@Odisaodi: People assume the worst. They think society is going to fall apart and they'll need to defend their prepared stashes of canned beans and powdered eggs from hordes of looters. I think some of them even want that to happen.

As one person put it in 2008, "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

@CCoyote: Want to know what's kinda sad? With the way people are acting regarding supplies it make me believe that if we were on a sinking boat there would be people hoarding life vests.