So the real question you should be asking yourself is: am I an ant or a grasshopper?
I'm not asking the wrong question. As I said elsewhere, this is not about being a good steward and a hard worker or being a slob.
Extreme prepping--doomsday prepping--is what I'm talking about, not being the good ant who is prepared for the winter. This is ultimately about where we place our faith--in the work of our hands or in the Lord.
Winters and times of lack have been known to last more than a season.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Would you prefer others to the best of their abilities prepare for a rainy day thereby being able to help those around them? Or are you okay with those who use any excuse not to prepare or be responsible and who will eventually drag down those around them? Which do you choose to be - a help or a hindrance?
It seems to me that you are looking for support in your critical judgement of those who choose to prep for a long time line. What does it matter to you if people choose to prep instead of say buying a new car, going on vacation, or constantly obtain the latest electronic device? It’s their money they are spending. I choose not to judge those who feel comfortable with a seven year prep. I would be happy to have them as my neighbours and friends. I am very wary in regards to those in society who do not make the right choices and instead demand that those who do subsidise them in their wicked ways. I judge the meth head who would come to my house to steal everything including the copper pipes, not a prepper who truly is minding his own business. Is the meth head going to be able to do God’s work in a survival situation or will it be preppers who come to the aid of those they see around them who even though they are working hard are still in need?
You need to get over your judgement and yes jealousy of those you perceive to be prepping too much. You come across as a leftist - how dare they have more than the rest of us!
One more thing... I put my faith in the fact that God had given me a healthy body and a work ethic to match. You can’t be a prepper without a good work ethic. That is my gift and seems to be the gift of every prepper I’ve met, including the ones on FR who freely give of their time and advice to help those who will listen. Are you also suggesting we waste the gifts so generously given by our Creator? I see God in every prepper I know through their actions and deeds. Finding God in those who have made sloth an art form, from politicians to drug addled welfare recipients, not so much. Why don’t you spend your gift of writing convincing those people to change their ways? That planting would bear fruit for all of society.