Preppers are kind of the short-term to intermediate visionaries....

They can envision problems affecting them from a variety of sources. 'Preparing" to them means buying stuff so if they need it, they will have it. It don't mean that they learn how to be self-sufficient, or how to use the stuff they buy...

What will YOU Need?
Only YOU can answer that one.

You can't eat gold or silver. If you have a few .9999 fine coins or bars, you can make colloidal silver. It does work.

Gold and silver were money in the USA. They are rare elements in nature, cost a lot to refine, are valued for many reasons from jewelry to electronics and are in very tight supply. Fiat money, is just paper; paper with a declared value, legally enforced.


Do you need portable wealth? Maybe...
What you DO NEED is to have Food, Water, Shelter, Warmth, and Protection.

Got a water source that isn't city-controlled?
Got your own septic or other independent sewage system?
Got gear to generate electricity and store the power you generate?
Got enough fuel to run your generator for more than a couple days?

Got cash, maybe lots and gas cans to get more fuel if it's available?

Got your own food supply, so your good for weeks or months, maybe years?

Got the means to cook your food, boil water, maybe distill water or alcohol?


Then, are you skilled at electric repair, cooking from scratch, diagnosing and treating ailments in your family members? Got communications gear? Got supplies to keep your auto(s) running? Can you fix bicycles?


If the banks are down, got money?
Got a skill you can barter or something to trade to a doctor or surgeon?

Know how to stitch a cut or treat a wound?


Life happens...
If you got no phone, no car, no way to leave where you are; and some major shit befalls you... Do You KNOW What To Do?

Prepping is a joke, but it sounds better politically than admitting your a survivalist who perceives the system can but fail. Prepping disregards the elephant in the living room: What If It Really ALL Does Fall Apart and Chaos Reigns?

Lots of stuff on this topic in the archives here.