Anonymous
@whirlibird, my observation above derives from me talking to a person about the recent hurricanes. This guy started telling me how he was concerned about the possibility of Big One, or him becoming ill and not able to provide for his family. He went on telling me about is plan: more insurance policies I can count, investment plans, and some more. So a question popped up in my mind? Is this guy a prepper? He surely is concerned about the future. He’s surely trying to do something to mitigate the consequences of what can come. He is thinking ahead, not living in the moment. What is missing is that his plan relies on others to be fulfilled.
That chat made me think that there might be many more people who could be open to a different lifestyle but they are led to solutions that are more friendly to businesses than to them.
And we could actually start a conversation about what prepper even means. Is a self-reliant person a prepper? Is someone who obsess about the future a prepper? Or is the crazy guy from the tv shows? I do not really think I am doing anything extraordinary in my life. I just live it based on my experience and on the observed experience of others. I grow my garden because I like it and because my veggies taste better than the one in the store. I protect my property because the cops are always minutes away when seconds count. I store supplies because I know what high inflation means. Am I a prepper? Don’t know; it is just little silly me.