I find the homesteader movement incredibly interesting in this context, and specifically its elevation amongst a privileged few to the height of romance. O, to voluntarily live in a tiny hut by a stream and grow one's own food, utilizing or eschewing technology as you please. It is a return to the most basic forms of labor, but not for capitalism (to sell) and not for survival (it is voluntary and mostly for the elite who can afford such risk) but as a kind of active contemplation on the meaning of life. It is an effort to rediscover what it means to be human, to return to our roots, but not through theory. Homesteading is about living it. Fascinating.
I find the homesteader movement incredibly interesting in this context, and specifically its elevation amongst a privileged few to the height of romance. O, to voluntarily live in a tiny hut by a stream and grow one's own food, utilizing or eschewing technology as you please. It is a return to the most basic forms of labor, but not for capitalism (to sell) and not for survival (it is voluntary and mostly for the elite who can afford such risk) but as a kind of active contemplation on the meaning of life. It is an effort to rediscover what it means to be human, to return to our roots, but not through theory. Homesteading is about living it. Fascinating.