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6. And some of us grew up with relatives that survived the great depression and WWII. We learned to preserve and stock up on foods, save up money, have enough
by LinuxBender 5y ago
6. And some of us grew up with relatives that survived the great depression and WWII. We learned to preserve and stock up on foods, save up money, have enough supplies to last for rough times. We learned to not entirely trust and rely on institutions like banks or the governments that regulate them to save us.
- Zababa 5y agoFair point, I didn't mean to imply that people doing doomsday prep were irrational or not justified.
- pc86 5y agoI mean it's a spectrum for sure. At some point you're preparing to survive in a world nobody would want to live in anyway. And the proportion of preppers who are legitimately disconnected from reality is quite a bit higher than the general population.
- LinuxBender 5y agoI can agree with this. I've seen many of the expensive bunkers people are throwing money at. Most of the things in the bunker won't help them survive more than a few weeks. I would have expected the super-wealthy to have dozens or hundreds of 1k gallon stainless steel tanks for pure water, massive battery and generator banks, O2 generators, numerous hermetically sealed rooms of freeze-dried foods, massive tanks for human waste. Nope. None of that. Just really expensive underground houses and expensive toys that won't work when the SHTF. I suppose they will pass in good fashion. [1] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8sxgXLguqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8sxgXLguqI