when does a preper become a raider

[Reality Jones]

You are neither a raider nor a scavanger.
To be a raider you would be the one with the weapon.
You intended to be a scavanger but ended up being a looter.

,Can you explain the difference to me between looting the scrap yard and
scavenging it for some oil.
In my opinion a looter is an opportunist who knows they are thieving from someone else but does it anyway, a scavenger is someone who sees an opportunity to obtain something from what they percieve to be an abandoned item or place and does so.

.you can now become a traider/barterer to get the oil and leave with your fluids intact.

What have you got to trade/barter? A half filled tin can? Do you think the guy will let you go on the promise to return the following day with some supplies for him? I doubt it.

what I'm getting at here is how easy it is to blur the line between percieved intent, the guy living in the scrap yard thinks you're a thief and you know you were scavenging what you honestly though was an abandoned scrap yard. It's a tricky one.