Indeed. The point of having now is so that others won't be without later. If someone has 6 months of food stored, that's 6 months of not consuming the food of those who could not, or did not, prepare at the time of its being needed.
The other thing is if there's say... a known "this will normalize in a month" situation. That's 6 people eating for a month.
Not being stressed due to being prepared assists the individual in helping others.
Great points both of you!
I suspect there will be new found respect for "preppers" after this and hopefully more folks will be prepared.