Rise
Of The Preppers: 50 Of The Best Prepper Websites And Blogs On The Internet
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Are you preparing for the
collapse of society? If so, the truth is that you are definitely not
alone. The number of preppers in the U.S. has absolutely exploded in
recent years. It has been estimated that there are now approximately 3
million preppers in the United States, and "Doomsday Preppers" is
currently the highest rated show on the National Geographic channel. In
fact, you could be living next to a prepper and never even know it. All
over America, families are transforming spare rooms into long-term food storage
pantries, planting survival gardens, unplugging from the grid, converting their
homes over to alternative sources of energy, taking self-defense courses and
stocking up on just about everything that you can imagine. The
re-election of Barack Obama and other recent events seem to have given the prepper
movement even more momentum. For example, in January the U.S. Mint broke
all kinds of records and sold nearly
half a billion dollars worth of gold and silver coins to the public.
Not only that, Americans bought enough guns during the last two months of 2012
alone to supply the entire armies of China and India. When it comes to
prepping, nobody can match the passion that Americans put into it.
So what are all of these people
prepping for?
Well, the truth is that no two
preppers have the exact same motivation. There is a general consensus
among preppers that our world is becoming increasingly unstable, but when you
sit down and talk with them you find out that there are a whole host of
different civilization-killing events that various preppers are concerned
about. Some are preparing for the collapse of the economy.
Others are extremely concerned about the potential for crippling natural disasters
and catastrophic
earth changes. To other preppers, the rise of the "Big
Brother" surveillance grid that is being constructed all around us is
the greatest danger, and many of them warn of the tyrannical agenda of the
New World Order. Terrorism, killer pandemics, EMP
attacks, World War III, martial law, solar megastorms, asteroid strikes and
societal chaos are some of the other things that many preppers are worried
about. There are even some preppers that are not worried about any
"threats" at all - they just want to get "back to the land"
and want to become less dependent on the system.
Whatever the motivation, it is
undeniable that the prepper movement has gotten very large and that it
continues to grow.
In fact, there was a recent
article in the New York Times about preppers that was actually written
by a prepper entitled "The
Preppers Next Door"...
To
the unprepared, the very word “prepper” is likely to summon images of armed
zealots hunkered down in bunkers awaiting the End of Days, but the reality, at
least here in New York, is less dramatic. Local Preppers are doctors, doormen,
charter school executives, subway conductors, advertising writers and happily
married couples from the Bronx. They are no doubt people that you know — your
acquaintances and neighbors. People, I’ll admit, like myself.
I
was absolutely amazed that one of the key mouthpieces of the establishment, the
New York Times, would publish an article that was mostly positive about
preppers, because the truth is that prepping is essentially a huge expression
of a lack of faith in the establishment. Even the article admitted
as much...
PREPPING IS THE BIG SHORT: a bet not just against a city, or a
country or a government, but against the whole idea of sustainable
civilization. For that reason, it chafes against one of polite society’s last
remaining taboos — that the way we live is not simply plagued by certain
problems, but is itself insolubly problematic.
And
that is exactly right. There are millions of us that are entirely
convinced that the world around us is becoming increasingly unstable and that
"the system" will not be there to take care of us when everything
falls to pieces.
With
each passing day, even more Americans lose faith in the system and begin
prepping. If you are one of those new preppers, there are actually dozens
of great websites out there on the Internet where you can get an education
about prepping for free. The list of websites and blogs that I have
compiled below contains more articles and resources than you could ever
possibly need. Hopefully many of you will find this list to be extremely
helpful.
The
following are 50 of the best prepper websites and blogs on the Internet...
The
sad truth is that our world is becoming increasingly unstable in a whole bunch
of different ways and we all need to learn how
to prepare for the difficult years ahead.
Unfortunately,
most Americans simply are not prepared for much of anything.
For
example, a large percentage of Americans do not even have enough savings to get
them through a single financial emergency. According to one recent
report, approximately
44 percent of all households in the United States are just one unexpected
event away from financial disaster.
Most
American families do not have much food stored up either. One recent
survey discovered that 55
percent of all Americans have less than three days supply of food in their
homes.
Could
that possibly be accurate? Do people really keep that little food in
their homes?
Another
survey asked Americans how long they think they could survive if the entire
electrical grid went down and there was no more power for an extended period of
time. Incredibly, 21
percent of those who responded said that they would survive for less than a
week, and an additional 28
percent of those who responded said that they would survive for less than
two weeks. Close to 75
percent of those who responded said that they would be dead before the two
month mark.
So
who are the crazy ones?
Are
the people trying to become more independent and self-sufficient crazy, or are
the people who have complete and total faith that the system will take care of
them no matter what happens actually the crazy ones?
I
don't know about you, but I would prefer for myself and my family to at least
have a chance to survive if society melts down for some reason.
What
about you?
Are
you a prepper?
Do
you know some preppers?
Do
you believe that people should be prepping?
Please
feel free to post a comment with your thoughts below...’