autarky is the best

And the Amish build structures *for others as well

You have to export. Unless you own a country thats massive.

Exporting is fine, just nothing that requires the (((government))) to inspect anything physically.

Whose government ours or theirs?

theirs

The US government obviously.

but yeah i've changed my mind and decided that i would prefer to remain isolationist

@Saxon it depends on the sect. The ones who live near me act like jews, not hard working simple folk.

if we start exporting

we get on peoples' radar

on peoples' radar = government inc

how much exportation are we talking here? we could industrialize on a small scale, beekeeping, traditional foods, etc

What? Foods? Dude you gotta sell minerals

Mining

>mining

>ruining environment

nice

We are building a "colony" within the contiguous US, therefore we are still subject to US law. We won't be able to "export" booze without jumping through the same hoops everyone does.

Which is a non-starter.

Is it legal?

*i hiss at modern society*

Is what legal?

Making alcohol?

Forming a country inside the united states.

it won't be a country

How are we gonna pay taxes and buy tools if we don't sell our goods. We don't need to be flashy, but we do need a source of income for expansion. If we're near a large city farmers markets can make us tons of money.

I said colony, not country.

just a town built by people together

Ahhh

So, kinda like the hutterites?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutterite

@spudman I see us more like the mennonites. They still use some modern tecnology and are more lax on religion.

We aren't isolationist economically, many of us will likely have jobs in the general population. And there will of course be things that we must buy outside as well.

i think if industry is on the table we should produce products from the land with the help of some machines / methods of procesing

maybe

We'll want all skillsets, blue and white collar. Especially those in finance. Agriculture doesn't make money anymore unless it's huge in scale.

It's great for self sustenance though.

well since i'm going into carpentry