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In reply to the discussion: Doomsday Preppers [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)and you can read people's own accounts of what they are stockpiling and hoarding and how they plan to handle TEOTWAWKI ( The end of the world as we know it. )
There are liberals, conservatives and everyone in between "prepping."
But I have to laugh at some of them, being the hardscrabble survivor that I am. They really have NO clue. They long for simpler times, but most seem so urbanized and pampered, they think it's going to be some fancy camping trip with plenty of ammo to defend the "camp." They've got enough toilet paper to last 50 years, but most don't appear to have enough of a grasp of reality to last 50 days.
I've lived without electricity and phone and running water for a few months. It's not fun, but I never was compelled to steal anyone else's stuff, no matter how hungry or poor I was.
I'm not saying that there will never be economic breakdown, or that I don't try to keep a few weeks worth of rice and canned goods on hand. I have a garden and chickens and a horse I can ride to town.
What I am saying is that if you are so fear-based that you are putting all your $$$, time and energy into some future scenario, you are wasting a perfectly good life.
Tip: Many wait with bated breath for the 21st of December. I imagine a lot of prepper goods will be thrown up for cheap on the 22nd.