The Message in Survivalism
Survivalism is a movement of individuals or groups (called survivalists or preppers ) who are actively preparing for emergencies, including possible disruptions in social or political order, on scales from local to international. Survivalists often acquire emergency medical and self-defense training, stockpile food and water, prepare to become self-sufficient , and build structures (e.g., a survival retreat or an underground shelter ) that may help them survive a catastrophe - Wikipedia. As the definition suggest it’s a pluralistic and an individualistic approach to survival. It promotes the basic primal instinct of self preservation on a personal and a much localized scale. The surge in media programs particularly in television and the World Wide Web promotes shows and literatures on survivalism that amounts to no more but a total endorsement of this concept towards acceptance by the public at large. Acceptance of the idea that a person can survive alone even u