http://thesurvivalmom.com/2010/12/29/normalcy-bias/
I see a lot of this especially in my discussion with people about Prepping.
Prepper Ping!
E) Nationalism
No, it should be::
E) Internationalism
That is worse...
/johnny
Normalcy bias is probably my biggest obstacle. I am definitely taking steps to prepare (mentally, skill set more than stockpiling).
The list does not include sports.
Sports is a diversion that maintains people’s reactions and perceptions of the world on the same level as fourteen-year-olds.
Go team!!!
That’s children’s thinking.
surprising to who? the sheeple?
I had an anti-gun female communist ask me if I was a “prepper” as well as an evil gun owner. I told her, “Nope, don’t need to.” She looked puzzled and asked me why. I told her that when the SHTF and chaos ensues, I’ll just take my gun and take her stuff. She asked if I would actually shoot her to take it. I replied that the answer to that question was basically up to her. She stomped off madder than a wet hen. I walked away smirking because I knew I finally got to that nasty communist hoe.
I agree with “C” and “D”.
C bothers me more than anything, people remind me of cats which are the most dependent independent creatures i have ever been around.
Some people believe cats love them when they rub against them and purr, but if they would take notice the cats will do the same thing to a dam fence post.
A stray cat turns up on your door step, you feed it a few times and then forget to feed it for awhile you are liable to be clawed because you did not feed it soon enough.
And that is the way with people.
And on another subject, yes i hate to think it is true but the republicans or conservatives are just as bad as the democrats liberals, the difference being they still claim to believe in the constitution, but they only believe in your freedoms that they approve of.
E-N-T-I-T-L-E-M-E-N-T.
People who feel they are owned a (good) living due to some nebulous abuse perpetrated against them or their kin in past, and also feel none of the current rules for civilized living (laws) should have to apply to them for the same nebulous reasons. They don't learn the self-provisional ways or prepare for winter (can you say Grasshoppers?). Of course, this time the grasshoppers are a bit more demanding, less constrained, and better armed...
The Ant family had better plan to be dug in pretty well this time around...
bflr
the role of a dictator is to 1: Sqaush or control the media 2: Squash freedom of speech 3: Squash the people’s dreams 4: Make them beggards 5: Squash their will to stand up for themselves by keepign htem dependent on gubmint handouts
This country made their choice loud and clear- they knowingly votedi n someoen htey KNEW was destroyign this country, but who ‘promissed them’ gubmint freebies
The goal of our government is to make it so peopel now only vote for thsoe who promise to hand out hte most- and NOT vote for thsoe who simply want ot uphold our national values and rights- The votign public is changing right before our eyes- we are witnessing hte beginning of the end- and hte sad thing is that soem from brittain pleaded and begged us NOT to go down this road becasue once we’re on that road we will NEVER get off it- and our govenrment knows thisw full well- Cuba was their source of inspiration
How about because some of us think the odds of your various SHTF scenarios coming to pass are so low that it would be a waste of time and resources to take up the prepper lifestyle that you advocate?
(H) Fear and Paralysis
My problem is I think patriotic people will go on the offensive and take the fight to the enemy.
Then I can join them.
I prefer pre-emptive action rather than trying to isolate myself and wait it out.
H) I suck.
Because we’ve been being told massive meltdowns are going to happen any minute now for 50 years and nothing terribly exciting has happened so we’ve grown weary.