Always prepared: why prepping for doomsday is a logical choice for many Americans

Over 20 million Americans engage in prepping. Closing the hatch is a logical response to a hollowed-out state

A family of six pulls up to the Be Prepared Expo in Farmington, Utah. They are concerned about supply-chain failure, sure of the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic was only a taste of what’s to come.

They want to buy seeds for their garden so they can grow food to preserve and stash in the basement. The kids pet the puppies at breeder booths selling guard dogs, the father exchanges opinions about the best weapons to cache, and the mother gathers pamphlets about hoarding gold and the crises of the international economy.

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