Modern Survival – Being a Prepper in 2021 written by Aden Tate for SHTF Blog
We are living in the modern world where technology both simplifies and complicates life. In a SHTF situation, will we have to revert to primitive survival or can we still rely on some of modern technology? Let’s look at prepping from the view of modern survival.
What does modern survival even look like?
To answer that question, we first have to look at what the opposite – primitive survival – looks like. Once we do that, we can begin to better understand just how we go about being a successful modern survivalist, modern day Minute Man, etc.
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Primitive Survival vs Modern Survival
What is the difference between primitive survival and modern survival, and how does this affect those who are prepping in the here and now? Does one have to be completely comfortable with the idea of living like Fred Flintstone in order to be considered a survivalist? Do you have to be without any creature comforts whatsoever?
What Makes Up Primitive Survival
When most of us think of a primitive survivalist, the first image that is likely to pop up in our minds is that of a caveman or pioneer living off of the land with little more than the knife strapped to his belt. While there is most certainly not anything wrong with this image – it does help us to mentally picture what it is that we’re talking about.
What are the Characteristics of Primitive Survival?
1 – Lack of Modern Conveniences
Perhaps the lowest hanging fruit here would be that the primitive survivalist – the frontiersman of the early 1800s – had a complete lack of the modern conveniences that we have at our disposal today. Daniel Boone most certainly would have had a means of starting fire, hunting game, and cooking his food, but I don’t think that anyone would argue the fact that Vaseline-soaked cotton balls, semi-automatic weapons, and high-end rocket stoves are superior in both function and weight when compared to the equipment that Boone would have carried with him out into the wild.
