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THE FOLLOWING IS AN INTERVIEW
ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN
ESKHATOS IN 1995
KURT SAXON: THE SURVIVOR
Come what may, Kurt Saxon will survive. Author
of numerous books including The Poor Man's James Bond Volumes 1-4, Granddad's
Wonderful Book of Chemistry and The Survivor Volumes 1-4, Kurt Saxon is a
modern day Renaissance man. His books preserve a wealth of information from
19th Century technology and common sense how-to. Kurt teaches a kind of
practical survivalist philosophy far removed from the Rambo-paramilitary
stereotype so often used to make people afraid to prepare to survive that
which they fear most, be it religious apocalypse, natural disaster, dependency
upon a fragile and complex commercial infrastructure, government takeover by
extremist elements, or simply a knock on the door in the middle of the night
by the secret police.
His books are like hybrids of the Whole Earth Catalog, Popular Mechanics and
Country Living but with a firm sense of awareness of what we are doing to
ourselves, our society, and our world. They will teach you how to live
absolutely independently, to make anything you need by yourself inexpensively,
how to make your own herbs and medicines (and poisons), how to farm and raise
animals and how to start your own cottage industry so you won't need to serve
as a wage slave ever again. A firm believer in strict population control,
self-sufficiency and the wisdom of doing things the old fashioned way, he is
also an enemy of modern economic mass culture and a fierce proponent of
community and self-reliance. We spoke with him one afternoon before one of his
weekly shortwave radio broadcasts. The following is but an excerpt of that
conversation.
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You were brought up during the Depression...
Yes, I saw it. I was there.
...and you also were involved with many organizations which
people consider to be extremist like...
The Birchers, the Minutemen and the American
Nazi Party. Then when it comes to
the occult, the Scientologists, the Rosicrucians, the
Martianists, UFO people, spiritualists, you name it, I joined it. It was a lot
of fun.
How did they influence your ideas as a survivalist and about
survivalism?
During the 60's, when I was younger, I was searching for answers. I
was on the right wing, others were on the left and we were all searching for
answers. When it came to the occult, I was searching for answers. Like Buddha.
He tried one thing after the other. There wasn't one thing going that he
didn't indulge in, but it didn't work. So he sat under that bo tree and said,
"To hell with it!" and he thought of the eight-fold path.
I did the same thing as Buddha for my generation. I tried everything possible.
I searched for every answer and found that they were all wanting. Just about
everyone, political and occult, wanted a hand-out. So then I realized that the
only way an individual can free himself from the ills of his society is to
become independent of it. He has to learn to do things for himself, take care
of himself and his loved ones and possibly provide a service for his
neighbors.
There are a lot of hypocritical sum that call up my show who think
that they are Christians even though they've never read the Bible. I tell
them, "If you are a Christian and you want to practice your religion,
first you believe that Jesus was the Son of God," I don't, but if they're
going to be Christians they might as well, "then you love your mate,
cherish your children, give your employer and everyone you deal with good work
and honesty, then you will be loved and respected by everyone and if there's a
heaven, you'll go there." That's my philosophy in life. If you are honest
and fair with everyone, and you love your mate and cherish your children then
you can't go wrong, but people don't do that.
I used to be a Storm Trooper, and I was a good one, in the toughest unit in
the whole country but that doesn't mean I'm still a Nazi.
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What is your belief system now?
I am non-religious and non-political. It's like Buddha, he got the
same answer, but I'm not going out teaching any sort of religion.
You've stepped beyond all that then?
Yes, I have gotten beyond religion, racism and politics.
Do you feel that nature has made certain "elite"
individuals who deserve or should survive, because of their personal
characteristics regardless of their race or financial status?
I don't know. Genetically, I come from superior stock. All of my
siblings are professional people who are quite intelligent. Both of my parents
finished the 8th grade and went no further. They were ignorant hillbillies,
but they were very intelligent.
A genealogy was done on Abraham Lincoln and they found that although his
ancestors were all dirt poor hillbillies, they were quite intelligent. So it
might be genetics and then, of course, it might be partly environment. I go
for both. But those who prepare to survive, deserve to survive.
Describe where you live and to what extent you are
self-sufficient.
Well, I live in Alpena, Arkansas. You wouldn't call it a village
but it's a very small town. It doesn't have a motel or a police station but,
of course, we don't need one, everybody's armed. Occasionally a kid gets out
of line and will burglarize and people will call the sheriff. That's in
Harrison a few miles away, but it's a relatively crime-free area.
Then I've got about five acres surrounding my place with a barn. What I wanted
to build up was the potential for self-sufficiency. You don't have to work
your head off, you can grow things and still buy things at the store. I don't
have any energy self-sufficiency but I don't need it here because this area
supplies all of its own power. All of our power comes from local sources, not
like New York or Chicago. We've got a well too, we don't use it, we use city
water but we could use it. If I needed to, I could put up a windmill and
things like that. I've got all the information.
See, it's the potential you have to build up. Don't be a fanatic, build up the
potential. That doesn't mean getting a generator because some drunk will drive
into a power line and the power will be out for four hours. As things slow
down and finally collapse, we will do very well indeed.
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What do you have to buy that you don't make or grow yourself at this point?
