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You absolutely do not have to sell your labor to someone else. If you learn to hunt, fish, farm and forage, you can sustain yourself. You can move to Alaska or
by themaninthedark 5y ago
You absolutely do not have to sell your labor to someone else.
If you learn to hunt, fish, farm and forage, you can sustain yourself. You can move to Alaska or the Canadian wilderness and do so. If you don't like the cold, there is the Amazon.
There are people who live like this.
The problem is: we want modern medicine, TV shows, cellphones, nice clothes, etc.
Living is the fight against entropy. In order to live, you have to put in effort.
- johnnyanmac 5y agoYou inevitably have to pay taxes in a good 95% of the land, and you don't get to choose which plot of land you're born on. That's the kicker that prevents this "truly sustainable" life you propose.