This. I get a similar feeling when the very people who got nearly mad when they were unable to go to the barber for a few weeks due to an global pandemic suddenly call for a civil war. It is just very clear that they completely lack the imagination how it would actually feel to have the gas running out, no food in the stores and everything you worked for threatened (not to speak of your bare life). In that situation you can prep all you want, but what if your wisdom teeth start acting up? What if you suddenly require medication, that you cannot even know of, because you decided fighting alone is better than actually getting to know the people in your community?
The thing with prepping is that the energy you put into one-upping your neighbours should maybe just be put into fizing the issues you might be bracing against.
The thing with prepping is that the energy you put into one-upping your neighbours should maybe just be put into fizing the issues you might be bracing against.