A core group or pioneers can attain such a utopia for a short span of time, but at some point the group will need to grow in number and at that point, ideals, perspective, and opinion will move beyond the original intent and ability.
So how are those assless chaps working for you while you cruise around on the B**ch-seat of your man's bike?
I guess I'm comparing living in a commune to the Amish way of life .
While it is true that some of their "flock" fall away , if you take the religious aspect out of it , aren't they living this way ?
Or maybe it's the faith that holds them together .
They possess alot of down to earth knowledge that is slipping away; I suggest being a good neighbor with them.
Well so much for the commune idea .
Neighborly with the Amish ? Good idea but just one problem , they won't move to the west side and I'm not moving to BFE .
I guess I'll have to make due with the hillbillies and rednecks I'm surrounded by . Woe is me !
I resemble that comment!
Well so much for the commune idea .
Neighborly with the Amish ? Good idea but just one problem , they won't move to the west side and I'm not moving to BFE .
I guess I'll have to make due with the hillbillies and rednecks I'm surrounded by . Woe is me !
I am going to suggest going with a commune. If my girlfriend agrees, I plan on surviving with a group of hot females and working together to repopulate the earth.
I'm glad you will be one of ones between the inner-city and those in BFE.
I'll be a speed bump as long as possible
SHTF and the city will be in the rear-view as I'm high-tailing it to the country.
Having lived near the Amish, I believe that it is their faith that holds them together.
They have their own homes with their own property and work for their family, not for "the good of others".
They are bound to their faith and the principles of their religion, to serve God and love their neighbor.
They possess alot of down to earth knowledge that is slipping away; I suggest being a good neighbor with them.
The Amish way is how our family is basing our plans, more or less. We all live near each other, but have our own homes, land and lives. When one needs help, we go help, then head home. No mutual sharing of mundane chores, since we all have our own lives to lead, but we have each others back at a call.
All the Amish I've dealt with have been very nice to me, after a bit of a "get to know" period. They are VERY protective of their women, by the way.
I am going to suggest going with a commune. If my girlfriend agrees, I plan on surviving with a group of hot females and working together to repopulate the earth.
By definition all chaps are assless, otherwise they would be called pantsSo how are those assless chaps working for you while you cruise around on the B**ch-seat of your man's bike?
INGO Area Mutual Support Groups
Purpose: To facilitate and promote skills, materials and communications between individuals in a local area with the intent of a mutual response to a short or long term crisis.
Organization: None beyond a phone list and a commitment to helping others and accepting other's help as needs be. No central leadership, no uniforms, no ranks, this is not a militia.
Meetings: Gather once a month for a dinner and planning/training session. Individuals take turns to lead a session in an area of their experience/expertise or simply in something they have researched (if no-one has other training). Organizing to go as a group to CPR classes or other professional training would even be better.
Activities: Camping trips, hikes, trips to the range, and so forth. Members who have can help those who do not. Better yet, trips to bulk food stores to stock up on supplies or other suppliers of emergency materials.
Intent: To make sure that people in the same area are as possible, and to continually increase that preparedness. Additionally, to have contact capabilities between area members so that when the power lines go down and INGO goes dead, we are not a bunch of individuals sitting alone in the dark. For those who would bug out, let's work together to make that a better possibility. For those who would have to bug in, let us make sure we can coordinate efforts to mutual support possible.
To be clear, this is not militia training in the sense of small and large unit military training. This is neighbors banding together to help make our community ready if a disaster were to happen. Furthermore, this should all be fun!
I don't read a socialist doctrine in the above charter.
Here's how I see it,
I am offering to heft a chain saw, share experience, donate materials, fix storm damage...., and stand in the breach with a shoulder fired weapon with any of you who are willing to do the same should any of those events come to pass.
That is of my own free will and not by peer pressure, mandate, or utopian pipe dream.