LONDON , England (CNN) — Derek is compiling a survival guide on how to cope after the total collapse of society. It is, as you can imagine, a big job.
Derek (this is not his real name — he says he doesn’t want me to use his real name “for obvious reasons” that he never gets round to explaining) considers himself a survivalist.
The survivalist movement grew up in America in the 1960s. Encouraged by Cold War era government’s calls to build nuclear fallout shelters, and concerns over currency devaluation, individuals and groups began to take steps to prepare themselves against the worst.
Many survivalists in the U.S. relocate to the northwestern state of Idaho, stockpiling food, and quite often guns and ammunition, and learning how to be self-sufficient in order to survive or “disappear.”
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