Ask the American Indian how that one turns out.
I actually think more people who are interested in this sort of thing should try to form communes, spend some time off the grid, physically build stuff The problem with all of that is that nobody is going to try to stop you
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Agile communism
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Waco. Ruby ridge. People will try to stop you all right
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Yes, they will probably try to stop you if you attempt to marry children
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I feel like we need some new Taliesin & Arcosanti -esque settlements
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Property tax tends to be a problem, as someone’s got to have an on-grid job to keep that paid.
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Successful microcommunities tend to offer products/services externally and purchase whatever isn't sensible to make themselves. They pay taxes and use some services. They're still Americans. Secession talk is all LARPing
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Let the AntiFa and other Communists try farming & ranching for a while. Watch them all transform into hardcore capitalists.
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That's the depressing truth of all the 19th century utopian experiments of building communities, back when that was in fashion. They all ended up collapsing on themselves without external help. Self-sabotage is so much easier on humans.
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I'm surprised there aren't more "Twin Oaks" like in Virginia. Thats an actually successful commune.
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