One of my guilty pleasures is lurking on other "survival" sites. A couple of things are evident. One is a very simplistic paradigm- when SHTF, order will collapse and only those with a plentiful supply of food and necessities (arms and ammo, mostly) will fend off the ravaging hordes of clueless freeloaders. The sites will be heavily tinged with political views. There are lots of commercial advertising.

Somebody is making a fairly decent living off the survivalists.

After a session of survival lurking, I appreciate this site even more...