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fromWIRED
1 day ago

True Patriots Are Cashing In on the Apocalypse

When it comes to prepping, look to the Mormons. It's right there, in the official name of the religion: To be a "Latter-day Saint" is explicitly to believe in, and prepare for, the end times. This is why, on a calm morning last September, I arrive just outside Salt Lake City in a place called American Fork and knock on the door of Tyler Stapleton, the chief product engineer for off-grid power products at 4Patriots, one of the biggest companies pushing preparedness into the mainstream.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago
Social justice

Catastrophe! Heroism! Paranoia! The dangerous romance of survivalist stories

Kurt Saxon, the father of survivalism, predicted America's collapse and promoted self-sufficiency amid rising societal fears.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago
UK politics

People are buying crossbows faster than I'd like' how prepping went mainstream in Britain

The UK prepping scene is thriving, reflecting rising societal anxieties post-Covid.
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