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JWcph, Radicalized By Decency
@jwcph@helvede.net  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Oddly enough we got to talking about #prepping last night & what stuck with me was this weird idea that having food & water for 3-4 days will save you & your family 馃 that's also a wildly spoiled & unrealistic idea of a crisis as something somebody else will fix in less than a week, while you triumphantly drink your bottled water & everyone else can just fuck off.

The only thing that'll work in a crisis is community. Everything else is a power fantasy.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/22/eschatology-watch/#guillotine-watch @pluralistic

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Jack William Bell
@jackwilliambell@rustedneuron.com replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@jwcph @pluralistic

Think about it for a second. Food and water for three or four days, or even a week, *is expecting community to help*. It's just being realistic about how long it takes to mobilize that help.

The fact a lot of the people doing those things do not recognize this reality and think otherwise does not reduce the importance of them having enough supplies to survive the gap.

Now, prepping for a year? That's just putting off the inevitable, if community doesn't come through.

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