A Common HUGE Prepping Mistake

One huge mistake in prepping, no matter what side of the fence you're on, is tunnel vision. Many who get into prepping will concentrate so much on the aspect of survival AFTER an emergency that many forget that there are emergencies which we can avoid by being active socially and politically.

Preppers can get active many ways: calling senators when Moveon.org texts you a reminder, Abby the Address bot does something similar but with postcards, Resist Bot will send faxes to your senators, The Watchmen of the Streets is a homeless outreach, Redneck Revolt is a group of people looking to take back the term Redneck and at the same time take down fascist and white supremacists.

No matter what people prep for we have to remember that unless we are proactive in our communities and our governments, local and federal, we are basically begging for not only emergencies that can be avoided but at the same time we are helping to cause those emergencies to big bigger and more disastrous.

That paragraph probably screams hyperbole but think about the horrible flooding and that hit Houston and Puerto Rico. Much of the areas devastated were the poorer areas often overlooked and ignored by local and federal entities when things like flood plain planing would take place. The poorer areas are often also the businesses and homes which don't have insurance that can cover the losses that happen. These poorer areas correspond to a high rate of minorities, poor whites and the homeless keeping all three groups in a situation that keeps them on the low end of the totem pole.

Helping to focus on these groups can not only help raise them out of inhumane circumstances but also raise the country as whole and keep certain emergencies from happening. If we forced our representatives to use taxes to better not only infrastructure but also public transportation and city natural disaster planning and building we could help avoid or lessen the impact of the next large hurricane, tornado, wildfire, etc.

If we only prep for tomorrow we beg to be left in yesterday.

-Bones

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