A commune or a cult would be better than this circus lol
If you can find one that isn’t a weird sex cult, let me know.
If you don’t mind people who never bathe, try these tribes in Namibia:
https://guardian.ng/life/the-namibian-tribe-where-sex-is-offered-to-guests/
god I was hoping it was like tourists show up and just get laid by natives but instead it’s just weird cuckolding.
That article kind of presents an idyllic/outdated view of the Himba people. Modern life affects them as well and a lot of young people don’t want to live like that.
Does the cult have a good plan for healthcare? If so, please send me your newsletter, manifesto, religious tract, pentabarf, whatever.
I’d settle for a cult with a good dentist tbh. According to US healthcare eyes and teeth are separate from the rest of your body.
As somebody who was once part of a cult, it’s just the same circus but worse.
Already planning on it here in Canada once my friends and I have the money for what we want to do.
Farming (+greenhousing) and some cottage rentals on the side.
Peace out, modern society!
Cottage rentals for income?
Currently my plan is to get far enough into my career that I can spend half my time in city making money and half in the woods
Exactly, cottage rentals for income. To supplement farming and other ventures, anyway.
I’m lucky that my work is 99.9% remote, so as long as I can acquire a stable internet connect I can continue to work out there if needed. Existing entirely in the woods is incredibly appealing.
I like that idea. Continuing to make money, no matter if it’s just a few hundred dollars a month, is the main hurdle for me to leave. You’d still need to finance construction but it’s a good long term vision.
I am worried about fire seasons/smoke seasons. At best it shortens the tourist season and at worst I lose everything : /
I don’t come anywhere near close to meeting the requirements for intentional communities. Chronic illness is a real bastard. I don’t need much and the quality of my life could so easily be improved by just a little help from others, but everyone - even intentional communities - is caught up in focusing on how much others can help them. What I can give is less tangible, and therefore dismissed.
I don’t want to abandon society but I do recognise we’d all be far better off if we lived in ways which were less isolating. Every person/family for themselves harms us all.
A huge problem is that most neighborhoods and houses aren’t facilitating community. You don’t need a commune or a cult as OP was joking.
I live in a house where one of the apartments is used communally by all the other residents of the house and it changes so much. It doesn’t have a functioning bathroom so the landlords couldn’t give it up for rent. But it has a kitchen, a balcony etc.
