Yes we are considered that. Perhaps if I pissed away my money on trips every 3 months I would be considered socially awesome. Well I guess "socially selfish" is better than being referred to as a "sheeple".

Damned right Gravlore, I know what I would rather be! 😆

Perhaps, if this Lucus-McEwen woman was to GIVE me $20,000 to buy a new vehicle that I didn't bother save for I'll feed her for free from my food supplies when TSHTF. Chances are though, she'd laugh me out of her office for suggesting it, even while calling me selfish for not GIVING her my savings (preps) which she didn't contribute to.
I'll bet she doesn't give away her savings to those who don't contribute to her bank account (How socially selfish of her.)

I would rather be "socially selfish" than "socially stupid".

That's a great article. A guy I work with needed to buy a new vehicle last fall and the dealer tried to sell him the most expensive vehicle he could afford. I talked him into buying one worth less money. I hope he spends the $14,000.00 he saved wisely.

I grew up in the suburbs of a large-ish city in the deep South in the US in the 1950's and '60's. I remember very fondly visiting my country relatives and their neighbors when I was growing up. They were farmers or farming stock. They had all kinds of practical skills and they "just knew" tons of useful stuff, I think from watching the adults when they were growing up. And working alongside them. Those people were kind and generous and hospitable -- I remember visiting, you were always welcome, they were genuinely glad to see company. If you were ever in trouble, they were there. They weren't selfish at all, they were the exact opposite. Those are the kind of people that I want to go through hard times with, and I hope that I can learn from them, to be like them.

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I have the perception that those who are not acting responsibly and are not preparing themselves are in fact creating a burden to others and are the selfish ones. It is the classic ant and grasshopper quandary. I will struggle to take care of my own , I am not in any way shape or form going to undertake more burden when others chose less responsible options in their life, often creating problems for others in their thoughtless irresponsibility .

@Syn,

"If there were no winters to guard against, then the grasshopper would not receive his comeuppance, nor the ant his shabby victory."
Bernard Suits

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Socially selfish...lol. I always find it funny when someone tries to use a moral argument to take whats mine. According to there "morals and values" I have a duty to give whats mine to them....whether it be my money, taxes, freedoms, etc. And if I don't give up whats mine...I'm selfish.

I don't think making your own preparations makes anyone selfish. It makes you prudent. And what you choose to do with them is your own business. They are yours, its your property, your hard work and you do with it what you please. Where I think this lady made the error about "selfishness" is it stems from the very same divisive "wag the finger" some preppers have at those who don't prep. As much as preppers get a stigma from the general public...some of "us" lump "them" together as well....so if ya dish it out..be prepared to get it back. Calling the general public "sheeple" or chastising others for not prepping....essentially dividing people into two groups..your group and "there" group is a two edged sword. And this lady who has called preppers selfish has just made the same unfair judgement. It was a blanket statement she had no right to do, and no right to assume.

This thread does bring up an interesting question though. If you saw your fellow man in distress would/could you help? It's easy to "wag the finger" right now...and look at your neighbor and say "if something happens you should be prepared...why don't you? You think someone will be there to bail you out...what if there is no one?" But....in the instance when they need assistance. Knowing it would diminish your own supplies, what would you do? Would it matter if it was a kid? A family? A good friend? It feels great to say "I told ya so!" But...seeing human suffering and desperation in the eye...what would we really do? I believe Che answered something to this in another thread....i wish I could find it. It seemed like a pretty measured response....if I can find it..will repost it.

I've posted on topics like "community" and "moral obligation", as well as on a host of other topics. First of all, I'm not a subscriber to TEOTWAWKI, WROL, or SHTF on a scale much larger than a province wide. What that means for me is that I am more likely to share my prepped resources with both my physical community and my prepper community than say, those of us who fear that the end is neigh. Like many of you, I am the first to point out to my neighbours that it just makes sense to keep the pantry stocked for those "just in case" situations; just as it makes sense to keep an emergency bag in your car because let's face it, they break down. I don't try for all out converts, I just try to plant the seeds by suggesting that, "You don't want to be that idiot on the six o-clock news who....". Neither do I condemn those who would hoard their reserves. Like many have said, you sacrificed to obtain it so it is completely up to you what you do with it. I think though, if you buy into the "social contract", it is very likely that you will be out there helping however you can when your neighbours are in need. (except that a$$hole with the hot tub who makes all the noise at 2am! you know the one.)

two - the number 2
to - as in "our right to..."
too - "it's been too long since..."

there - "there are too many cars on the road"
their - "their car in just one of many"
they're - a shortened version of "they are"

Antsy