>>892907Op first check this racist shit, because it's kind of true:
>>892937 And then realize the reverse is also true: White people like to camp to "simulate" problems. There is, believe it or not, a market for tourists pretending to live in poverty.
There's an anthology with Neil Gaiman in it called "Stories: All New Tales." ((SPOILERS INCOMING.)) and one of my favorite stories is about a man who thinks he's a vampire. He loves to lick blood off of raw meat, and one day he steals a chicken from the neighbors yard and bits the head off it. He talks about how every middle class fuckhead wanted to own livestock to feel safe after the economic crash.
This is basically the essence of survivalists in a nutshell:
1) Some people want to be prepared incase they have to live without the benefits of society.
2) Some people WANT to live without the benefits of society. (Fun fact people of an ethnicity that is mostly below the poverty line probably don't. Sorry for being a bigot.)
3) Some people want to feel like BIG MEN with BIG MAN PROBLEMS.
Camping isn't just a hobby. It's an escape, a time sink, and a certain kind of craft.
