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I don't think it's necessarily that vindictive. Large-scale civilization is a very recent thing in human evolutionary terms and from a certain angle, a survival
by keiferski 3y ago
I don't think it's necessarily that vindictive. Large-scale civilization is a very recent thing in human evolutionary terms and from a certain angle, a survivalist prepper life in nature does have some appeal, even if it's no doubt over-romanticized.
- badwolf 3y agoanecdotally, every prepper type I personally know falls under that category (the petty vindictive hope of everyone else getting screwed while they have the last laugh)
- eightysixfour 3y agoBit of confirmation bias, no? The other people that have prepared don’t talk about it because it isn’t a big deal to them.
- mgkimsal 3y agoOr definitional? A "prepper type", by definition, is one that talks about it (a lot).
- keiferski 3y agoWhile Reddit is hardly a representative sample, it's not a bad example – and there is basically zero vindictive content on https://old.reddit.com/r/preppers/ https://old.reddit.com/r/preppers/