I believe people are far more resilient than given credit for

I believe civilizations self correct. I believe people are far more resilient than given credit for and when push comes to shove, I believe they rise up, not cave in.
It seems to me in times of crisis people move towards each other, not fragment & disperse into a deep protectionist state & mentality. Look at all of the classics – 9/11, Y2K, 3 Mile Island, all of the natural disasters that occur, the Great Depression, Japan – the vast majority of people all moved towards each other, which seems to be the more natural order.
The whole Hollywood idea of sandbagging the perimeter of my property & installing a gun turret on my roof to protect my 12 cans of beans & 5 gallons of water chafes my butt.
Do I prep? No, not by the same definition & end times motivations described here. I have a bug out bag specific to natural disasters here and enough to get me away from the dangers to my home – it’s basic, inexpensive & simple. Food wise I rotate a 3 month supply & that’s plenty & prudent planning I believe.
Sure, I own several guns but I hunt & have a firearm in the house in case my house gets broken into while I am sleeping. I’m no fool, live in a city & will protect my family but if some hungry family or individual comes to my house in need, I’ll feed them.
I have pitched the question here – why is it that far less that 1% of the population (blog specific survivalists) are so certain TEOTW is imminent within the next 2-4 years yet, the remaining 99% – with the exact same information available, are oblivious?
I live in San Diego & won’t bug out unless it’s a health risk (nuclear meltdown) mainly because I know it will be gridlocked & that is far more dangerous. I feel perfectly safe here but lived in the city my whole life (L.A. for my first 35 years then SD).
Ohio Prepper has a valid point in that he is specific to possibilities to him & not expanded upon the greater speculations of the world’s fuse burning up it’s final centimeter.
AZ Rookie has difficulty thinking outside the box and that’s understandable & normal because there is a certain comfort zone & belief that some do not want disturbed or challenged.
I will probably get lambasted – again, because sometimes questioning a position gets viewed as an attack or inflammatory rather than an opportunity to explore opposing points of view with the possibility of having (some) value or, more importantly, solidify personal beliefs – all, in a more level headed discourse.
Anything less can only be fear driven in my opinion.
Lastly, why am I here? To learn how to be self-sufficient because I believe it would be fun to become independent from our consumer based & wasteful society.