With Roody on this one. I remember the Zombpocalypse Prepper wave back around, what, 2008? Everyone would get these detailed "bug out" kits and talk long over their gear and plans, but rarely did any of these involve communal goods (something to attract and help others) or even a list of first contacts to team up with, should SHTF.

It could be that I am unusual, as my first thoughts are about others and how I can help them and in turn how we can support each other. But, I walked away from the Zombpocalypse wave with the distinct feeling that your garden-variety prepper was really just a sociopath waiting for society's fall mostly so he can brutalize others without fear of reprisal. As that wave died down, they just became general-purpose disaster preppers, but again none of their plans encompassed things for others. Things like large pots for boiling water, large stills for filtering it, etc.

Of course, I'm probably the first guys the prepper-sociopath go after, so they can get all my nice things.

M.