It’s just like commodities trade. People who get prepared build an entire market of preparedness. Without demand, there would be nothing out there for others.
But actually, I’m not even familiar with the term, ‘preppers’. I’m assuming it’s the same as ‘survivalist’, right? Wind-up flashlights and stuff?
When it comes to survivalists — always be prepared, but only in moderation.
That comment means nothing, as “in moderation” has a different definition to each person, plus putting a limit on how much a person could prepare, is ridiculous.
A “prepper” is a person who prepares for an emergency - simple. It's a “modern” term for an older term of “survivalist”. Hurricanes were a definite threat where I lived, and I stayed prepared for no electricity. Those preps were there for any other emergency that might happen.
I don't have to depend on any outside agency to provide me with anything.
Plus, all of us paid for the finest prepper retreat in the world. It's across the street from the White House and is underground. Plenty of everything, including an operating room and a surgeon. It is to save the life of Obama and family. I am as important as he is, so I used my own money to save my own life.
If anyone says we shouldn't prepare, then why did we prepare to save the life of Obama? That person complaining, paid for Obama’s safe place. Let him/her complain to the government for preparing to save his life. Homeland Security should dump on Obama for all the provisions he has. They listed, at one time, that preppers were potential domestic terrorists. What does that make Obama with all his preps that are grander than ours?
As a long time survivalist who has had to watch survivalism mocked for decades, I love this new "prepper" thing for the suburbanites.
Prepper means the same thing, but it is so much more soccer mom sounding and it makes it easier to talk to people about prepping for things, the very same people who used to blanch in fear and think of camouflage and militias when they used to hear the word "survivalist", now are very aware of the common sense of having water and food for emergencies.
By the way, survivalism was big enough in the Houston area, that we had a survivalist themed, major night club there in the mid 1980s.