There are scattered Resistance Catholics up here in northern British Columbia—in remote areas, some of us live in trailers, some rent small acreages, others own land. We do odd jobs, bushwork, raise animals, make food for markets. We don’t fit the system, and yet, by God’s grace, through the Blessed Virgin Mary, we feel like we’re flourishing.

Catholics and others should be looking towards the formation of co-op type communities should Our Lord tarry. Those of us struggling to survive as single family units in the wider world aren’t going to make it.

My boss is trying to hire another "senior software developer". 3 months ago, he did the same thing and hired me.
But here are the shocking statistics:

In 2 days on LinkedIn, he got 356 applications this time around. He called about 35-40 of them, and about 10 were invited to continue the process by creating a small app (the "code challenge" he calls it). He is interested in hiring Americans.

Here's the thing: there were lots of foreigners applying both times (in March, and today) but the huge increase has been in the number of AMERICANS applying for such work.

Apparently unemployment for software devs has skyrocketed in the past 3 months. That was completely unexpected.

My boss confirmed that he's getting about 10X the applications now, vs. last time.

Which has me a bit disturbed and worried, because if/when this CONTRACT position dries up, if I don't get hired and work for him for 10 years (come on, what are the chances of that?) it's going to be roughly 10X as hard for me to get my next job. Remember how I applied to about 1200+ positions before I got my current job? Imagine having 3X, 5X or even 10X the difficulty.

This should have happened long ago, but people are too resistant to change, or too stupid, lazy, careless, brainwashed, slothful, or afraid of the risks and hard work involved. And so what if it makes us vulnerable all living together in one city? I'd rather die holy and supported by other Catholics than alone and uncertain if I will even make it into purgatory. Surely God would protect holy Catholics who keep His commandments and put their trust in Him. And what is death anyway, as long as we go to heaven? All the easier with the support of other individuals striving for holiness.

Well, it's not just about ideological division, but also geographic, and as others have mentioned, there are other factors involved ... such as stupidity, sloth, human respect, etc.

Even if every single Trad Catholic out there were an SSPX R&R variety, such an endeavor would likely never get off the ground.  Trust me ... I've tried to persuade extended family and friends to engage in such but have been ignored if not told that I'm a crazy man and a kook ... and these were Traditional Catholics of the leaning-toward-if-not-sedevacantist variety (not just the lukewarm smells-and-bells Motu types).  I never had the financial means to pull it off myself, but I have 3 brothers and a sister, many nephews, nieces, etc. who have very good jobs (mine is good also but not quite enough where I could pull it off on my own without cooperation from others) ... where I tried to persuade them to "go in on" about some several dozen acres of land, which if we divided it all up just with myself and my brothers, would have cost us maybe $200 per month each for some prime real estate with stocked pond, natural gas on site, moving water (stream) in one section ... just perfect.  But they blew me off because they'd rather spend that $200 per month of streaming videos and Netflix subscriptions.  I've tried to persuade them, "We each have our own home, and each our own lawn equipment, each several cars, etc. ... most of which sit in the garage unused for 23 hours per day.  If we all lived in the same area, we could share all this stuff and make much more efficient use of it.  Life would be much more affordable if we shared all these things."  But they would have none of it.  Now, if there's a collapse, they'll probably come to me for food and whatnot that I have stored away ... since they've done nothing, putting me in the terrible position of having to choose whether to take food out of my own families' mouths in order to give it to them and theirs when they had every opportunity (with decent jobs) to make preparations themselves.

In fact, we see that attitude exemplified by some folks here, where they deride people who go against mainstream science or engage in "conspiracy theories" ... and the planned / impending collapse of our economy and our society they dismiss as crackpot conspiracy theory -- despite the fact that we have their own words on record indicating that it's precisely what they plan, with Schwab et al. boasting of the "Great Reset", the "6uild 6ack 6etter" ... and where we can see video montages of a dozen world leaders parroting back that same phrase.  But we're crackpots for thinking that such a collapse or decline is one the way.  Part of that is the psychological phenomenon known as "normalcy bias", where they find such a possibility so distasteful that they dismiss it as nonsense out of hand.

Never say never! Perhaps this is in the works all ready, at least in remote parts of Canada.

Well, it's not just about ideological division, but also geographic, and as others have mentioned, there are other factors involved ... such as stupidity, sloth, human respect, etc.

Even if every single Trad Catholic out there were an SSPX R&R variety, such an endeavor would likely never get off the ground.  Trust me ... I've tried to persuade extended family and friends to engage in such but have been ignored if not told that I'm a crazy man and a kook ... and these were Traditional Catholics of the leaning-toward-if-not-sedevacantist variety (not just the lukewarm smells-and-bells Motu types).  I never had the financial means to pull it off myself, but I have 3 brothers and a sister, many nephews, nieces, etc. who have very good jobs (mine is good also but not quite enough where I could pull it off on my own without cooperation from others) ... where I tried to persuade them to "go in on" about some several dozen acres of land, which if we divided it all up just with myself and my brothers, would have cost us maybe $200 per month each for some prime real estate with stocked pond, natural gas on site, moving water (stream) in one section ... just perfect.  But they blew me off because they'd rather spend that $200 per month of streaming videos and Netflix subscriptions.  I've tried to persuade them, "We each have our own home, and each our own lawn equipment, each several cars, etc. ... most of which sit in the garage unused for 23 hours per day.  If we all lived in the same area, we could share all this stuff and make much more efficient use of it.  Life would be much more affordable if we shared all these things."  But they would have none of it.  Now, if there's a collapse, they'll probably come to me for food and whatnot that I have stored away ... since they've done nothing, putting me in the terrible position of having to choose whether to take food out of my own families' mouths in order to give it to them and theirs when they had every opportunity (with decent jobs) to make preparations themselves.

In fact, we see that attitude exemplified by some folks here, where they deride people who go against mainstream science or engage in "conspiracy theories" ... and the planned / impending collapse of our economy and our society they dismiss as crackpot conspiracy theory -- despite the fact that we have their own words on record indicating that it's precisely what they plan, with Schwab et al. boasting of the "Great Reset", the "6uild 6ack 6etter" ... and where we can see video montages of a dozen world leaders parroting back that same phrase.  But we're crackpots for thinking that such a collapse or decline is one the way.  Part of that is the psychological phenomenon known as "normalcy bias", where they find such a possibility so distasteful that they dismiss it as nonsense out of hand.