Doomsday Prepper Supply Companies Are the Real Winners of the 2016 Election

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by BREENA KERR

When doomsday “preppers” start stockpiling emergency food, it’s usually because of a typhoon, a terrorist attack or some event that signals that the end times is near. This month, the horrifying event du jour is the U.S. presidential election. “We’re hearing from people in our call center,” said Keith Bansemer, the vice president of marketing at MyPatriotSupply.com, which sells emergency rations. “People feel like they’ve lost control of the election process. So they’re taking matters into their own hands — those things they can control. I think there is apprehension with both top candidates.”

A recent story in The New York Times echoed these concerns — specifically, the belief on the part of many Donald Trump supporters that a victory by Hillary Clinton could spark a war in the United States. Just in case all Hell breaks loose on Nov. 8, many doomsday preppers are stocking up on emergency survival food including military Meals Ready to Eat, which boast decades-long shelf-lives. “The last couple of weeks have been the busiest in our company’s history,” Bansemer said of MyPatriotSupply, which opened for business in 2008 and began seeing a sales spike in July. In the last few weeks, revenue has almost tripled and the company is shipping out thousands of units a day, according to Bansemer.

Among its products, the company sells a one-year supply of food for four people for $6,897 and packs containing 720 servings of Franklin’s Finest Survival Coffee. “That’s two cups per day for an entire year!” according to MyPatriotSupply’s website. “Franklin’s Finest is the ultimate survival perk, especially for those that drink coffee on a daily basis. It’s also the perfect item for barter or trade in an emergency!

The food, like many modern emergency food products, promises an expiration date that is up to a quarter-century away. Although Bansemer said many of the customers are “your moms, neighbors, school teachers” and other Americans who want to make sure they can feed their families in the event of an emergency, some are bona fide preppers, a nickname for people who prepare for a nebulous, approaching calamity they call WSHTF — “When Shit Hits the Fan” — with near-religious fervor. WSHTF could be a global pandemic, a terrorist attack, a hack of the international banking system, a crippling economic recession or social unrest caused by a political event such as the upcoming election, according to many prepper blogs.

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1. I knew a guy ...

I worked with a guy in the mid-1970s who belonged to some group in CT that was preparing for a total collapse of the USA, to be brought about by Jimmy Carter.

Don't know what became of them, as I moved to San Diego soon after.

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2. If Clinton gets elected - which she will -

there are going to be a number of people who act out and end up getting arrested. They can't change anything by reacting violently to a fair election.

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3. Just to provide some perspective

There are preppers and then there are PREPPERS. I know a few of both kind. I think the preppers are smart. I think the PREPPERS spend most of their time projecting their fear onto gullible people. Preppers want to be ready IF something happens. PREPPERS have too much invested, they are ready to MAKE it happen.
PREPPERS worry less about their food stores than their bullets, some beginners may be buying up those food kits but the seasoned ones go right for the ammo. It tells you a lot about their priorities if the worst case scenario ever occurs. BTW there is a fringe group of PREPPERS that believe the election of HRC is the worst thing that can happen and they will act accordingly. Keep your eyes and ears open. Do not fear. Be. Aware.