Survivalism isn’t just
a new fad. It had been growing steadily among a small number of people since
before the fallout shelter craze of the late 1950’s. There are two kind of
survivalists. The “hard-core survivalists” and “ soft-core survivalists”.
They’re scenarios vary. The “hard-core” are the ones who perceive a
doomsday nuclear exchange; others anticipate a slightly less destructive world
War III that will destroy cities and industries. They expect to return too
living off the land without the benefit of the government, or any law but the
gun. The “soft-core” are more concerned that inflation will make you need a wheelbarrow full of money to buy a
loaf of bread. These folks stock up on M.R.E.s ( Meals Ready To Eat ),
Krugerrands and freeze-dried foods and plenty of ammo to prevent hordes of
crazed, starving city dwellers from ripping them off for their provisions and
their gold.
Many survivalists believe they can take their families into the woods
and live off the fat of the land. They are doomed to either starvation or to
pillage by roving gangs if their worst fears do come to pass. From the rubble
of a crumbled government and shattered food supply chain would arise groups of
renegade soldiers and national guardsmen, armed with automatic weapons,
portable artillery, tanks, and emergency fuel reserves.
The ultimate
survivalists, though they don’t call themselves that, are members of the Mormon
Church. They have extraordinary powerful degree of social bonding, their
tradition of relying on one another, and their mandate that each family have a
year’s supply of food in the home, are strongest bulwarks against a societal
collapse. Incidentally, nothing in the Mormon religion would prevent a devout
practitioner from using weapons to protect his family and food from human
scavengers in the wake of a large-scale disaster.
Thus,
there is no compelling reason not to bring oneself to a level of preparation
that includes stockpiling food, medicine, guns and ammunition.
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