Everything You Do Should Improve Your Position in Life Even If Nothing Goes Wrong
 

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The survivalist community is often perceived as a bunch of gloom and doom types sitting on a pile of MREs, ammunition and guns in some far out corner of the North West. Of course the survivalist is also typecast as expecting TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it) to occur any day now, in fact he is actually hoping for it. Honestly it is time for this stereotype to die a deserving death. Modern survivalists are many things but very few are actually concerned about the infamous black helicopters or FEMA Camps. Most instead are simply realists who understand that sometimes things do go wrong and it is better to be prepared than to expect someone else to solve your problems.
The real key to modern survivalism is the Modern Survival Philosophy which is a group ten key principles that guide the actions of many survivalists. While all are important it is tenet number one that really sets the stage for separating the doomsday stereotype from the reality. Survivalists are generally thought of as people who prepare to deal with disasters, shortages and anything that disrupts society. Modern survivalists do this but they do so in a way that improves their lives even if nothing major ever goes wrong.
For example many survival-minded individuals grow gardens and develop more.......

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Re: Everything You Do Should Improve Your Position in Life Even If Nothing Goes Wrong
 

http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/

This is Spirko's site. The earlier stuff was fresh, but is getting stale IMO lately. Also, the podcasts are around 40 minutes long and can turn circles a bit.
That said, Jack is a thoughtful guy with several good points.