[–] 26386864? ago 

I speak in ideals a lot, and after years of experimenting, sadly, being brutally honest with people starts more meaningful conversations than being nice, so don't take anything personally.

I played their game for a long time, but barely do now. It doesn't make anything I said less true.

I have a few hundred bucks worth of property tax to pay, until I finish the patent, and might earn/spend $2k/year, but that's about to go away very soon too, so the tyrant's benefit from my presence here is probably equivalent to the sales tax leeched off of a foreign tourist on a two week visit.

I usually figure out how to get back out what I put in though, excepting the twenty years in the workforce and $220k that I'll never get back that went to Social Security.

I'd be willing to bet you're slaving away paying for a lot of shit you don't need.

Check out barter, gift economy, permaculture, bushcraft, freeganism, and intentional communities(Use the ideas to start your own. Don't join a fuckin hippie cult!)