Message from @MK
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what you say makes sense in that I see why you would believe it
the overall concept of owning land, living off of it and making all your own food, trapping it etc. reveals some wrong assumptions
all of that is illegal either outright or de facto
well than get yourself in a position in which you can produce it yourself
there is a minimum amount of societal participation that the herd demands of you by force
for example, property taxes
no matter what, you have to do enough economic activity to pay for that
you have to pay property taxes when you buy it after you bought it its yours and you dont have to pay taxes at least thats my assumption
what country are you in
because that is not true of america at least
germany
generally property taxes are recurring annual expenses here
i am not actualyl sure if this is true so you could be right here
don't know about there
society expects/demands a minimum amount from all of us
it demands property taxes or rent (paid to the guy who them pays property tax)
it expects we do not grow all our own food (illegal)
it expects we do not booby trap our property (illegal here)
It is illegal to grow your own food?
in america? yes
the laws say no, but if you try it bad things tend to happen to you
I mean it's not like you are the first person to come up with the idea, yet you don't see people doing it
they use zoning laws, "you could grow it all but only in this part of town, you live on the wrong side of some line so it's illegal"
or they will find other ways to bust you over it
join any permaculture forum and you will find examples fast
that's the thing foreigners unfortunately don't understand about this place
america likes to portray itself as this land of anarchic freedom and opportunity
europeans are generally smart enough to know that isn't exactly true, but they are often quite surprised how much is illegal here
for example, where I currently live, if I even want to change a few boards on the siding of my house, I have to hire an engineer to draw up plans of what I want to do, then present it to a city government and get it approved
on my lawn, I am allowed to grow grass and only grass, and it must be less than so many centimeters tall or I get fined
it's something like 6 american inches
wtf
so 15cm
also in autumn, my leaves must be raked up
I cannot just leave them to rot into the soil and fertilize it
they must be raked almost 100% or else fines
if you want to homeschool your children it is difficult and there are some states you are not even allowed to do it
if you produce raw milk, military police will boot down your door
obviously a european would know the amount of freedom in america is exaggerated, but they would never guess just how overexaggerated
bro where are you Marin County?