That would not surprise me. Property taxes, licenses and regulations. There are certain things one cannot get away without no matter how one tries. But the Amish know better than most normies on how to go around many things in the system. I've heard building regulations are mostly ignored. I'd have to look deeper but I assume they do a lot of sharing and bartering within their immediate clans.
Many no longer farm because of the price of farmable land they are heavily into being crafters and storekeepers. Technically they can suffice without global supply chains. They are more collapse resistant.
This is true, they have gotten into animal husbandry and crafting, and many of their young girls sell Amish clothing in various ways. They do a lot of internal family trading, but they also seem to be ok with working with "English" Christians and will trade with them too.
They call non-Amish Whites "the English" in my area
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There has been talks of ethnic villages and homesteads where one removes themselves by hiding away. The Amish have it right. Trade with the outside world when the situation makes sense. Besides the having been doing the parallel society for a long time. Other folks/tribes/clans can do this with more modern convenances and tech where needed. They key for us English would be to do without our entertaining media distractions.
Genetically I'm close to the wandering highlanders of Scottland and the Anabaptists of the Germanic diaspora. But there are elements of my genes that want to be involved with CULTURE.
Each solution will work based on each individual needs and temperament. Building a culture outside the individual and more intimate than what is pop culture.
Community and culture is something that connects the Amish and other small similar tribes. Being the Amish are part of the European family it's what most matches solutions that would work with us, because of our temperament. Also, they are pacifists and builders. Most of our most warlike kin have been weathered away by centuries of martial conflicts.
This seems like a cozy option. I'd have to do a deep dive to know for sure. These travelers fit my family temperament. Both side of my family has been in the States for 300+ years. So, we are Amerikaaners.
These past clan structures of the Anabaptist and the travelers fit future paths for me. As for what I do and what my father and his father did, we are traveling crafters/builders. The cultural part is seriously lacking based on American Consumer and boomer culture.
My Scottish clan roots is such. Eventually the English tied clans down to real estate by 'giving' out land titles to the clan leaders and making family members tenents. So the Traveler culture is closer to how the pre-Anglo/Aryan Scotts lived.
The Travelers are intriguing, and I naturally lean into that lifestyle. My clan weren't all Travelers, but some became Travelers after having land taken from them, so that's how I learned about them. I don't think I'm descended from any though Like you, both sides of my family have been in America since the beginning.
Many no longer farm because of the price of farmable land they are heavily into being crafters and storekeepers. Technically they can suffice without global supply chains. They are more collapse resistant.
They call non-Amish Whites "the English" in my area
Genetically I'm close to the wandering highlanders of Scottland and the Anabaptists of the Germanic diaspora. But there are elements of my genes that want to be involved with CULTURE.
Each solution will work based on each individual needs and temperament. Building a culture outside the individual and more intimate than what is pop culture.
Community and culture is something that connects the Amish and other small similar tribes. Being the Amish are part of the European family it's what most matches solutions that would work with us, because of our temperament. Also, they are pacifists and builders. Most of our most warlike kin have been weathered away by centuries of martial conflicts.
This seems like a cozy option. I'd have to do a deep dive to know for sure. These travelers fit my family temperament. Both side of my family has been in the States for 300+ years. So, we are Amerikaaners.
These past clan structures of the Anabaptist and the travelers fit future paths for me. As for what I do and what my father and his father did, we are traveling crafters/builders. The cultural part is seriously lacking based on American Consumer and boomer culture.
My Scottish clan roots is such. Eventually the English tied clans down to real estate by 'giving' out land titles to the clan leaders and making family members tenents. So the Traveler culture is closer to how the pre-Anglo/Aryan Scotts lived.
***I always invoke the Scottish Right to Roam.***
I've never heard Amerikaaner before. I like it.