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I might offend some people who are serious about preparedness, I know I did in the past with following arguments.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to survive in the woods, or in nature in general. It's just that it's a low priority skill.
In Europe, our population is about 150% of what it was after WW2, and back then, still one quarter to one-third of europeans were still rural. Now 75% of us live in urban areas, and agriculture is highly mechanized, if not industrialized (dairy, growhouse etc.).
There is still wild nature in Europe (take central france for instance), but you are simply not going to get 2000 kCal/day/person from there. Nobody will.
Survival skills are vital for pilots or soldiers, and also in a specific context of reaching civilisation or friendly lines.
As for your standard survivalist, he has to to look after his own people. Going out in the bush is not a survival plan at all, it is what hobos and displaced people do. If you are a displaced person or a hobo, then your life expectancy is not good either way. And the skills you'll need, you'll learn then.
What is IMHO more important is to have a "plan B" job or set of skills, that you can put to use when your current "plan A" occupation is not paying enough anymore (or simply doesn't exist). Having a small garden and gardening skills may be that. Or sewing things, mending clothes.
Whatever you're gifted for is also to be considered, after all, violoncellists are also getting money in the subway.
As for myself, I'm a jack-of-all-trades that is not good anywhere, but knows enough to get by. That's simply who I am, and I'm not trying to build up survival strategies for a person than I'm not.
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