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Be Producers Instead of Consumers
A hundred years ago we were all preppers
For many years, I have followed the prepping ideology, and I often see how commercialized the movement has become. podcasts, videos, blogs, and books all seem to try to scare us into believing that SHTF could happen at any moment and that we need to hurry and purchase what they have to sell before it is too late.
People who really can’t afford what is being sold purchase buckets of freeze-dried foods that were prepared at a high price. They are told to purchase nonperishable foods and store them in mylar bags even though these same people don’t have a month’s worth of food in their pantry. They buy all kinds of survival equipment and medical equipment that they don’t know how to use.
A hundred years ago, we were all preppers. We didn’t purchase a bunch of food buckets and we didn’t go to the grocery store. Instead, most people raised their own food. They knew that they could grow most of their food in less than two acres. If they had a farm, the rest of the farm paid for everything else they needed to survive.
A hundred years ago, they didn’t just grow their own food, they produced a lot of other things as well. they cut down trees to build and then heat their homes. They took some of that wood and built furniture to use themselves or to sell…