Sad thing is. They really have put no thought into the alternative.

Ask them if they'd like to go back to hunter gatherer days and they have nothing if they dont make it with their own hands, including the tools needed to do so. Want food.Hunt for it. Want it to keep? Want ice? Want AC? Want lights? Wanna go back to the days when there were no grocery stored to just go buy food from?

Maybe mankind is too far removed from the days when survival wasnt a guarantee.