It’s that old normalcy bias.
“The stores have always been stocked, and open. Therefore, the stores will always be stocked, and open.”
If only one in ten of the middle class is prepped, I doubt if one in a hundred EBT users are...
I’ve said it before, SHTF means there would be open cannibalism in the cities by the end of the first week.
There won’t be a dog, a cat, a pigeon, or even a rat to be found.
And it would probably spill into the suburbs fairly quickly.