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Finds Rise In ‘Doomsday Prepping’ Due To Mainstream American ‘Culture Of Fear’
“Doomsday prepping” or stockpiling food, medicine, weapons and
other supplies in case of an apocalyptic scenario has long been considered
peculiar behavior only exhibited by conspiracy theorists and other extremists
in the United States. However, such prepping has actually been steadily on the
rise in the U.S. over the past decade. So, what’s causing this surge in
stockpiled rice packets and underground bunkers? One group of researchers say it
is an ever growing sense of impending doom in American culture.
Many have speculated that this surge in doomsday preppers over
the last 10 years was linked to an extreme political reaction among many
conservatives to Barack Obama’s initial election in 2008, but a new study out
of the United Kingdom finds that neither the Obama presidency nor extreme
right-wing conspiracy theories in general are the main
cause of this growing phenomenon.
Researchers interviewed preppers from 18 U.S. states and asked
about their motivations for stockpiling food and supplies. The results
indicated that, although most did seem to be conservative and fear liberal
policies, the main reason behind their motivations was the overall sense of fear currently dominating U.S.
culture across a variety of media channels. Most Americans can’t seem to log
online or turn on the television without being hit by a grim view of
the future being reported or speculated on.
Potential occurrences commonly worried about by preppers include
possible economic depressions, terrorist attacks, cyber-attacks, pandemics, or
environmental disasters.
Furthermore, researchers say that frequent recommendations from
the U.S. government on how to prepare for potential disasters, such as when
residents of certain communities are advised to stockpile water in preparation
for a hurricane or blackout, have also contributed to the rising number of
doomsday preppers in the United States.
The study’s authors say their findings paint
a more nuanced picture of doomsday preppers and their motivations, especially
since up until now most were simply considered crazy or delusional. According
to their results, most preppers don’t believe the world will end tomorrow or a giant meteor will hit the earth at any moment,
they simply want to be prepared for anything “just in case” something terrible
happens.
Researchers note that while extreme right-wing ideologies don’t
seem to be the main cause of these fears and preparations, the general idea
among many conservatives that if a Democrat regains control of the White House
it will inevitably lead to chaos remains very much connected to the phenomenon
of doomsday preppers. At the end of the day, though, that is just another
possible event for conservative preppers to fear, and not themain cause.
“Fear is now deeply entrenched in modern American culture and is
the principal reason that so many citizens are engaging in ‘prepping’,” explains lead author Dr. Michael Mills in a
release.
According to Mills, these preppers believe that if the worse
were to happen, the government’s response simply wouldn’t be adequate and many
people would be left to fend for themselves.
“Rather than seeing prepping as an exception within America’s
right-wing political culture, we ought to see it as being reflective of
increasingly established and popular outlooks,” Mills comments.
Yours for
better living,
Bruce ‘the
PoorMan’
News of Note
If the horrific weather and
endless flooding wasn’t enough, about a week ago the Chinese government
announced that they would be ending all “purchases of U.S. agricultural
products”, and that was a devastating blow for farmers all over the nation.
In particular, soybean farmers are going to see demand for their
crops absolutely collapse. In recent years, China has purchased approximately
60 percent of all U.S. soybean exports.
The Electrical Reliability Council of Texas, which manages about
90% of the electrical flow in the state, released a report earlier this month
stating that—during the first half of 2019—wind power generated 22% of the
state’s electrical usage while coal only generated 21%.
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very underrated in the prepper community.
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2 comments:
After seeing so many unprepared people during natural disasters mobbing & cleaning out store shelves because they didn't have any extra food/water on hand or even a damned flashlight; I found that disturbing...also, witnessing government employees with good paying jobs who were broke after a couple of weeks, eating cans of spaghettios during the shutdown, I made up my mind to NEVER be like them or caught off guard. We now buy extra food items and prepper items each time we go to a grocer or buy hard goods at flea markets and garage sales!
Being prepared just makes good sense; it is the way most folks used to be!
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