There are endless scenarios for collapse—natural disasters like fires, floods, and tornadoes, or man-made crises like biochemical accidents, wars, and mass shootings. The old prepper stereotype, born of Cold War paranoia, was a rifle-clutching loner plotting bunker routes. That boomer generation still exists, but today a younger wave of preppers is rising, reshaping survivalism into something broader, modern, and woven into everyday life.
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