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SurvivalBlog has created a very large virtual "[[American Patriots|patriot]] prepper" community of some of the most brilliant people in a wide variety of disciplines. Rawles claims that SurvivalBlog appeals  to readers throughout the political spectrum:

SurvivalBlog has created a very large virtual "[[American Patriots|patriot]] prepper" community of some of the most brilliant people in a wide variety of disciplines. Rawles claims that SurvivalBlog appeals  to readers throughout the political spectrum:

{{cquote|there's a tremendously large and growing segment of my readership that are left of center, Birkenstock-wearing greenies. There's as much crossover with the folks that are interested in local sustainable agriculture and green building techniques as there is with the tea party movement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/08/nation/la-na-american-redoubt-20120209/2|title=The American Redoubt, where survivalists plan to survive|date=February 08, 2012|first=Kim|last=Murphy|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=March 25, 2016}}</ref>}}  However, SurvivoalBlog is not a social media site and is not open to reader comments on any topic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/about/|title=What is SurvivalBlog?|accessdate=March 25, 2016}}</ref>

{{cquote|there's a tremendously large and growing segment of my readership that are left of center, Birkenstock-wearing greenies. There's as much crossover with the folks that are interested in local sustainable agriculture and green building techniques as there is with the tea party movement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/08/nation/la-na-american-redoubt-20120209/2|title=The American Redoubt, where survivalists plan to survive|date=February 08, 2012|first=Kim|last=Murphy|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=March 25, 2016}}</ref>}}  However, SurvivalBlog is not a social media site and is not open to reader comments on any topic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/about/|title=What is SurvivalBlog?|accessdate=March 25, 2016}}</ref>

Mr. Rawles is a Christian, and holds to [[Calvinism|Reformed doctrine]] / [[Reformed Churches]] [[denomination]]. His view of [[history]] is of the [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=geographical+determinism&ia=about geographical determinist]] school<ref>"1. (Sociology) social theory that human activity is determined by [[geography|geographical]] conditions. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Geographical+determinism Accessed December 5, 2014</ref><ref>[[Jared Diamond]] states "Many human phenomena and characteristics – such as behaviors, beliefs, economies, genes, incomes, life expectancies, and other things – are influenced both by geographic factors and by non-geographic factors.  Geographic factors mean physical and biological factors tied to geographic location, including [[climate]], the distributions of wild plant and animal species, [[soil]]s, and [[topography]]." http://jareddiamond.org/Jared_Diamond/Geographic_determinism.html Accessed December 5, 2014</ref> and his view of [[economics]] is of the [[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]] [[Austrian School of Economics]]. [[Political]]ly, Mr. Rawles is a [[Constitutionalist]] Christian [[libertarian]]. All of these have shaped his views on preparedness and thus most of the news and articles on his 1,441 pages worth of in-depth articles<ref>SurvivalBlog Archive DVD 2005-2013. The complete archive DVD of all of the SurvivalBlog posts from 2005 to 2013 contains 1,441 pages worth of in-depth articles. The files on this DVD are fully keyword searchable, and are provided in both HTML and PDF. Effectively, it emulates SurvivalBlog offline, on your PC. After it is uncompressed, it will be 2.3 GB. - http://survivalblog.com/archivecd Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref> are from this perspective.

Founder and former editor Rawles is a Christian, and holds to [[Calvinism|Reformed doctrine]] / [[Reformed Churches]] [[denomination]]. His view of [[history]] is of the geographical determinist school<ref>https://duckduckgo.com/?q=geographical+determinism&ia=about</ref><ref>"1. (Sociology) social theory that human activity is determined by [[geography|geographical]] conditions. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Geographical+determinism Accessed December 5, 2014</ref><ref>[[Jared Diamond]] states "Many human phenomena and characteristics – such as behaviors, beliefs, economies, genes, incomes, life expectancies, and other things – are influenced both by geographic factors and by non-geographic factors.  Geographic factors mean physical and biological factors tied to geographic location, including [[climate]], the distributions of wild plant and animal species, [[soil]]s, and [[topography]]." http://jareddiamond.org/Jared_Diamond/Geographic_determinism.html Accessed December 5, 2014</ref> and his view of [[economics]] is of the [[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]] [[Austrian School of Economics]]. [[Political]]ly, Mr. Rawles is a [[Constitutionalist]] Christian [[libertarian]]. All of these have shaped his views on preparedness and thus most of the news and articles on his 1,441 pages worth of in-depth articles<ref>SurvivalBlog Archive DVD 2005-2013. The complete archive DVD of all of the SurvivalBlog posts from 2005 to 2013 contains 1,441 pages worth of in-depth articles. The files on this DVD are fully keyword searchable, and are provided in both HTML and PDF. Effectively, it emulates SurvivalBlog offline, on your PC. After it is uncompressed, it will be 2.3 GB. - http://survivalblog.com/archivecd Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref> are from this perspective.

==Survivalist Subject areas include (in no particular order)==

==Survivalist Subject areas include (in no particular order)==