Where are all the shortages?
It's all fake. Lies from all sides.
Nothing can happen without the fall of MSM. Until then going to play the fook out of their system. Level up and organize.

'shortages' used as a clever way to reroute some supply to stockpiles by the good guys?

If [they] create visible shortages, at some point, supply needs to be on hand for those who did not prepare.

When fit hits the shan, MIL needs to be able to take control of the situation to both arrest those deserving , but also keep civilian population under control and without mutiny. Need to have wide reaching distribution networks that are NOT the same as [their] plan of corralling everyone into big cities to get food and water.

Trump always emphasized, MIL are great at logistics!

we almost ALWAYS have a supply glut -- and notice that there's still no issue getting things overnight from Amazon? Tells you that it's all artificial, even to this day.

How much of what you hear can you verify with your own eyes?
How much of it do you glean through a talking picture box?

Yes - things look bleak on the surface, but this is why we prep.
You don't buy insurance for a sunny day.