Having to redo my 72 hour bag recently I ended up on a bunch of survivalist websites. (Mostly <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;offgridsurvival.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;offgridsurvival.com&#x2F;</a> ) They all have this tendency to start reasonable, and then go off the rails into crazy town. You&#x27;ll have some good reviews of legitimate things you&#x27;d want like flashlights solar power radios, cooking stoves, knives, multitools, stableized food and the like, and then it goes into gasmasks, trauma kits for your &quot;everyday carry&quot; and of course guns. Lots and lots of guns, oh and bullets in common calibers for &quot;ballistic wampum&quot;.<p>The subculture paints a world of black helicopters, and roving gangs of George Soros funded Black Lives Matter cannibals, ISIS EMP attacks, Supervolcanos, and so we&#x27;re going to have to secretly leave cities by shooting our way out to our hidden mountain cabin (&quot;Never tell anyone where your redoubt is. That&#x27;s basic opsec.&quot;) Oh and along the way you&#x27;ll may want to hand over boxes of ammunition to strangers for needed supplies.<p>The thing is though, I totally get it. It&#x27;s a problem. How long can you hold out with resupplies? How can you pack this better? How can you reduce weight? It&#x27;s an engineering problem. The right wing conspiracy theories and and that up it neighbor is just waiting for the right moment to kill, eat you, and your skin into a jaunty hat is just absurd wish fulfillment fantasy.