🧩 Philosophy 2d ago · jefftk

Your Supplies Probably Won't Be Stolen in a Disaster

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Your Supplies Probably Won't Be Stolen in a Disaster
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When I write about things like

storing food or

medication
in case of

disaster,
one common response I get is that it doesn't matter: society will
break down, and people who are stronger than you will take your stuff.
This seemed plausible at first, but it's actually way off.





Looking at past disasters, people mostly fall somewhere on a "kind and
supportive" to "keep to themselves" spectrum. When there is looting
it's typically directed at stores, not homes, and violence is mostly
in the

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