re: #74 Shiplord Kirel

I don’t dislike or disapprove the basic idea of the preppers, it’s just that many in the subculture are clueless imbeciles.
Another example was the numbskull who was found to have 2 million rounds of ammunition stashed in his suburban frame house when police searched it for stolen goods. The boxes were just stacked willy-nilly in every available space, including next to a floor furnace and 18 inches from a worn out hot water heater. The place would have gone up like a volcano in a fire, probably with no warning to first responders.
The prepper culture puts WAY too much emphasis on vast arsenals and secret hide-aways. This reflects a racist belief that the primary hazard will be zombie-like hordes of “others” who will swarm out of the inner cities to loot and pillage as soon as welfare fails.

Btw, the guy was found to be in innocent possession of the stolen goods (electronics) and was not prosecuted. He was fined for a fire code violation and required to move the munitions to safe storage. No doubt he considered this an act of tyranny, since it would make his stash hard to access when the proverbial stuff hits the fan and the zombie/welfare hordes arrive.