Indeed it is.
It’s more of a quantitative commentary than a decisive piece. To wit, it lacks a fundamental conclusion and call to action.
Good nonetheless.
He wrote he is not a prepper, but then makes the quantitative case that we should all be preppers if we are rational, critical thinkers.
I find that odd, or perhaps slyly disingenuous.
Net: read it and BLOAT.
“To wit, it lacks a fundamental conclusion and call to action”
You’re seeing his article incorrectly. The purpose of the article wasn’t a call to action. It was telling preppers that contrary to what they are told, they aren’t crazy for prepping. That it is more even more rational for an American to prep and have an AR-15, than it is to buy flood insurance in a flood zone.
And it did have a fundamental conclusion. That in an average American lifetime, there is at least about a 36% chance of serious violence, insurrection, slavery, massive civil disorder, etc, which would call for one being prepared with supplies and rifles.
It’s a very simple paper, and has some very good reasoning and backs up his premise and conclusion well.
“He wrote he is not a prepper, but then makes the quantitative case that we should all be preppers if we are rational, critical thinkers.
I find that odd, or perhaps slyly disingenuous.”
He might be slothful, or hypocritical. OR, he might be following the prime directive of prepping which is... NOT TELLING A SOUL.
Are you a prepper? “Who me? Naaaaa .. “ Meanwhile at home, who knows what he socks away?