WatchMojo.coms: Top 10 YouTube Survivalist Channels

https://youtu.be/fpyVv7hnS54

qjs

Good selections. Thanks!

Hmm, I actually do watch a number of these channels. A lot of good material to emulate but you also have to take some of the advice with a grain of salt because unless you can do it yourself its just an interesting video.

Good resource for folks. Thanks,QJS

Roarmeister wrote > you also have to take some of the advice with a grain of salt

I'm afraid that advice applies to everything in life.

God knows why Black Scout Survival thinks survival has so much to do with lock picking and he thinks Katrinas aftermath was the city descending into anarchy and a .45 bullet is the ultimate man stopper.

BUT he also has some sensible suggestions in there.

Of the ones I've seen so far; Alfie Aesthetics was the most pleasant surprise. Lot of good advice presented in an entertaining way. I'll never make a feather stick now I've seen what he can do with a simple pencil sharpener.

qjs

I'll check out the link but I will admit upfront that I'm put off by the term 'survivalist'.

These days, when you talk "survival," there are at least two separate arenas. One is the traditional wilderness situation, where you contend with the forces of nature and what equipment and skills you possess to live until you can return to civilization (or a reasonable facsimile) and a more normal life. The other is what is often encapsulated in the term 'survivalist', where civilization dissolves or alters substantially, resulting in SHTF (essentially unrestrained mayhem) and you need such things as lock picking skills and 45 ACP. I think this forum tends to shy away from the latter scenario, which in my opinion, is mostly fantasy.

That's how I see it, Hikermor. I think the SHTF/TEOTWAWKI is almost entirely a lurid fantasy/wish on the part of those that feel marginalized by society. I'm 100% in favor of preparedness but the term "prepping" has been tarred with the same brush. To me survival is (personally) wilderness survival and being prepared is dealing with the kind of stuff that's common where I live (thunderstorms, blizzards, power outages, tornadoes, unemployment, etc).

Do you ever watch/read world news?
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note: didn't watch the video and I doubt I will

Sure, there are disasters happening around the world -- just look at Syria! Look at ISIS-controlled territories! But the world envisioned in most TEOTWAWKI planning resembles Walking Dead more than any sort of known historical situation.

I have attempted to start some discussions with survivalists about how they'd fare in actual historical situations. Some of the worst ones include war, completely corrupt and depraved governments, and natural and man-made disasters happening at the same time. In other words, you're caught between forces that you cannot possibly fight. Alas, they don't understand this. They're thinking in an innocent, American way: TEOTWAWKI means a return to the frontier days, with threats from small, dangerous roving bands of desperadoes. The military, if it survives in some form, is "probably on our side." So mainly you need to homestead, and have an ample supply of ammo. For them, TEOTWAWKI is a version of the wild west.

Maybe TEOTWAWKI is totally different from the disaster zones and war zones around the world, but to me, if you cannot survive ISIS, then you don't have a good shot at surviving something even worse.