ahahaha - assumptions are often far removed from facts on the ground.
Ummm- people managed to dress well, build well, live well -for tens of thousands of years before electricity, which has only been around for a blips-worth ot time.
Indeed, I, myself, grew up on a farm in a community that had no electricity until the early 1950's. WE had a good life - a largely independent life. Beautiful home and outbuildings built by my great grandfather in 1848.
Going back further, to 1620, one of my 8th great great grandfathers, Capt Myles Standish - whom most folks surmise only had a blunderbuss for a weapon - well, he DID have one, but he also had a mighty fine rifle - capable of carrying shot true up to 200 yards. And Standish was a marksman with it. His demonstrations of his marksmanship impressed the 'locals'.
John Alden, one of my 7th great great grandfathers, had a fine 50 cal. rifle that could carry at least 150 yds true. The rifle is in the museum - inspection shows the barrel could still withstand being shot today - altho' the stock may not hold.
I wouldn't assume that people without electricity after 15 years would be dirty ragamuffins, etc.
Here's an amusing piece Capt. Myles Standish.
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http://www.badassoftheweek.com/standish.html
I, too, descend from the earliest colonists, and I still live in the old house my great-grandparents built more than a century ago. No electricity till the REA came in during WWII, and I grew up without AC. I can milk a cow, use an outhouse and make my own clothes.
That has nothing whatsoever to do with the silliness of that TV show.
It was pure Hollywood. We were asked to believe that designer duds looked as good as new after 15 years of wear in a primitive society.
The premise of the show was interesting, but the 15 year flash forward did not work. They needed to develop the storyline and characters.
I give it a month, tops.