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Prepping is divorced from doomers if we look outside mainstream media reporting. In the PNW of the US, there are many thriving prepper communities of all polit
by runjake 2y ago
Prepping is divorced from doomers if we look outside mainstream media reporting.
In the PNW of the US, there are many thriving prepper communities of all political persuasions and I find that the vast majority of them are not doomers, and in fact, try to avoid doomers and satirize them.
- fdr 2y agoI think of it as something of a hobby. A little bit camping-adjacent. But just a little bit.
- runjake 2y agoIt used to be a hobby. But now we have major, extended weather-related events once or twice a year (wildfires and winter storms). And then there was the pandemic. So now, it's a mission-critical thing.
- DaoVeles 2y agoI said in another comment, it is an endless task of talking down the newbies off the ledge of their doomsday prophecy. "No we are not going to be in a Mad max world in 2 years!"
- runjake 2y agoAgreed, but I've also experienced some Mad Max-ishness at the (small) town and neighborhood level during a couple of events (wildfire chaos and complete hosedness from winter storms) where my inner redneck engineer flourished. When it happens at the atomic level, the larger government elements aren't really supplying timely assistance or even functional law enforcement.