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there is plenty of rebuilding to do in this country. and plenty of sustainable local healthy food production. The Amish - who are paragons of hard productive, cooperative work -have already been helping to rebuild WNC and have publicly offered to mentor our youth and apprentice anyone ready and willing to learn to work with their hands. They deserve every encouragement.
Didn't I read that their tiny-home temporary shelters were closed because of code violations? Please tell me that was fake news.
can't find that in a cursory search. dont put anything past a jealous fema. good story about rebuild
Yes, the Germanic groups excelled at communal labor. They have much to teach the laggard Anglo and Celts in this regard. Later, they voted for Socialism, Marxist to be exact. A tragedy. There are better Socialisms. In any case and at whatever technical stage of development, all viable cultures will have both individualistic and communal elements. The Amish also live in private homes, one per family. So on the face of it, they were more balanced than the non-German groups.
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You are an absolute idiot. Communal life came first in the development of man. The individualism (a good thing also) came later. We can't give up our communal roots lest we sicken and die - as we have done here in America.
I've revealed by Irish heritage many times. Your memory is no better than the rest of your mind.
The USA was set up under the premise of individuality, and was that way until the FDR years with the Depression. The FF feared the communal lifestyle under feudalism more than anything else and made sure the Constitution would stop central government would not get too big. If America does not fit your set of ideals, there are other areas of the world that does? I AM so happy that you think my mind does not match up with yours, I consider that to be a compliment.
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