Preppers and Apocalypse/Dystopian Survivalists, What is Your Endgame?

[atx_hunter]

Truly not trying to be antagonistic here, just genuinely curious...

I get prepping and survival as a thought experiment... "Do I have the skills, tools, and supplies to make sure my loved ones and I can survive some sort of civilization ending/mass extinction event." But, to what end?

At the risk of sounding totally defeatist, do you really want to live in a world where 90% of the population has died off including a large portion of the people you care about, civilization has broken down, and the standard of living is set back 1000 years to where the life expectancy is about 40 years and stepping on a nail or a common bacteria infection could kill you? What do you hope to gain? Do you want to try to reestablish civilization? Just be one of the last few million to die after your supplies run out? Avoid the rush at the pearly gates?

I totally understand the self preservation instincts, but I guess to me it's a question of quality of life over simply existing.

[Walker]

My game is to hand around as long as possible no matter the current situation. We all gotta die of something.

[Pineywoods]

Truly not trying to be antagonistic here, just genuinely curious...

I get prepping and survival as a thought experiment... "Do I have the skills, tools, and supplies to make sure my loved ones and I can survive some sort of civilization ending/mass extinction event." But, to what end?

At the risk of sounding totally defeatist, do you really want to live in a world where 90% of the population has died off including a large portion of the people you care about, civilization has broken down, and the standard of living is set back 1000 years to where the life expectancy is about 40 years and stepping on a nail or a common bacteria infection could kill you? What do you hope to gain? Do you want to try to reestablish civilization? Just be one of the last few million to die after your supplies run out? Avoid the rush at the pearly gates?

I totally understand the self preservation instincts, but I guess to me it's a question of quality of life over simply existing.

What's the alternative to your train of thought in your question? Give up? Roll over and die because life might be hard? In my mind quality of life doesn't necessarily equate to an easy life with luxuries. Would I want to live in a hypothetical world where 90% of the population has died off?... Sure, if that's the situation and I'm still alive at that point, then I absolutely would be looking to make the best of the situation. "Life expectancy" doesn't play into my way of thinking about things anyway. I concern myself with today. I could die tomorrow in our current situation and never expect it. In a hypothetical set of circumstances like you laid out, there will be those who can thrive and those who will just give up and can't hack it.

[alien_scones]

Freedom from government sponsored medical attention.


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[SmTx]

People lived to much older ages than folks realize. It’s all the infant deaths that bring the average life # down

[rtjh]

To be the last man alive so all remaining women have no other choices.

[Walker]

To be the last man alive so all remaining women have no other choices.

And human would be extinct in one generation.

[Hills of Texas]

It’s more about knowledge to survive and the foothold to ease you into it for a long term scenario. I don’t understand how someone couldn’t have interest in providing some form of stability and security for them selves and others. If something big were to go down most folks would be sol in less than 2 or 3 days. It’s crazy how a little ice storm could freak so many people out but don’t worry about a real life changing event ever happening.

[mrddye]

Your assumptions on preppers are pretty off base, judging by the questions you asked.


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[tps7742]

The keyboard warriors will be along soon of wanting to shoot their neighbors.

[kcnatural]

No A/C, no beer. I'm out

[Etxnoodler]

People lived to much older ages than folks realize. It’s all the infant deaths that bring the average life # down

Yup. People confuse life expectancy with life span.

[Hills of Texas]

No A/C, no beer. I'm out

Yea but if you had invested in a little knowledge prior to, you could have ac and beer. Lol

[Etxnoodler]

People have existed without what we have today for far longer than we have with. The only reason you would think your quality of life would be bad is because you have experienced what we have today. It wouldn’t take long for that to be reversed. Winners are adaptable.

[DesertDug]

Yea but if you had invested in a little knowledge prior to, you could have ac and beer. Lol

we'll have fermented lechuguilla, we will be fine.