This show is subterfuge - it is about exposing what a liberal would call a right wing nut.. I'm sure Janet Nazitano and her Gestapo goons are eager and will take notes.
When has something anyone in the film media ever done anything worthwhile for the conservative thinker? Especially the media of today, in ANY format?
Stay away from it.
I agree 100%. Kinda like the first rule of Fight Club: You don't talk about Fight Club.
One of the preppers has her own web site and defends her decision to appear on TV. The site is actually pretty good and does have some interesting info:
I tend to agree. There is one thing that I see in this show as a glaring ommission. Of all the skills to obtain as a prepper (i.e. food preservation, shelter, security, communication, fire arms and so on), the one skill set that is missing or de-ephasized is leadership. That is, the skill set of bringing indiviuals into the fold as functioning members; establishing interdependency between desparate groups such as trade, reconnoitering, etc.; and implementing long term plans to rebuild and rejoin. For lack of a better phrase, don't shoot me, it is community organizing.
The abiltiy to shoot a pistol is worthy, but the ability to train a bunch of newcomers as a security team and place them accordingly is far more lasting and powerful.
So the "subterfuge" is really about inhibiting the role of leadership among preppers and such associations by making anyone who steps up to the plate look like "a right wing nut". Imagine if the preppers were truly organized and cohesive? The Libs would howl.