, Golden Jubilee, many many more.

It’s good to be prepared. But it’s also good to live each day to the fullest without worry! You just can’t be worrying all the time as to “what if”! Your family plan sounds good!

So many good points

Like the says go, Better to have and not need then to need and not have. Good luck.

You are right

Wattle and daub, mudricks,earth ships, so many ways to make a house, a shelter, a place to live. Lots of effort but very little actual cost.

I have been through 14 presidential elections and this one is certainly different . I America there is a callous disregard for human life . Your life is deemed dear only to you. Plan accordingly .

You are 100% on track, IMHO.

I enjoyed this video ❤❤❤❤❤ a new fan!

Great show. You probably mentioned it before in one of your segments but, what generator do you reccomend and how much propane and gasoline do I need on hand?

passport - yes very smart... i actually have properties in Europe... id advise folks to make contacts abroad on top of have passport. having a landing place with trusted people - if leaving US becomes urgent. also cash - a cash stash....

One of the BEST videos I have seen in the last 2 years! Seriously, common sense approach to deal with the mess we are in today! Can you run for president?

Straight up Truth❤

❤your videos keep up the great work I'm also in VA

A good way to live for less is pallet shelf. You can insulate it and stay comfortable for a lot less. Next time you see a discarded freezer turn it into a solar oven.

Keep safe. I enjoy your Videos 😊

I’m ready always. We could all die today, tomorrow. Ready for me is beyond money, shelter, food🙏🏻 Always appreciate your videos and tips no matter the climate!

I am paying ahead on our mortgage, the normal payment. I tried to stay 4 to 5 months ahead as a cushion.

Pray, pray, pray...🙏❤❤❤

Paying off debt the best you can and as soon as you can is number 1. Sure, set aside some money but paying off debt will help you in the long run. Don't think for a minute your debts will be ignored if SHTF. Creditors are still going to want to be paid and interest will still be accruing. I've managed to pay off all of my debts and nothing goes on a credit card that I can't pay in full every month. Just some food for thought and my personal opinion.

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What my husband and I are working on now is setting up an area in and around our home for family to stay if needed. We just feel we are going to be in a very bad place in the coming months in the US both financially and our infrastructure. Plus the crazy will be escalated over the donkeys versus the elephants. I don't think it's a coincidence that Ecuador, southeast Europe, Croatia, and in Bosnia and Albania affecting millions lost electricity over the last week. When this happens in the US what will people do who are already very hot tempered? The government has already acknowledged there are hackers in all our major infrastructures just sitting there waiting for ???? We need electricity for the grocery stores, gas, water, banking, etc. I do not see this election occurring peacefully.

Hoping for the best, but preparing for whatever comes. Add another round of That Virus and it may be a challenging time ahead.

People need to pay their debts first then cut expenses to build a money safety plan. Creditors will get their money one way or another

It doesn’t take 10s of thousands of people to take care of the problem children . And yes there will be chaos either way this goes .

Play cards with spare time. Metal detecting is a great deal too. Kills time rarely you can find something that turns out folding cash.

Hope you’re aware that savings are losing value due to rising inflation. Otherwise I’m doing and have been doing these things for a long time. At 76 many tasks are getting harder but I love my garden anyway. Freezing and preserving plus helping others!

Tried to teach our kids that preparedness is an every day life skill. The average person can look at their life and find "single points of failure" everywhere, and those are the things you should prioritize accordingly (what's most important to YOU and YOUR family/household) and ensure you have backup plans for those failure points. Things like EMP's, foreign invasions, UFO's, political unrest, etc. are the low-probability things. As she mentioned here, it's stuff like losing your job/income, natural disasters, or even things like your home or cars needing critical, necessary, expensive repairs that you should be prepping for. Have enough food and water (or ability to purify water) on hand to feed yourselves and your pets in case of a supply chain disruption, natural disaster, power outage, etc. Same with medications. This video is SUCH key advice for EVERYONE right now!

Its already started….. this summer is gonna be “hot” & wild asf

I love your videos

Where do you plan to go in the worst scenario and would it be better there? How widely have you travelled outside of the US?

Im ,fixing and upgrading everything i can now, i want my infrastructure up to date with new stuff that will last for years, im also going to stock up on basic hardware items to fix stuff at home during a emergency.

A suggestion: If your children are in public school this year, it would be a good idea to tell the counselor/social worker about your intentional living situation. This way, an awkward conversation can be avoided if you're children mention not having running water.

Does not hurt to have some preperations, government does mention to have food, water among other things on hand for extreme weather circumstances. Learning what one can do without and be better aquainted with ones community, friends, family. Remember a few things, but rusty.. Grew up doing a lot of outdoors stuff, mostly trades type education..don't know everything.." not an expert" but been around the block a few times these past few decades...gardening, hunting, fishing..building the odd creation, helping others.. Plenty others around with diverse skillsets, life experiance.. Sure it will not be plesant..but figure " they" will not allow it all to completely crumble. Not in the greatest shape of my life, but still have some time left on this earth..will pitch in where able like others to keep things running somewhat, long as I can get enough rest inbetween and still eat.

Excellent information in your video! I’ve been a Prepper since that Dooms Day Prepping show came out. Never stop learning new skills! Building my rain catchment system now. Canning and water bathing food is an essential skill to learn and have! Come out of her My People! Get out of the metropolitan areas move out to the countryside! Be prepared to live like back in the 1800’s! 134 days until the election! Get your preps Now! 🌻🤎🌻🤎🌻🤎

Do you think an above ground pool is a somewhat viable source for water ? And would the desert be a good choice, if you collect enough water ?

My family fought in ww2. Korea. Nam. Desert. I aint going no were. Staying at the log cabin. Ready as ill ever be

At 55 years old, I am in constant fears for my family and friends. Between the inflation and high cost of living. I also worry about the possibility of civil unrest due to the upcoming elections i am prepping more aggressively now. I am working on my health and learning new skills.

There will be massive chaos post election no matter which way it goes. Unfortunately we have people that will vote and think their way is the only way. I heard a co worker say recently “ I met this lady who I really like and thought we could be friends. But then I found out she is a ---- (political party) & there’s no way we can be friends now” 🙄 It’s shocking that people feel this way. If we all thought exactly the same we would be robots. 🤷‍♀️ I have been preparing by working overtime and stacking money up. I think money at home is going to be important. That canned goods, dry beans, rice will all be important to have on hand. We keep cans of gas and diesel for vehicles and equipment. But we always do that. We have methods to filter water, solar generators. Being prepared is the only way.

Hi. I both agree and disagree. Any supposition can spread unwarranted fear. But, common sense to be prepared financially or otherwise always a good idea for random events.

Great attitude, awareness and priorities. One perspective that I think this video misses is the reality that your time and money are best spent on things that will sustain and protect life. Money, banks and the traditional transactional system could evaporate overnight, making cash worthless and unusable in short order, if not immediately. Having life-sustaining provisions and things that are or will be in-demand for barter are more valuable than cash, in a SHTF scenario. Basically, if your purchase doesn't protect or extend your life, don't buy it right now. I have advised my adult children that a wall tent with a stove jack needs to be in their backup supplies. A small piece of land somewhere or an agreement with someone who has land (in exchange for work or trade) is essential for plan B. Food, water, medicine, heating, clothing (including clothes children can grow into), and personal defense are key. Barter items such as salt, sugar, coffee, cigarettes, vinegar, spices, and cooking oil will be worth a mint, not to forget alcoholic beverages (which you can learn to make off-grid). A good set of basic hand tools and gardening tools are essential, as well as tarps, buckets or barrels for water catchment are handy to have. Having basic supplies will help you sleep better at night and get rid of the fear of doing without. Once you have a plan and the supplies to carry you through a tough time, your money can be apllied toward debt reduction or expanding your preparedness.

Listen up people… she knows what she is talking about! ❤

Riots? Where?😮

I feel imho a GridDemic is coming !

Band together a nurse a mechanic carpenter plumber someone with gardening cooking n canning defense of your home n so on

You should also be worried about your savings in the bank. Probably invest in gold?

Americans should be more concerned about BRICS

I think we are addicted to things that will bring us trauma. Funny how June, 2015. I am leaving by end of July. I only have one kind and her family in the US, now. Time to let the chips fall…complacency is self defeating. Blessings….