Hope I am putting this in the right section, its a post I wrote in MMM , read and respond, please.
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Well, with the election past, we see that we are in the next 4 years of recession and the federal deficits health fraud and other extreme issues. Our one hope is in the gridlock of the Congress/Senate keeping things quiet. Landmass wise, Conservatives out way Liberals, which means there is a lot of territory out there that will may be supportive of the movement.

The question comes down to this: How do we take advantage of this loss?

There are a few things; more people will be waking up as the economy continues to tank. Employment will continue to fall, and businesses are gonna get tighter on budget. This will lend support to the movement as the people who may not be willing to participate in action, may be willing to support through other means.

As the gov't gets more broke, literally and fiscally, it also puts the average citizens into a position of being on the hardship side of things should situations like the Hurricane/Nor'easter occur in other areas, reference the 2007 flood in WA, and other similar cases in other areas. The failures of the support the average citizen is relying on may lead to recruiting opportunities.

However, two issues we must overcome are: 1) Impressions of the populace that the militia is bad, 2) The militia needs to merge two ideologies - militia trained and ready, and survivalist - prepped and sustainable.

The first is something we have been working on for years, and to an extent have had success in.

The second needs some major work. Some of us have all the gear we need, some of us are lacking in gear. Others of us have been unemployed or underemployed for long enough that its hard to complete our gear. Add to that a general idea that the militia operates on the idea that, "my gear, my stash, you failed to get yours together, no weight on me." Well, as I am not a communist, or socialist, I don't advocate that we should be doing the redistribution. What I do advocate is simple though, it does weigh on each of us as a whole how the entire movement is prepared.

Simple scenario, we get in firefight, use 2 mags each (40 to 60 rounds per person) and have a unit of 10 guys (literally a tiny team, but realistic in size). We used 400 to 600 rounds in the fight, now we need to resupply. Does each member have to travel to his stash to get more, or are we willing to part out our individual stash to get everyone loaded back up. with the understanding that next time it may be someone else's supply we are accessing to top off? Many members have the idea that "mine is mine, yours is yours", which does play well in group safety, effectiveness of efficiency. Instead of being operational in the time it takes to reload, we spend lots of time moving about to reload others.

This same thing can be said of food stocks, clothing, equipment, arms, etc. We can't supply a village each, but there are means that we can take, individual, family, local, unit, and regional, to address this. Some are pricey (large stockpiles), some are cheaper (small stockpiles), and others are more in tune with what will result in a catastrophic failure of the system (small community operations - farms, homemade clothing, reloading/learning how to make ammo/equipment.)

There are many things we will likely have to deal with in the future, none completely certain. How are we preparing for as many possibilities as we can?

Food for thought.