By "having his shit together," I mean he appears to be wealthy, in a stable relationship, has healthy children whose lives he's deeply involved with and not involved in any kind of criminal investigation. I know it must be hard to understand that someone with different political views than yourself could be successful and happy, but maybe give it a shot.
I live in arguably the reddest part of Texas. If you think that's hard for me to understand, it's only because you don't know me personally.
I care. this isn’t having his shit together…it’s a broken personality exploiting insanity to feed his starving ego. Believing January 6 was a psyop, or a false flag, or anything else besides an attempt to overthrow our government is significant harm. Especially in Texas. There are enough “no step on snek” rimjobs here to be even more actively radicalized by a personality like his, and it’s exhausting. To say the least. it’s cool that we all met one another through his board, and I appreciate all y’all, but that’s no credit to him whatsoever because he has little to do with the relationships that have grown since then.
I know it must be SUPER HARD for all of you FUCKING IMBECILES to TRY and MAYBE understand A LITTLE something that you WILL NEVER FUCKING UNDERSTAND EVER because you’re all STUPID FUCKING CUNTFLAPS, but maybe try, okay? TiB 2022 BABY! ENDGAME!
He's just moving to the next thing that he thinks will make him money? Fox News was born from what was seen as an under-served market, and CNN was the top dog by a mile. Now Fox News regularly beats them. Part of that is because it's mostly Fox on the right against CNN and all those that weren't around before, like MSNBC et al. So, who knows if he actually believes what he's rambling on about, or if he's just trying to get clicks. Writing blog posts can't be that hard, right? Writing a book can't be that hard, right? Making a movie can't be that hard, right? Creating a publishing empire can't be that hard, right? Making a something something website can't be that hard, right? He's just moving on to whatever the next thing is. Next up: being the drive time DJ on Foxy 103.7!
That's what I figure. That, and as @shimmered said, he needs to feed a starving ego. And right now there's millions of douchebags that will now follow him because of this blog post.
For me, it was just a weird surprise. I went in thinking “oh great, Tucker’s gonna tell us all this new and unique way of thinking called ‘hope for the best and prepare for the worst.’” And then I started reading the blog post and was like…oh, you’re going that way. Okay. Also, I like the whole part about how he sees one of the best ways to make sure that his wife and children are prepared for the dystopian future is for him to personally get better at knife fighting.
I understand some parts of prepper culture. There's nothing wrong with having a reserve of essentials (batteries, non-perishable food, ammo, etc.), but some people really go off the deep end with that shit.
Years ago I did some work for a guy and at one point he told me "You seem ok, let me show you something." He led me to a room that had several old bathtubs filled with quarters. Not silver quarters, just quarters. He was sure when SHTF those quarters were going to sustain him.
I wonder if he's just another grifter. Money to be made, so say whatever ingratiates you to the people willing to give you money. Don't have to believe it, just keep saying it until it's time to move on to the next grifter lie.
My BIL is a prepper and teaches classes on tactical medicine. It is a whole, wild, crazy culture and it’s very fear based. Have y’all seen the stuff on the house fire in Philly (I think it was Philly) this morning? 13 dead. 7 of them are kids. That’s the initial count. Just a tragedy.
But I feel like part of it is…enjoying preparing for fear? Like, “I refuse to live in fear of a tyrannical government, but I’m also stockpiling all this shit because I believe the human race is doomed to go beyond Thunderdome.” But I also think it feeds into something everybody believes, about various subjects: “I’m smarter than you about this thing.” That thing for them happens to be the apocalypse.
I mean, if it was said by Destiny, as she walked off the main stage as "Hot In Herrre" was blaring in the background.
I was just going to reply saying this. I think the hardcore preppers - just like the hardcore religious - actually enjoy the thought that they may see the end of civilization/the rapture/whatever. If they think it's awesome, they should tour Somalia or Haiti after another disaster; prepared for realistic emergencies is one thing. Living in a bunker with a filter system for your own piss is something else.
this is me. I chilled out with the ammo once the Texas snowstorm happened and the guns were about the only tool I did not use, even once. I've gotten more hatchets and axes, generators, lights and lamps, various actually useful tools and appliances though. It's as much about comfort as it is surviving. I figure any true disaster like a nuclear war or the sun blows up or some shit, I'm fucked anyway.