The article in question might be the case of a writer not knowing what he is talking about, and speaking more from personal prejudices than from a position of knowledge.
What is argued is that “homesteaders” or others who live ‘off the grid’, that being highly self-sufficient and rather low-tech, are a drain on society as it is alleged that they frequently take advantage of social services and the other things modernity provides without contributing anything of value to society.
It’s a poor argument that is riddled with errors – containing only a bit of truth. What is the author’s motivation? Difficult to say. Perhaps he has a prejudice against those he sees as “country bumpkins.” Or maybe he was just lazy when it came to researching this topic. In any event, he misses the mark more often than he hits it.
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james henry dumbocrats are moochers doing nothing but screwing taxpayers over and getting rich—do not forget the big bucks that your idiot side wasted role playing star treck at taxpayers expense.
We did remove the racist from the White House…
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So says the REAL idiot moochers who will be the first to be banging their doors down if North Korea, Iran, Russia, China, or anyone else with missiles and nuclear warheads takes out our Power Grid. They are all now capable of doing so. BTW, saying they are ‘living off the grid’ and calling them ‘moochers’ is a bit of an oxymoron isn’t it?
Take a good hard look at the majority of people on food stamps!
REALLY? U R Sooo Full of$#%&!@*
Yes independents is what we stand for .
Ridiculous
They hate it when you don’t depend on the government. Especially the left.
TROLL!!