Survivalism is the belief that one must be prepared to survive a major catastrophe by stocking up on food and weapons. A survivalist therefore is a person who anticipates and prepares for a future disruption in local, regional or worldwide social or political order. Survivalists often prepare for this anticipated disruption by learning skills (e.g., emergency medical training), stockpiling food and water, or building structures that will help them to survive (e.g., an underground shelter).
On March 13, the source files for the song were released in GarageBand format at nin.com. According to the site, the source files of all songs from Year Zero will be made available to download, free of charge. Survivalism is the third NIN song to be officially released as source files - [[Only]] and [[The Hand That Feeds]] were the previous songspreviously released.
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