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life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
I’m not on that pageLmao that's what safer means.
Think about brushing your teeth. Good daily hygiene in general eliminates a significant amount of dental decay and tooth loss. In general terms brushing your teeth is “safer.” Cavities are reduced or in many cases, eliminated.
Wearing a seatbelt is smart; wearing a seatbelt does not reduce your chances of having a cavity (accident).
What my point was awareness of risk and the actions / inactions that reduce or eliminate risk.
Not an argument against seat belts, merely an example of the mainstream thought processes that culturally are habitual and keep people from drawing wise conclusions. This behavior does carry over into other areas of people’s lives.
I know a number of serious preppers (Vermont is one of the unique places in the US where there are concentrations of extremes). A smaller section of that group are actually equipped to survive - but that is not due to their equipment, guns or supplies on hand. It’s their mindset. More than half are not ‘polishing their firearms’ because they don’t own any. Then there is the remainder that are well equipped munitions-wise but it’s neither obvious nor flaunted.
Then there is the majority, the visible preppers. Some have vast food-stores and many have…guns. No matter; in the unlikely event of a teotwaki moment they’ll implode. They’re not functioning intellectually well now; add a stressor and they’ll self-destruct or be part of the protests demanding action from the government- especially if they become victims of violence; get sick of rice, cake mixes, and salty broth; or actually discover their refrigerator and freezers won’t run on their jackery and portable 100W portable panels.
But they are a solid market for $149 EMP protection devices and cases of mountain house beef stew.
Seatbelts: a good idea but the protection offered is a warm blanky to those that want to ostrich out of the facts.
Funny fact: I’m ambivalent regarding EMP. If I did something would it be enough; if I do nothing will it ever really matter?
I wear a seatbelt most of the time. Driving my old jeep there are times I don’t wear a seatbelt. I don’t like laws compelling me to wear a seatbelt. I wear a seatbelt a lot of the time because it makes sense; sometimes I wear a seatbelt because I do not want to get a $250 ticket.
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