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.
>> “Because we’ve been being told massive meltdowns are going to happen any minute now for 50 years” <<
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That statement is utterly false.
The only ‘meltdown’ that was notoriously promoted in the past 50 years was Y2K, and most here were well aware that there was no significant computer date issue on the horizon, since mortgages have been standardized to 30 years, and nothing was going wrong in mortgages written after 1970.
The best reason not to prep is that the main reason for prepping — the much fantasized about SHTF scenario — isn’t going to happen.
Which isn’t to say that keeping a few weeks of supplies on hand isn’t wise since lesser disasters, especially natural disasters, do happen from time to time, and since that level of preparedness is practical for most people.
But go much beyond that and it quickly becomes a strictly optional lifestyle choice or hobby.