Survivalism is hot, steamy, and sexy. It’s alllll the rage! There’s an article in today’s New York Times on the new face of survivalism, AND – it’s in the “Fashion and Style” section. YES!
We’re becoming mainstream my SHTF party peeps. We are – trendsetters! And knowing that a prepared neighbor is a good neighbor – we all benefit from this increased exposure! READ:
Survivalism, it seems, is not just for survivalists anymore. Faced with a confluence of diverse threats — a tanking economy, a housing crisis, looming environmental disasters, and a sharp spike in oil prices — people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social fringes.
They stockpile or grow food in case of a supply breakdown, or buy precious metals in case of economic collapse. Some try to take their houses off the electricity grid, or plan safe houses far away. The point is not to drop out of society, but to be prepared in case the future turns out like something out of “An Inconvenient Truth,” if not “Mad Max.”
I won’t recap the article, because you have to read it in full yourself, but I should say that our very own James “The Legend” Rawles was quoted as such:
Preparedness activity is difficult to track statistically, since people who take measures are usually highly circumspect by nature, said Jim Rawles, the editor of www.survivalblog.com, a preparedness Web site. Nevertheless, interest in the survivalist movement “is experiencing its largest growth since the late 1970s.”
One thing I was happy to read in the article is the influx of more liberal minded survival ninjas. Ranger Man can roll with some of these characters. I tend to think of myself as a Conservative Democrat or a Liberal Republican, someone with a Libertarian streak. It all depends on the issue really, but I dig the environment, like literally, with a shovel and stuff – compost and crap – literally – crap – in the compost – cow crap.
I liked this paragraph:
Such fears caused Joyce Jimerson of Bellingham, Wash., a coordinator for a recycling-composting program affiliated with Washington State University, to make her yard an “edible garden,” with fruit trees and vegetables, in case supplies are threatened by oil shortages, climate change or economic collapse. “It’s all the same ball of wax, as far as I’m concerned,” she said.
Making one’s yard an edible garden only makes sense. Eat better food, close to home, food security, don’t have to truck the stuff from who knows where, no pollution in the process, no nasty pesticides, tastes better, and costs less, too.
Let us now revel in our SHTF fame survival ninjas – rise – Rise – RISE! Teach your ostrich neighbors that you can, in fact, survive doomsday with your sunglasses still on.
– Ranger Man
7 comments
Be Ready All You True Survivalists…………….
Two years from now we’ll be able to cash in on all the neat gear being sold at the upscale Garage Sales.
I do not think that “survivalism” becoming mainstream is a good thing or a good sign about our society right now. This will mean that people are more prepared but for this to happen as a large social movement means more people view the future with fear rather than hope.
When sheeple get a taste of reality by suddenly realizing they are on the edge – through possible job loss, home loss, rising food and fuel costs, terrorism, nuclear exchange, despotic government, etc, a percentage of them wake up, smell the coffee, and become survivalists.
The majority of the sheeple will laugh at survivalists and their preparations until, that is, the unprepared are knocking on survivalist doors begging for food and shelter. But then it is too late.
Now for a ‘real thrill’ go to ‘prisonplanet.com’ and look through the fine print until you find the site about surviving martial law. The pdf download costs about $20. Written by someone who was in the SF with 3 tours in the ‘Nam. This thing is so depressing that it makes you want to jump off a bridge. The advice is good, with lots of cross reference sites, and lists of things to get but OMG it is so depressing… The worse part of it all is that the author thinks it will only be a matter of weeks or 2-3 months at most before TSHTF. I think he’s off on the timing but still…WE know it’s coming. Greg
These “preppers” may not be hardcore but anyone who stocks extra food for an emergency is ok by me. The more people that are self sufficient, the less people that will drain on the government’s resources.
Just the fact that people admit that there COULD be a problem is a move in the right direction. I love the one quote about how it was their “duty” to be prepared. That is dead-on.
Also good to see a positve attidute towards survivalism/self-sufficiency nationwide. In California it is easier to be out-of-the-survival-closet as so many people are worried about earthquakes, Stocking up on food and water is totally excepted here.
The biggest problem with these new “Survivalists” is for the most part.. they have zero defensive plan.
They don’t like guns.. and when someone finds out about their stash.. people in inner cities WILL come and take what they have.
Other then that.. at least its good its starting to catch on.
Conservative Democrat, Liberal Republican
Up here we call thoses a Centrist. You look at the left and the right, take what you like and chuck the rest. The States could use more of those!
Pat from Canada