Why prep for one reason it’s much easier explaining why I prep than explaining to my children and loved ones why I didn’t.
Secondly in those two hundred years name a time that we had a government that was so hostile to such a large potion of it’s population? The only time I can think of was during the Civil War and I can’t imagine that you could find very many Southerners from that time who didn’t wish they had been able to put back something for what was coming.
One last thing it’s only been in the last fifty years or so that prep wasn’t seen as the ‘norm’. I remember my Grandmother’s pantry and root cellar and my Grandfather’s garden. We now live in a time where there is only three days worth of food readily available at our local outlets. That means if something happens and the trucks don’t roll there well be a lot of hungry people.
You might like to read:
Just In Time: When the Trucks Stop, America Will Stop
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2867265/posts
Lastly something to think about:
“There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger.
Underestimation can be fatal.”
That is the most likely scenario in my view.
An economic collapse that will make diesel fuel, fuel oil, coal, etc. far too expensive or rare for any trucks or trains to roll, any electrical gas or coal fired electrical generating plants to run which also means no water or city controlled sewage disposal. The food supply chain is broken. The lights go out, the sewers back up and fresh water is no longer coming from the tap.
Think about how delicate the whole system is to survive a "burp" in the flow of essential fuels.