There's a great deal to be said for having less people around oneself but there's a caveat to that...Less of the wrong people around oneself is how it should read. There's plenty of the right people if one is careful to find and vet them. Lone wolf existence is difficult, there's many examples of this and having the right people around makes life a little easier, again, many examples of this.
That is the most important part, getting rid of the deadwood! I have family that are deadwood, who were planning to come to me for support. I've used the effective tactic of not telling them where the homestead is located. I will have a mailing address in town too...should work fine!
Sadly the deadwood will be fully dependent on those in power to survive. In a SHTF situation, no one can continue to support deadwood; and survive themselves!
So dump the negative Nancy's, and everything will be fine!
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