That being a worthy juxtaposition of my "8 acres" point: it's not hard to find, acquire, and move to enough land to survive on independently. Fire up zillow.com

That being a worthy juxtaposition of my "8 acres" point: it's not hard to find, acquire, and move to enough land to survive on independently. Fire up zillow.com, pick a state (assuming USA here), set a very low maximum price for search, and you'll likely find something somewhere useable for homesteading. Contending that "freedom" somehow requires others to associate with you, or requires an effort-free poverty-line income, is to grossly misunderstand the nature of "freedom". Your "freedom" starts with the bottom-line obligation to work hard enough to sustain yourself, by whatever means morally available without compelling others to comply or supply.