CONFLICTED SURVIVAL GAME:
BEFORE THE SHTF!
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SCENARIO – You and your group have been surviving well after the collapse, but other people weren’t so lucky. From time to time, someone finds your group and begs for food.
Today, however, a man is asking for a test to prove himself worthy to be part of your group. What would you tell him?
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First, we would hold him under guard and blindfolded, in an undisclosed spot fairly far away from our compound. We would not physically harm him at all – just keep him guarded and under watch. Then we would check him out. We would go through his belongings and glean information about him: does his wallet hold family pictures of wife, children, parents, siblings, group membership cards, work-related materials? Does he carry a Bible? Is there an impression on the inside of his wallet of a badge? We would conduct this review away from him and formulate a line of questions. Then we would begin to question him. Our approach to questioning him is to presume he is a threat and gain as much knowledge about him and his real background as possible. We would ask for a detailed account of how he came to the area. Ask him about his family, friends, work, etc. If he claims he’s a Christian, we would ask him questions about the Bible. Whatever he claims as skills or claims to know, we would question it. A record of his answers, plus a record of his belongings would be kept, including a detailed physical description of him. If one in our group could also draw very well, then a sketch of the man’s face would also be made and logged. All of this may take many hours or even a couple days of questioning. We would keep him awhile to see if anyone else happens to “wander into our area” and then know he is a plant. But most importantly, we would keep a record of him. When we feel we have gleaned all we can from this man, we would strip him of any weapons and ammo, save a small knife and flint stick, and while he was still blindfolded, take him very far away from our compound under cover of darkness and leave him, covering our tracks as we leave.
“Proving” yourself is never a one time test. It takes years of being truthful, reliable, hardworking, supportive and other wonderful things to ‘prove’ you are a decent human being.
Jan, you took the words right out of my mouth. There simply is no ‘test’ of such a thing. Experiences, time, consistency of behavior, proven loyalty and trustworthiness…… none of those can be done in some quick test. Worse, if the fellow is a traitor, spy or mole…. even those traits can be false. I’d say the only real test is when times have come and gone and mutual sacrifices were in order – this guy also had to lose alongside the rest. Perhaps that is the only real test. Not some situation where all is well; rather, how it went when all went wrong.
Tell him to beat it. Beef up sentries.
As Jan above has said the greatest and most reliable test is time and at this point it is not on the side of the group, thank him for his interest but pass him by and stay alert.
Somebody that’s out to prove themselves is only out for themselves. His talents will be truly seen after a year. If he is not around or dead then he provided the answer to his test. If he is still here his actions will speak and tell about him Jan is right. Now is he someone you would like to date you daughter? Oldiron out got to clean the garage.
ask him who do you know who we know from 10 years ago. one tactic the govt uses is ther infiltrators always act like they are good old boys and want to fit right in, just sayin
i’d tell him to get lost, we aren’t accepting new members.
Like it or not, in the long-term aftermath of a societal collapse, you will need to interact with others and even add new members to your group. Over the long-term, a group that doesn’t grow will eventually die-off. The stance that many preppers/survivalists take of (seemingly) permanent paranoia and refusal to interact with others (out of fear) is simply unrealistic for long-term survival. You are ultimately dooming your group with that stance. However, blind trust in folks you don’t know is equally unsafe. This scenario seems to be trying to get us to think through a balance between the two extremes (permanent paranoia vs. blind trust). What would it take to get us to trust new people?