> It's why "preppers" buy an armory of weapons, but don't make friends with their neighbors
Interestingly, when I've seen interviews with deeply committed preppers, they almost always seem to come around to the conclusion that community is the most significant factor in their planning.
I find it fascinating how that juxtaposes with the (possibly well earned) cliche of preppers as intensely individualist libertarians who reject society. I suspect there's some relationship here to the idea that if you go far enough to the left or right, you find that the spectrum is circular and not linear.
Interestingly, when I've seen interviews with deeply committed preppers, they almost always seem to come around to the conclusion that community is the most significant factor in their planning.
I find it fascinating how that juxtaposes with the (possibly well earned) cliche of preppers as intensely individualist libertarians who reject society. I suspect there's some relationship here to the idea that if you go far enough to the left or right, you find that the spectrum is circular and not linear.