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I'd say that 'fine line' is 'doomsday bunker + Immortan Joe fantasy post "the big one."' vs. just having a farm and guns.
So not all that fine a line.
I agree that the motivation portion is entirely different. But the actions are the same.
I don't know that the actions are the same though. That's sort of the point of the thing I posted. People like you are actually doing shit. What most people think of as 'preppers' are people who have a closet full of MREs, two giant jugs of water, and a massive guns and ammunition collection, people who tell you about how the world will end if Trump isn't elected and they're ready for it.
I think if those people were like you, even if they had stupid motivations, there wouldn't be so much derision. But they don't actually put the work in. They essentially think if they buy enough ammo and Jim Bakker rapture survival food buckets, they're ready for every eventuality.
I've been doing this since before the orange blight. The people haven't changed. They are just more obviously hypocrites. They went from "keep government out of my life, I want personal freedom" to "only through government can we maintain control over anyone that makes us feel icky."
The rest of this is splitting hairs.