The complete non-existence of outside information beyond your immediate geographic area (unless you have transceiver radios of some sort) is something that hasn't existed since the early 20th century.     Back in the 1920's, do you think the people knew what what happening in Finland, Peru or China?  During the Great Depression, people in North Dakota, Montana. and the northern states had no idea that a "Great Depression" even happened.  Why?  Because they had information on their region which was essentially unaffected by what happened on Wall Street. Turn off your internet, your radio and your cell phone (all your information sources) for 1 week and come back and tell us what happened in Los Angeles or Venezuela or Washington DC..... 73 Patriot