[JRandomFreeper]

LOL! In my case, life itself has been a survival drill. So far, I've passed the test.

What people do everyday in this country is prepare to survive. That's why seed is grown and saved by seed companies and planted by farmers, that's why miners stockpile coal, that's why calves get turned out onto pasture, so we can have steaks in a couple of years. It's also why there are grain elevators, and warehouses across this great land of ours, well, in fly-over country, anyway.

The whole 'prepper' and 'survivalist' label is a recent phenomenon. Mainly used by leftists to denigrate self-sufficient people. Like Americans.

/johnny

[nitzy]

I was under the impression that those who self identify as "preppers" are preparing for some big eventuality or set of eventualities that they anticipate may occur in the near future. The people I have spoken with or hear about think that everything is going to come undone in a cataclysmic event. (economic collapse, solar storm, pandemic, meteor, foreign invasion, nuclear war, zombies, etc...)

Other than a meteor, I just don't see any of that happening or having a long term effect more than a couple months.

I am on board with planning for any eventuality but I think the effort you put in should be proportional to the likelyhood of the event occurring and the impact it would ultimately have.

That is why I don't self identify as a "prepper". Although I feel I am reasonably self sufficient and prepared for anything that is likely to happen.