When the leaders in charge of the country mismanage the country and the future looks like it is going down the toilet, it is very easy for a man to feel depressed. Management of the nation is completely out of your hands, you have no control over major decisions.
To fix this mess, it seems completely futile to protest the government for positive changes. Any changes for the better will have to be made on the individual level. This is what you do have control over.
Sometimes a man would want to leave the nation behind in order to find a better home, a better nation where he could thrive. However, I've heard the opinion that just about every other country is in worse condition than my home.
Well, what if a man could form his own nation? A single man couldn't form a nation all by himself, well not a legitimate one anyway. For the last few years, my dream has been retiring as early as an age as possible. To do this, a man has to subject himself to the cheapest possible standard of living and find an adequate paying job in order to save up a war chest. With a good enough strategy, plan, and execution, a man could possibly have all the money and resources needed for the rest of his life by the age of 30, 35, or 40. What would a man do at that point?
In a few years, I'll be living in a steel shipping container somewhere in the south while I'm growing vegetables. I've had the idea of living alone for decades, but what if there were other people that wanted to live this sort of life? We wouldn't be subject to having normal jobs as we have already accumulated all the resources we needed. We would just be enjoying life doing things like farming vegetables, building furniture, or modifying houses.
The people attracted to this sort of lifestyle would be a high quality stock. People that knew what was important of life. Not people addicted to reality TV, popular culture, social justice warrioring, or consumerism. These people would be chasing the American dream of our founding fathers and that dream was freedom.
Neo America would not be a legitimate nation. It would be completely contained inside America. It would have no currency, no organized government, and it probably won't have a self sustaining economy.
Neo America would just be an idea. It would be a group of people that decided to pursue freedom to the best of their capabilities.
That sounds like the best hope that guys like us have. Unplug and enjoy each others company and try to be self sufficient. I think it would be above all necessary to be submissive to the powers that be to let them know you are not a threat.
ReplyDeleteWhen I am with (certain) people I feel the call of a desert island but when I am alone I imagine these same people are not so bad.
ReplyDeleteTrue solitude suits very few people. I think that maybe what you are seeking is the option of solitude whenever it is needed. This twin desire for more community and more solitude at the same time reminds me of the early monastery movement in early Britain. the monastery became big business in the later medieval period as kings used them as a vehicle of corporate sponsorship. but the early ones were very much as you describe. Tiny houses, vegetable patches and meetings once a week.
You may also like to look into the American Redoubt or the Liberty State projects of the Survivalist and Libertarian communities respectively.
ReplyDeleteYou may also like to look into the American Redoubt or the Liberty State projects of the Survivalist and Libertarian communities respectively.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing. You might like to look into historically self governing areas of the USA to see if they may be revived. If you visit my London Gentleman Revival blog in the sidebar you will find I have been doing this for London. If London can contain multiple jurisdictions and quasi states then I am sure you can find the same in the USA.
ReplyDeleteThat is quite interesting. I've heard of men creating single person nations. I think there is one man that established the micro nation of Molassia. I'll take a look into it further.
DeleteSealand http://www.sealandgov.org/ is recognized by the UK government and probably the USA by extension. You may become a Duke of Sealand without living there. It is all on the blog!!!
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