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My impression is that prepping is about the future, in the same way that science fiction is about the future. It's about the here and now. It also involves a so

My impression is that prepping is about the future, in the same way that science fiction is about the future. It's about the here and now. It also involves a social consensus about what's going to happen, that isn't necessarily grounded in reality. For instance there's no reason to believe that warp drive will be achieved, but it's a necessary plot device in most sci-fi movies.

cmrdporcupine 4y ago
Yep, it's an ideology in the broad sense. A description of the person's experience of the material forces of the present, projected out into a fantasy of the future. Parent's link about the persecution complex in modern evangelical Xians is dead on. I grew up in this community. Despite being one of the most powerful lobby forces in North American society -- with their fingers in every aspects of public life -- they are constantly crowing about their persecution and using language reminiscent of martyrdom of the early Churches or the crucifixion of Christ. To them, the physical world will always be a corrupted and sinful place that they must only endure while waiting for the next -- and to bring as many people with them to that next world as they can through evangelism. And a significant wing of them believes strongly that we're in an end-times scenario. Or desires to be in that situation, because that scenario involves the return of their Messiah. In its worst form, it is a death cult, and the "prepper" community in large part circles around that. Or around virulent anti-communism/anti-socialism. Many of these people are the exact opposite of the kind of people you'd want managing a transition into an actual society-wide crisis -- because they are anti-society itself.
- seanp2k2 4y ago
  Pretty fun situation we’re in with the highest court in the US composed of these people.

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My impression is that prepping is about the future, in the same way that science fiction is about the future. It's about the here and now. It also involves a so

by analog31 4y ago

cmrdporcupine 4y ago
Yep, it's an ideology in the broad sense. A description of the person's experience of the material forces of the present, projected out into a fantasy of the future. Parent's link about the persecution complex in modern evangelical Xians is dead on. I grew up in this community. Despite being one of the most powerful lobby forces in North American society -- with their fingers in every aspects of public life -- they are constantly crowing about their persecution and using language reminiscent of martyrdom of the early Churches or the crucifixion of Christ. To them, the physical world will always be a corrupted and sinful place that they must only endure while waiting for the next -- and to bring as many people with them to that next world as they can through evangelism. And a significant wing of them believes strongly that we're in an end-times scenario. Or desires to be in that situation, because that scenario involves the return of their Messiah. In its worst form, it is a death cult, and the "prepper" community in large part circles around that. Or around virulent anti-communism/anti-socialism. Many of these people are the exact opposite of the kind of people you'd want managing a transition into an actual society-wide crisis -- because they are anti-society itself.
- seanp2k2 4y ago
  Pretty fun situation we’re in with the highest court in the US composed of these people.