During times of societal collapse, when there are no police, no rules, only chaos........

Just gear like clothing. Also things like towable back hoes are priceless, they let you set up shelters and facilities in remote arias or where ever you need to. Best of all is if you belong to a group like a militia or white nationalist group that already has a society in place. What was an outcast hidden society now blooms into an actual functional one with it's own military, medical facilities, police and so on.