Go look at the gear featured in the top prepper YouTube channels. $500 backpacks. $1,200 freeze-dried food buckets. Dedicated bug-out vehicles with $8,000 roof rack systems. Cabins in remote locations as a primary retreat. “Start with a three-month supply” from people who have never had to choose between groceries and rent. The prepper community has a class problem and almost nobody wants to say it out loud: a huge percentage of standard prepper advice is functionally inaccessible to anyone who