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The thing is YAGNI applies here. "What if society collapses?" is really just a LARP justification for doing whatever you already wanted to do. It's why "preppe
by XorNot 1y ago
The thing is YAGNI applies here. "What if society collapses?" is really just a LARP justification for doing whatever you already wanted to do.
It's why "preppers" buy an armory of weapons, but don't make friends with their neighbors, become contributors to their local town or advocate for infrastructure improvements or sustainable farming policies.
- tmnvix 1y ago> It's why "preppers" buy an armory of weapons, but don't make friends with their neighbors Interestingly, when I've seen interviews with deeply committed preppers, they almost always seem to come around to the conclusion that community is the most significant factor in their planning. I find it fascinating how that juxtaposes with the (possibly well earned) cliche of preppers as intensely individualist libertarians who reject society. I suspect there's some relationship here to the idea that if you go far enough to the left or right, you find that the spectrum is circular and not linear.