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Noone's self-sufficient. IIRC Turkey was close, but these days noone's self-sufficient. Look around you — where was your phone made, where was the material for
by Arnt 7y ago
Noone's self-sufficient. IIRC Turkey was close, but these days noone's self-sufficient. Look around you — where was your phone made, where was the material for the clothes you wear vowen, where were the weaving machines made? Your neighbour's kid is still in nappies, your other neighbour has asthma and needs that medicine, where were they made?
- rolph 7y agoalaskan self sufficiency is a product of military heritage and pre industrial life style. right now my clothing includes a knit sweater, and trousers sewn from loom cloth. my neighbour built hs wife a loom out of birch it looks really snazzy, and there are a lot of ego cases that dont want medicines they want to go when its time not drag it out. a lot of people here are rough cut and fiercely independent.
- twomoretime 7y agoThis is the kind of subculture I was inquiring about. Surely some large minority lives off the land in Alaska? A far larger proportion than the general population in the US, I expect.
- rolph 7y agothere is roughly 350,000 in whats called the rail belt. theres a train line and the ease of transport it brings. outside the railbelt is about 400,000 that live extremely rural lives in villages that you cant get to or leave unless you fly or wait till winter freezes it. people in alaska just live that way if theyre not in the city.