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please read this article . i ask nothing more of you
Dalton Knapper:
I couldn't make much from the blog part, but the "home" and "vision" tabs more or less told me what this all referenced.
Dharma:
I can somewhat dig what they're saying, but I've seen this before. This is another attempt at the hippie commune which works well in theory, but not well when it comes to the fact that the structures they're living in were the traditional dwellings of people who were not vegetarians, but nomadic hunters. Who, by the way, developed those dwellings so they could carry them with them while they followed the herds of buffalo that were their almost exclusive food source. The tipis themselves were not canvas, but buffalo hide. Those folks were not farmers. They didn't "own" the land per se, but they would defend their hunting grounds as Custer discovered much to his chagrin. They were not pacifists, either. They had a very developed warrior society. If you're going to emulate a society, you have to take all of it into account. One problem was, the society in question had given up the idea farming a long time prior to be nomadic hunters and they weren't thrilled with the idea of being forced to return to it.
SLIMBOB:
Well said Dharma. I would add that it appears to me the author considers "Capitalism" as the enemy of his pursuits. I should think that you will find very few Tipi Villages in China, the Middle East or anywhere near the former USSR. In the more agrarian societies around the planet people may live this way, but more as a result of the abject poverty that necessitates it, making a subsistent existence the best one can hope for. I see our liberty here as the only protection that allows us the freedom to live this way as a matter of choice.
criveraville:
I'm still lost.. What's the article about?
Cipriano
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: criveraville on December 01, 2013, 01:18:55 am ---I'm still lost.. What's the article about?
Cipriano
--- End quote ---
Mostly about how they dropped out, found land to squat on, and now the land is for sale and they can't afford to buy it without help.
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