No one in my town knows what I have and I'm not telling them. I started prepping in 1998 and I worked it out, planned, researched endlessly, have kept it up until now, and like the Little Red Hen, I have stuff and it is mine.
There is food everywhere - as long as there is this bountiful supply, no one can be called a “hoarder”. The food is there for everyone to buy. If that is Ramen noddles for ten/fifteen cents a package to feed three/four people, it's still food and there is plenty of it.
Plus, my money is my money and no one can tell me how to spend it. I have gone Galt, everyone can leave me the hell alone as I have divorced myself from this freaking, communist country.
“as long as there is this bountiful supply, no one can be called a “hoarder”. “
Exactly. Supplies are plentiful, not like in a disaster situation. Whatever I buy the next day the shelves are re-stocked with plenty more. Calling preppers selfish because they “hoard” is just more class warfare liberal propaganda.