Showing posts with label survivalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label survivalism. Show all posts

Friday, October 23, 2015

Mad Max as Survivalism Downunder

Oil vs water and vegetation...
Melvin: In a future world, the desperate and the hungry will pillage what we grow. We need to be survivalists.

Marvin: You’re into survivalism?

Melvin: It was the 80s. I looked at a map and thought where’s the furthest place I can go? Australia. Worked on a farm in Wagga Wagga. So recently I’ve been thinking. Maybe get out of Asia and establish a green place in Australia.
Head for the bolt-hole!

Marvin: Establish a bolt-hole, you mean. To bolt there when things turn nasty up top. And bolt the door.

Melvin: Except that Mad Max was set in Australia. That was extreme survivalism.
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Voice-over

Survivalism: Preparing for social, economic, environmental, invasion crises. Survivalists prepare emergency food, water, tools, weapons. They may undergo training or build shelters.
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