Doomsday preppers are people who prepare and stockpile for society-upending disasters, both natural and manmade.
The mostly right-wing culture had been on the rise in the US in recent decades, which scholars say is linked to Democrats in the White House.
But now, Business Insider reports preppers and prepper businesses say sales are down in the Trump era.
It's an indicator of what psychologists have said for a long time: fear drives conservative views, and prepper stockpiles, too.
Businesses are down because people have kind of gone, 'Oh, you know, Trump's in office, we don't have to worry about anything. Rick Austin 'Prepper Camp' organizer
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-are-doomsday-preppers-why-are-they-right-wing-2019-8
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