That's my understanding, yes. For instance, for fabric, they avoid retail, going to manufacturers (or at least wholesalers) and buying a community-year's worth

That's my understanding, yes. For instance, for fabric, they avoid retail, going to manufacturers (or at least wholesalers) and buying a community-year's worth in a single transaction. I guess it's channeling https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17%3A15-16&version=KJV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17%3A15-16... ; transactions between english and amish are necessary (from being in the world) but to be minimised (not being of the world), whereas transactions between english or between amish don't count for flow across that boundary. (too much rumination concerning flows across boundaries leads us across a different boundary: out of theology and into physical mathematics, eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes%27_theorem#Maxwell's_equations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes%27_theorem#Maxwell's_eq... ) ==== Edit: unfortunately https://www.jstor.org/stable/44257359 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44257359 (amish & tourism, 1997) is paywalled see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonconformity_to_the_world#Biblical_basis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonconformity_to_the_world#Bib... For historical developments, see https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Nonconformity#Europe.2C_Aside_From_The_Netherlands https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Nonconformity#Europe.2C_As... For intersection with hippiedom, consider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6itauSnrSZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6itauSnrSZA