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America Under Siege — Phase I: The Illusion Is Over

Most Prepper Influencers Are LARPing — Here’s How to Spot the Fakes

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Chris Heaven
Dec 10, 2025
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Influencers have replaced experts. Branding has replaced experience. And the preparedness world—once built on hard-earned skill, sweat, discipline, and reality—is now dominated by online personalities who role-play collapse while living entirely insulated from it.

It’s time to say the quiet part out loud:
Most prepper influencers are LARPing.
And worse—millions of Americans are trusting people who wouldn’t last 24 hours without electricity.

You deserve the truth. So let’s rip the mask off.

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