The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.
We can't move quickly. You move quick out here and you die quick.
Knowledge is Power, and it's very lightweight.
It's like walking on a 1970 blaze orange shag carpet in a kitchen.
It's like walking through someone's small intestine.
Where there is water, there are people.