Squirtgunsquirter
Demi-God
@Urbanprep Is that the mature prepping viewpoint?
Seriously. Is it? What your describing is survival of the fittest.
At some point in human history, people's daily lives were exactly what we imagine the world to be after a collapse.
Then societies formed. I don't see how that happens without accepting some responsibility for the welfare of your fellow man.
Society today is what it is. Someone may have a smartphone, unpaid college debt, a precarious car loan, a bad marriage, all sorts of things. They may think everything will be fine, and ignore what you (and I, by the way) see as warning signs. That doesn't mean they won't survive.
I think you're making a few mistakes here, Urban.
I dont see anyone saying you should take care of anyone but yourself, post SHTF. They are saying they would.
And you don't give people enough credit. People really do rally together in bad times.
And if those bad times were never going to end? I think people would become a bunch of mammoth hunting badasses again pretty quick.
Take somene who has never worked a day in his life, never cooked a meal, never hunted, never learned a single survival skill.. drop him off naked in the woods, and I think he eats worms, and grass, and drinks puddle water and shivers at night and probably dies, but IF he lives he's probably more of a survivor than me with my preps.
Honestly, it takes all kinds. It takes hardcore cruelty (let the stupid ones die) and naive kindness (let's all be terrific). I don't think either group makes it without the other.
Ying and Yang, Baby!
Seriously. Is it? What your describing is survival of the fittest.
At some point in human history, people's daily lives were exactly what we imagine the world to be after a collapse.
Then societies formed. I don't see how that happens without accepting some responsibility for the welfare of your fellow man.
Society today is what it is. Someone may have a smartphone, unpaid college debt, a precarious car loan, a bad marriage, all sorts of things. They may think everything will be fine, and ignore what you (and I, by the way) see as warning signs. That doesn't mean they won't survive.
I think you're making a few mistakes here, Urban.
I dont see anyone saying you should take care of anyone but yourself, post SHTF. They are saying they would.
And you don't give people enough credit. People really do rally together in bad times.
And if those bad times were never going to end? I think people would become a bunch of mammoth hunting badasses again pretty quick.
Take somene who has never worked a day in his life, never cooked a meal, never hunted, never learned a single survival skill.. drop him off naked in the woods, and I think he eats worms, and grass, and drinks puddle water and shivers at night and probably dies, but IF he lives he's probably more of a survivor than me with my preps.
Honestly, it takes all kinds. It takes hardcore cruelty (let the stupid ones die) and naive kindness (let's all be terrific). I don't think either group makes it without the other.
Ying and Yang, Baby!