StarvingLion wrote:The appropriate action around here is the 'Teepee Lifestyle'. It never occurs to these "rugged individualists" that they will simply be run off the land. There is no means of resistance to the Capital Machine. The bleeping Machine couldn't care less about the dynamics of peak oil or the so-called climate change.
There is only one way to stay on their land; they must participate in the Capital Machine. Now, fortunately enough, that machine doesn't demand a HUGE commitment, but it does require you to show up and toss the ball around. Taxes on my home for instance... a couple grand a year, not an unreasonable demand; we are social creatures, even the asocial amongst us. The tribe, as it were, wants me to show up, move the ball a bit to pay it tribute, and then is content to let me go my way. The tribe will get annoyed though, if I wish to occupy space, but not participate; and if it becomes annoyed enough, will remove me by force.
Really.. its always been this way with humans. I see no reason the rugged individualist can't sell some watermelons on the road side, or raise a couple cows, or push a broom at a warehouse for a few hours. Hardly a great insult to freedom and dignity.