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Nah, just roll over and yell "FREEDOM".

It's impossible to know, the economy is complex. Even your example of flour may be affected. Many things aren't done by hand, and if a machine used in producing flour needs parts that's sourced from China, there could be a problem that disrupts production. Many things from China comes by ship there's already been a significant drop in shipping from there. Remember it takes more than a month for a ship to cross the Pacific, and from there it may need to go by rail to where you are. If you live towards the east coast, it will take longer, and if there's disruptions at the Panama Canal, there could be even more of a delay.

Shipping was busy before the tarrifs, companies were frontloading and warehouses are full. But if people start panic buying, that'll empt the warehouses really quick and it could be months before anything new gets shipped in and who knows what the prices will be?

Some stuff that's made in China might be fine if no one panic buys is. Some things made in USA there may be shortages or massive price increases because they need materials from other countries to manufacture them.

So the generic prepper stuff is pretty much the best anyone can offer you. Make sure you have a month's supply of everything you need, more if possible. You'd need to know the specifics of every industry's material needs and also know what people might panic buy to be able to be more specific than that.

This is why Trump's broad tariffs are insane, it's just pure economic chaos that's going to hurt Americans more than it will hurt anyone else in the world.

If you're just worried about the possibility of shortages and not being able to get food easily then stock up on things that will last a long time in the freezer, is something that you will regularly use regardless, and won't break you to buy in bulk.

Even with some of the prices already going up a little bit chicken is a good example, you can go by huge packs of it at Costco for a reasonable price still at the moment and other similar stores, vegetables like broccoli florets tend to hold up decently in the freezer for a little while (4-6months) and there multiple types of bread that deal well with being frozen and then later thawed out if you use bread a lot.

Basically instead of trying to hyper optimize like some type of prepper just look at what you generally go through, evaluate what out of that is something that will last in a freezer for a good amount of time, and then bulk up on it and just continue using your food like you normally would. Worst case scenario you saved tiny bit of money by buying in bulk which usually comes with a slight savings. Best case scenario shortly after your bulk buying price is Skyrocket and you can try and ride it out off of your supplies.

Avoid the toilet paper problem by getting a bidet, I spent money on the nice $300 one it has heated water which I like and now a single pack of toilet paper from Costco is like almost a Year's worth of toilet paper because I only use it to help dry a little faster than the weird but hair dryer does so i use almost nothing

I think the tp during COVID was kind of a fluke. It could have been anything. Laundry detergent, some food product etc. TP was just what the news hung their hat on so it's what everyone thought about when they went to the store.

I'm personally buying rice, beans, and lots of spices to make some delicious meals and wait out the price shocks of food.

Besides that, I mean what do you really need need when it comes to this stuff? I can think of a few things but it's a very short list. Really we're just going to have to ride it out and hope it doesn't get bad bad

Keep in mind that flour might be in abundance now, but if everyone in the country buys it, the supply might drop quickly.

Apart from that, dried beans and lentils are probably a good source of nutrients, easy to store and last for a while.

You think things will be better in Trump's 3rd term? 🤔

Lmao hurt Trump? His cultists will be eating rat soup to survive and insist that the economy is great and America is on its way to being Great Again™, and that rat soup is just a necessary sacrifice on that path.

...as someone who opposed the fascist-in-chief by civil means and will be wholly caught up in the economic maelstrom, i'm looking forward to watching this unfold, too: it's the only thing which might save us from full-blown armed conflict and martial law...

As an American I agree, though I have to point out something those of us living this shit nightmare know...

This won't hurt him. At all. His supporters by and large are what you'd expect from full on Stockholm syndrome victims.

They excuse, Sanewash, and pretend it's part of some plan to make them great.

His supporters? They can soak in their own bloodbaths and say it was Obama's fault or some Hillary conspiracy.

The one issue voters who sat out last time, the middle of the ground twats who thought their vote didn't matter, the Palestinians who thought Kamala's stance on Israel wasn't strong enough... Those are the people who have to suffer enough to motivate them to not be so fucking indifferent to things they don't fully understand.

It's unclear if it's going to save america, considering it's 1:1 out of hitler's playbook. He crashed the economy with tarrifs before going all in.

Well... look who's president again. Just saying

It’s one way to lower the obesity rate.

Food is one of the few things we export more to China than we import.