What if the collapse is not too bad?

[Scythe13]

Now, let's not get into a debate about "I think it's a total EOTWAWKI collapse that we'll see" or "The government won't do X" or something like that. Let's just stick to the question being asked.

This is a simple enough question.

What if the collapse becomes more like an extreme version of the 'great depression' or food shortages are bad, but 'only' as bad as current levels around Africa. What about if it's WW£ and it ends up being similar to WW2, but worse (not nuclear war, EOTWAWKI bad)

How would your preps play into that kind of situation?