1411 THE AGE OF COLLAPSE: How to Survive When Civilization Breaks Down

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Drew Miller (1:13)

Because we've got a million gang members and two million Americans in jail who are going to get out in a collapse, that's three million people right from the get-go who are going to be marauders out there breaking into your house trying to steal food and survive. What I propose in my book is that we authorize prison wardens that if there's a collapse, you cannot keep your jail in order and they're going to get out. Before you release them, you are authorized, pardoned in advance to go around. And for the most lethal criminals you've got, the ones who are the biggest threat out there, your guards go around and shoot them in their cells. That seems vicious and bad to do, but if those guys get out and they will get out, they are going to go out and kill dozens, hundreds of people. That's your leaders of Marauder Groups.

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Richard Syrett (2:30)

Hey there and welcome to Strange Planet. What if the people running the government know that societal collapse is coming and they're preparing to save themselves but not you? My guest tonight warns that America has entered what he calls the Age of Collapse, a period in which artificial intelligence, engineered pandemics, cyber attacks, grid failure, nuclear war and civil unrest could converge, bringing modern civilization to its knees. Imagine the power going out and not coming back. Banks close, grocery shelves empty, clean water disappears, police and emergency services collapse, and as hunger spreads, organized marauders begin hunting for the food and supplies stockpiled by those who saw it coming.

More disturbing still, my guest claims continuity of government plans are designed to protect political leaders, while emergency powers could allow authorities to seize food, fuel and other resources from private citizens. Dr. Drew Miller is a former intelligence officer, retired United States Air Force Colonel, and former Department of Defense Senior Executive. A Harvard-trained public policy expert, he's the founder of the Collapse Survival Institute, CEO of Fortitude Ranch, the largest survival community network in the United States, and author of Preparing to Survive in the Age of Collapse.

Dr. Drew, welcome.

Drew Miller (3:59)

Thank you. It's an honor to be on your program.

Richard Syrett (4:01)

It's great to have you. Let's begin by discussing whether the government knows more than it's telling us.

Drew Miller (4:09)

They absolutely do. I mean, my book talks about the points you mentioned, that the government is preferring for Collapse, Mount Weather, Raven Rock, CIDAR, hundreds of facilities. But my book isn't the only one to talk about it. There's a book called Raven Rock that's laid out the details. And the subtitle of this is interesting.

It's called Raven Rock. The subtitle is The Story of the US Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself While the Rest of Us Die.

This is Jarrett Graff, who wrote this. He's a New York Times bestseller. He's a respected author. And it's absolutely true. And it's all documented here. Not just that there's hundreds of facilities for government, top elected officials and top bureaucrats. I mean, the IRS has a survival facility for the IRS. And absolutely nothing is done for citizens. And it's worse than that. It's not just that the Civil Defense program, the Cold War was canceled. There's no food stockpiled for citizens anymore. They lie to us about the threats. And I think the worst thing is they're expanding Mount Weather, making more places, better facilities for the congressmen to survive. Mount Weather is just west of Washington, DC. And at the same time, the only thing that references civilians in this whole continuity of government plans are executive orders. Again, they're detailed in my book and in this book as well. Executive orders authorizing government agencies to steal food and resources, anything they think the government needs in a collapse. The priority is continuity of government, keeping the government going. And if that means stealing food, water, resources, anything you have, the executive orders authorize government agencies to take them from you. I can tell you at Fortitude Ranch, we will not give up our food or resources. If a government agency comes, I don't think they had the National Guard supporting them. But even if they did, our guidance to our ranch managers is, no, we will not obey any such orders like that. They're obviously unconstitutional, but they're suicidal. We're not going to give away our food and supplies to a government agency in a collapse. We're going to keep it for our survival, for our rights.