re: #43 GeneJockey

But, like Weimar-style hyperinflation, it’s always just around the corner. And the lack of evidence proves it!!!

IT’S ALL GONNA COLLAPSE ANY DAY NOW! JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE! WHO’S GONNA BE LAUGHING THEN, HUH?!

That pretty much captures the gist of many on the survivalist/prepper fringe.

Don’t get me wrong; I have no problems against being prepared for any emergency or contingency. I have candles in case the power fails, as well as a weeks worth of non-perishable foodstuffs in case of the same event. It unlikely the power would be out that long here in the eastern Czech Republic - the longest power outage I’ve seen is two hours or so.

I suppose I could get snowbound if we were to have an extreme snow event, but again, that’s also rather unlikely.

But a general societal collapse? Zombie hordes? Rampaging hordes of Visigoths?

Not so much.