I mean, it might be useful in Ukraine right now.
It might help if things don’t go too pear shaped, but this kind of event (a foreign invasion by a military with no regards for civilians) is basically game over regardless of your situation. The best outcome is you survive and rebuild.
Despite the madness the only thing I learn about looting from Ukraine is:
- civilian would-be looters still getting punished
- Russian soldiers are looting
i.e. when your rations expired you get desperate and since the Russian army is armed and know they are an utter disgrace anyway this happens.
It’s been 20 days. I’d refrain from being overly optimistic just now. More likely than a full civilisation collapse is a return to feudal tribalism as in Afghanistan and Lybia, which is not very good either.