r/neoliberal • u/Sine_Fine_Belli NATO • 1d ago

News (Europe) The prospect of war has turned Europe into a continent of preppers | Could you survive 72 hours without outside food, water or electricity?

https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/03/27/the-prospect-of-war-has-turned-europe-into-a-continent-of-preppers
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u/Artyloo 1d ago

Pretty sure I could survive 3 days with just fasting and the water in my pipes

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u/Negative-General-540 1d ago

That depends how long ago was my last trip to Costco. I could be good for up to a month.

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u/Beer-survivalist Karl Popper 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'll be honest, the European militaries still need heavy armaments, but the obvious transformation in the Ukrainian war, where cheap, light drones have become a critical battlefield necessity show us the necessary next step in the evolution of defense. Integrating these lightweight drones with semi-autonomous and autonomous software is the next qualitative leap in interstate conflict, and because the European militaries are facing such a rebuild, they really ought to build for the future.

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u/DarkExecutor The Senate 1d ago

Anybody with hurricane prep laughs in your face

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u/MURICCA 1d ago

Lmao "continent of preppers" but won't actually take action to prevent war from coming to their doorstep. Ok

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u/BlackCat159 European Union 1d ago

Username checks out.

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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton 1d ago

Yeah, I mean if we just ignore the simultaneous rearmament plans while also juggling economic warfare against the Russians, then yeah.

As opposed to the war ready americans, who threw in the towel and elected a rapist fascist after a whiff of inflation?

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u/TheGeneGeena Bisexual Pride 1d ago

I've got a couple of gallons of water in the freezer for when our power goes out (fucking storms) and try to keep a pretty full pantry with a teenage boy, so in a pinch we're good.