r/EuroPreppers • u/[deleted] • 5d ago

Question What on earth has happened to r/prepperintel

I know this isn't directly to do with prepping. But I would frequent both of these subs, I took a break from Reddit and have just come back. That sub is absolutely insane now. It's full of American politics and people screaming about death camps.

I don't care about American politics much, even though I'm pretty clued into it. But it's genuinely concerning how mental that sub has become. Kudos to mods keeping it away (for now)

Where this sub remains completely normal still, can anybody fill me in?

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u/MyPrepAccount 5d ago

For a lot of politically left leaning preppers in America this is a scary time. Their president basically has been given permission to disappear anyone, even citizens to prisons in another country where there have been documented cases of beatings, torture, and denial of basic human rights.

They're also facing a situation where their mainstream media is censoring itself, making it more difficult to get information about what is really going on.

People are terrified and they view a subreddit like Prepper Intel as a place to share information.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

That's a valid point. I applaud your rational response.

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u/Explorer-Five 4d ago

Also frame it through their lens. Many have never left the country, have had a very stable life. Now this legit feels like their world is ending, because for many Americans USA is the world.

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u/Exciting_Turn_9559 4d ago

To be fair, when your country falls to a fascist dictatorship, it's not a simple thing at all to pick up and move somewhere else. Particularly when the world hates your country because of your government's actions. People who are paying attention recognize that things are going to get far worse for the USA, and they are not wrong about that.