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“This community of farmers will definitely be fine when their farms fail, because they don’t rely on technology. Please ignore their tools.” Like, there are a
by jmye 3y ago
“This community of farmers will definitely be fine when their farms fail, because they don’t rely on technology. Please ignore their tools.”
Like, there are a whole lot of reasons the article listed for why this won’t work in the future. You can’t just negate them because it works now.
It’s not just a breakdown in civilization - it’s a dramatically changed and broken planet in this scenario. The Amish will starve just as fast as anyone else when crops fail or it doesn’t rain for years on end.
- jpadkins 3y agoThey use some tools from advanced tech, but already have their own blacksmiths and carpenters who make tools for their farmers. For the long run, they will have to develop some type of mining or smelting operation from scrap metal they find (which will probably be abundant for a few decades if society really does collapse)
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoAre the Amish ready and willing to fend off determined invaders? How fast can they smelt bullets?
- throwawayx134ax 3y agoSurprisingly quickly. A shot tower will make hundreds/thousands at a time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoOkay, so every Amish community is outfitted with a defensible shot tower, and these are pre-built to be used after SHTF and society collapses around them? Where are they importing the lead?