Historically it seems likely that there will be several weeks or even months of warning where a reasonably prepared person can react. What sort of crisis would immediately or surprisingly close all borders? Coronavirus closed many borders, but we had many weeks to react before that. A significant challenge might not be leaving, but being accepted to another country.
Some practical and mostly cost-effective ideas that should increase the speed and odds of escape:
Connections: Having friends abroad. Having friends you can discuss and analyze the risks with.
Established backup: Having citizenship or residence permit in another country. Even just owning property like a holiday home can circumvent many possible bureaucratic problems.
Funding: Cryptocurrencies, foreign bank accounts, and cash. The main purpose is to fund your escape and immediate survival, and to make it emotionally less painful to leave all your wealth. Cryptocurrencies seem by far the easiest and most secure.
Emotional acceptance: Accept that if you don’t escape, you might lose everything you’re leaving behind anyways. Think about how people close to you will react, and what will happen to them. Can you convince your husband/wife to exit?
Practice and normalcy: Get used to travel and foreign countries. Cultivate a lifestyle where leaving the country for a long holiday would be quite normal.
Geography: Live in a place that’s easy to exit. Might require much more sacrifice than any of the above. Owning a car, boat, or plane might help depending on where you live. If you’re in a situation where you desperately need to drive out and can’t get a taxi to the airport, it’s probably too late anyways.
In the end, the two most important things are probably 1) having plans and 2) being ready to act on them. All of the others are nice but optional. Ultimately all that matters is that you exit.
Historically it seems likely that there will be several weeks or even months of warning where a reasonably prepared person can react. What sort of crisis would immediately or surprisingly close all borders? Coronavirus closed many borders, but we had many weeks to react before that. A significant challenge might not be leaving, but being accepted to another country.
Some practical and mostly cost-effective ideas that should increase the speed and odds of escape:
Connections: Having friends abroad. Having friends you can discuss and analyze the risks with.
Established backup: Having citizenship or residence permit in another country. Even just owning property like a holiday home can circumvent many possible bureaucratic problems.
Funding: Cryptocurrencies, foreign bank accounts, and cash. The main purpose is to fund your escape and immediate survival, and to make it emotionally less painful to leave all your wealth. Cryptocurrencies seem by far the easiest and most secure.
Emotional acceptance: Accept that if you don’t escape, you might lose everything you’re leaving behind anyways. Think about how people close to you will react, and what will happen to them. Can you convince your husband/wife to exit?
Practice and normalcy: Get used to travel and foreign countries. Cultivate a lifestyle where leaving the country for a long holiday would be quite normal.
Geography: Live in a place that’s easy to exit. Might require much more sacrifice than any of the above. Owning a car, boat, or plane might help depending on where you live. If you’re in a situation where you desperately need to drive out and can’t get a taxi to the airport, it’s probably too late anyways.
In the end, the two most important things are probably 1) having plans and 2) being ready to act on them. All of the others are nice but optional. Ultimately all that matters is that you exit.