Defining prepping and survivalism (an attempt anyway)

[NorthernRaider]

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You seem to have missed one massive point about prepping and survivalism. It's about a disaster situation survival, e.g. SituationX.

NR No sir, its about what Survivalism and prepping IS as a sub culture not what it is FOR eg Disaster survival, terror attack, economic collapse, EMP, Zombie apocalypse, Labour wining the election, Tsunami, Quake etc

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A homestedder or an off grid hippie commune would cover some of the skills and be considered as preppers by the above definition.

NR again its not about WHO it applies to but WHAT it is as a sub culture, There is probably more people out there living as preppers but would never in a million years call themselves such

S13
Add the fact that it's about surviving a situation forseen by the individual/group being defined, then you'd be getting agreement from me, 100%.

NR Surviving & THRIVING

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One question though, is it really important to define what prepping and survivalism is?

NR apparently so because there are still people who think Prepping and Survival IS just Bushcraft and wilderness survival
And those folks are already very well catered for on forums like Bushcraft UK, Ludlow SG etc

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NR apparently so because there are still people who think Prepping and Survival IS just Bushcraft and wilderness survival Smile

ESPECIALLY the News papers, MEDIA and many newbies ( and self appointed experts on You Tube )