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In reply to the discussion: Doomsday Preppers [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)I don't even have a TV anymore which has a good thing for us, but anyway, I think being prepared for natural disasters and national disruptions are a good idea for all of us. On the other hand, I have a brother who has lived on a piece of land in KY with his wife and 9 kids for many years. They have been preparing for... whatever biblical disaster that is their greatest fear. I can attest to the fact that the kind of people discussed here who stockpile guns, ammo, food for years really do exist. All of their children have gone to secret military training including all his young daughters. They think they must defend themselves from the US government who is going to force them into communism. Their older daughters were "matched" with other like thinking families in Canada and Alaska without their consent.. almost like being sold into marriage. None of them have had vaccinations or have gone to school; they're home schooled. Religion is absolute and the bible is the absolute authority.
This kind of life exists. I know it for a fact in my own family.
The really ironic thing? I am an atheist. I'm about as far left as a Democrat can get. I believe in America and the people's will. I have lived all over the world and am not naive to cultures and history. Still, the strangest things can happen to those who fall into a hole of ignorance and dwell in that hole for their lives living on misinformation, myth and fear.
It's so bizarre.