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Are we being prepped for the coming blackout apocalypse?

Ronald Reagan once famously said that the top nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.

Reagan would be pleased to know that our own government, and now private insurers too, have agreed that those words are troublesome and instead decided to inform us all that Nobody is here to help.

Sasria rules out unrest claims if power grid collapses – BusinessDay

Only last week I was informed by my broker that there is a very important notice from our insurers that needs to be ‘acknowledged’. The gist of the communication was that the insurance companies never could have foreseen the shitshow that is Eskom when they set up their policies all those years ago, and considering that most insurers are in the business of risk management, and not ANC damage cover, they would no longer be covering any damage caused by load shedding.

If my XBox blows up and burns my house down, it sucks to be me, and it’s not their problem.

Your policy will not indemnify you for any loss, damage, cost or expense, directly or indirectly caused by, arising out of, in any way or to any extent contributed to by, or in connection with electricity grid failure.

My friendly request to adjust my monthly premium accordingly was met with a polite Pffft. What can you do if someone with a yellow umbrella suddenly decides they don’t cover rain anymore? Absolutely f@#$ all.

I have come to suspect that all this talk of load shedding stage 8 and beyond, as well as insurers washing their hands, is a coordinated prepping of the populace for whatever will come this winter.

We are not covered for load shedding damage, and also not for any ‘civil unrest’ that would follow a total collapse of the electricity grid, and therefore we can deduce that we are being thrown to the wolves by the wolves.

The less said about the incompetents in charge of South Africa the better, but for most South Africans who have been betrayed by their government, there has always been some assurance from the private sector that they have our backs, albeit at a price.

Now, however, it seems that the private sector is also raising its hands in defeat and saying: It’s every South African for themselves.

Just keep paying for the non-cover.

In the meantime, there still remains no option to opt out of paying your taxes because of  ‘damage, corruption, and theft that is directly or indirectly caused by, arising out of, in any way or to any extent contributed to by the dumbasses who have brought us here.’

[source:m&g]