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The countryside. Near-zero public surveillance, near-zero violent crime, and conservative sheriffs and juries who work to keep it that way.
by hammock 4mo ago
The countryside. Near-zero public surveillance, near-zero violent crime, and conservative sheriffs and juries who work to keep it that way.
- rootusrootus 4mo agoThis is only true if you conform to social conservatism. Conservatives embrace authority and condone using it to enforce conformity. They only want less government when it comes to their own taxes & guns.
- hammock 4mo agoEverything has a tradeoff
- rootusrootus 4mo agoTrue. But I can get no surveillance and no crime by moving to a nice suburban neighborhood, too, without getting pressured into accepting the right wing attitudes. Nice thing about suburbia is it tends to be purple, there is not much ideology being inflicted by either side.
- drnick1 4mo agoMy goat herding skills are rusty. How do I make a living in the countryside?
- hammock 4mo agoYou have options. Doctors and nurses clean up, better pay than in a city. Work at a factory (either in the plant or in the office). Lawyers and financial advisors to the farmers who sold out to developers/energy/data centers. Or work remote
- titzer 4mo ago"Run to the hills" is a heckuva a way to deal with the breakdown of the rule of law.
- hammock 4mo agoI mean it’s what people have been doing for all of civilization. It’s that or war