Why Many Preppers Will Die

By Amber William  /  My Daily Informer

Survivalists and preppers are (or are supposed to be) by definition something like smart folks, people who do not trust mainstream bu..s..t, who follow their own path to be winners at the end.

Originally Published : by Selco

Actually in reality, the truth is different.

We all like to say that we are different but just like everyone else, we fall under the influence too.

How many times have you or some prepper you know built or formed an opinion without even checking it? How many times have you bought some item and stored it just because you think it makes sense, not because you know it makes sense and you checked on it. It is often far easier to believe others, and you cannot try everything yourself, of course.

One of the most stupid things or worst mistakes you can make in prepping is to become “mainstream”. Just slap a label of prepper on you and you start to think you are smarter than others. You may think that preppers and survivalists cannot be mainstream because it is not logical, but yes we can.

We are gonna buy an item for a bug out bag (BOB) because someone said, “it is best to have in a BOB”, usually without checking who is the guy who made that statementt. Or we are gonna say, “I have best gun for SHTF”, just because someone put huge amounts of money in for marketing the gun. If most preppers look at their storage, they can find items they know in theory how to use, but have never really used.

The problem here is not the buying of these things. The problem is with not forming your own opinion, and many survivalists think they know and have planned, but that makes them in reality less flexible to considering all options.

When SHTF and you realize quickly that you have completely the wrong boots (or weapon, or items in the BOB or whatever) you maybe still can fix it if you act. Changing your way of thinking or of planning is harder.

There was man who before SHTF was owner of few cafes, pretty wealthy man. He was involved in some crime business and you could hear from time to time how he was involved in some fight, or he was arrested, or served some time.

Sometimes he was out of the country for months or year, rumors were that he was something like professional thief, specialised for breaking into “high class” homes, jewellery and safes and similar.

Those stories were rumors only, but in his cafe in town all guests were his crew, and going there for coffee was not forbidden, but also was not a bright idea. If you entered there (probably) nobody would kick you out, but atmosphere and faces there clearly would tell you that you are outsider.

In short he was something like “tough guy” in city talks. Weapons, secret gambling, prostitution etc. Guy with his crew.

On first rumors of troubles he started to sell his cafes I guess in order to leave the area, but he was too late. When SHTF, and groups and gangs started to form, he simply gave his cafe to the leader of one group in exchange for protection.

Later when that leader and group were destroyed he found himself imprisoned for some time. Lot of people around were robbed and tortured or killed.

He immediately agreed to write a statement that he is “selling“ all his cafes to the leader of new group, of course in exchange for the life and freedom. They had it anyway, but they needed that piece of paper for time after war.

After that he was something like “lone crazy dude” through the rest of the SHTF period. He was nobody.

He survived everything and after that he needed quite some time, a few years to prove that he was forced to “sell” his cafes.

Court gave everything back to him. Soon after that he sold everything and emigrated somewhere, probably to a place with less chance for another SHTF event.

My friend talked with him before he left the country, and after some time they touched the subject that a lot of people wanted to know.

Why did he go down so easy? Why did he not resist at the beginning with his crew? Why did he not have his own strong group during SHTF? Things like that. He had an original answer: “Every time they were stronger than me, I simply had to let it go”.

His story is not so unique, but I know of more stories about how folks got killed because they refused to leave their home (and run) when under attack by several people armed with firearms, while they were unarmed, or armed with pistol or knife, clearly outnumbered.

I read every day on web sentences like “having this gun will save you when SHTF” or “with this BOB you can not lose when SHTF”. Of course this is marketing crap from people who want to sell you something.

Please do not get yourself killed, or allow your family to die when SHTF just because you put your “perfect” BOB on, your “zombie survival” rifle in your hands and went out to save the world.

Or to get killed because you “draw line and here you stand your ground” for example when they attack your home or your storage. Do you really want to die just to hold onto things?

In the world of survival, the number of people who are gonna blindly believe in their equipment, or just blindly stay where it is impossible to stay, are much higher from those folks who are gonna take the smartest option (however bad it could look). This is why many preppers will die. Regular folks will run but some preppers take such great pride in their plan or equipment they do not make the right decisions when it matters because of their ego.

I am not the dude who is living in a tree, armed only with a kitchen knife and a big mouth. I also have BOB, BOL, equipment, weapons and plans. But if I see that my SURVIVAL is in question, I am ready to say f..k it to everything.

Sometimes to survive means not to win but to give up, and wait for the next chance. Do not expect to be the winner all the time.

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