reviews Archives – Libertarian Prepper

The Purge is actually real

November 17, 2014 November 17, 2014 / art, libertarianism, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, reviews / 6 Comments

No, seriously. The idea of The Purge and its sequel is that in a dystopian future, the US government introduces a program that enables people to commit all sorts of crimes without legal repercussion for the duration of 24 hours. Supposedly this reduces overall crime, because according to this backwards view of psychology, Read more [...]

A review of “Lucy”: the film’s hidden meaning

November 16, 2014 November 16, 2014 / philosophy, popular culture, psychology, reviews / 1 Comment

From a first look, Lucy is not the most interesting film out there. Its tagline and the entire premise for the film, that "The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity" is a false and widely disproved urban myth. Not exactly a great start. And the synopsis, that this woman "transforms into a merciless warrior Read more [...]

Ultralight Water Filtration and Purification Kit

August 26, 2014 August 27, 2014 / backpacking, disaster preparedness, prepping, reviews, technology, touring, travel / 1 Comment

In my years of backpacking in the wilderness and traveling in countries with questionable water supplies, I've realized that clean water is a top priority. The kit below works as a miniaturized municipal water treatment facility that you can bring with you to developing countries with no infrastructure for clean water, Read more [...]

Why I stopped using the Tom Bihn Synapse 25

August 14, 2014 August 14, 2014 / backpacking, disaster preparedness, reviews / 16 Comments

The Tom Bihn Synapse 25 gets some of the highest ratings around in the traveling community. Go onto most any forum to do with EDC, traveling, airports and luggage, or even preparedness, and you’ll get recommendations to look at Tom Bihn. And without a doubt, the Synapse 25 excels at some things above and beyond what Read more [...]

A Prepper’s Review of the Scottevest Travel Vest

May 6, 2013 August 18, 2013 / prepping, reviews / 12 Comments

Scottevest sent me one of their Scottevest Travel Vests for testing and review, and so over the past two weeks I've been wearing it every day, putting it to use in various situations and with different gear setups. I've used it in cooler, windy weather, as well as hot sunny weather. I've used it on its own, with a day Read more [...]

Rhode Island: “I knew someone that my parent knew that bragged that he killed in Vietnam. Come to find out he wasn't…” Mar 1, 18:23

Rhode Island: “The book is called the Big Question by Steven Landsburg.” Mar 1, 18:05

Libertarian Prepper: “Thanks! Yeah that's an interesting thought - that these people don't truly believe what they say because they're so hypocritical.…” Mar 1, 14:53

Rhode Island: “I read this book that talked about god. I do not believe in god and from what this book says…” Feb 9, 11:56

Libertarian Prepper: “I agree that people need to have self-control and be kind to each other. In real life, offline interactions, most…” Feb 8, 17:49