There is no need to be snarky.
I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to be. I was trying to put a complex thought into a couple of sentences and it didn’t go well.
I’m going to try to explain what I was thinking; hopefully I don’t make it worse!
I think most of us here do prepping of some sort. I’m not gonna go back as far as Y2K (guilty!). And I don’t pay close attention to financial markets. But for me personally, when the Great Recession in 2008 occurred, along with the Greece austerity, the Balkans financial crisis, Venezuela hyperinflation, etc., the handwriting was on the wall. The question was when.
So, a lot of us have been paying attention to prepping for a whle. I think 2020 was a wake-up call to others that there’s all sorts of reasons to prep. And there’s still more that remain blind to what’s coming. For those who already have a prepping mindset (like us) a prod to get our head back in the game is always good. For those who don’t have that mindset, I doubt a retired military guy is gonna change their minds.
Hopefully that captures more what I was trying to convey.