Posted on 06/16/2024 4:45:22 PM PDT by Libloather
A community of society-shunning Americans launched a survivalist haven in the Utah desert after finding themselves alienated from the modern world.
Hundreds of people have set themselves up to live off the land under 'Operation Self-Reliance,' feeling that getting off-the-grid is the solution to a crumbling culture.
The commune was established by Philip Gleason, 74, a former general contractor who felt a calling to allow people to grow their own food, pump their own water and rely on nothing but themselves.
He admitted to Deseret News that while some choose to live there for environmental or health reasons, its intended purpose was to evade the 'craziness' of the modern world and the current political climate under the Biden administration.
'We seem to be undergoing a cultural revolution in the U.S.,' he said. 'When we first came out here, we thought it might be too far away... Now, with everything that's happening, we wonder if it's far enough.'
Residents at the OCR co-op in Riverbed Ranch in Juab County live almost entirely off-the-grid.
Tenants each buy their own two-acre plot, where their only choice is to grow all of their own food, as the estate has no municipal power system and no sanitation utilities.
A share of the co-op costs at least $35,000, but that is before residents need to fill the obligations Gleason mandates, including building your own home from scratch.
Residents must also build a barn, install a septic system, produce their own solar energy, dig a well to the freshwater dozens of feet below and build a greenhouse.
These costs, OCR's website admits, could run up at least another $235,000, which the organization blames on 'the Covid insanity driving the cost of building materials up significantly.'
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All 3 of them? Come on.
Just like Jim Jones or David Koresh.
And therein lies the problem. Most would rather run away from the evil. Does nothing to stop the evil from expanding its reach.
The busybodies in DC will find them and regulate them to death. There is no desert too big for the busybodies.
I’m not sure the Utah desert is a good choice.
I was just re-reading “Five acres and Independence: A handbook for small farm management” by M.G. Kains. First published during the Great Depression (1935) it was re-published in 1973. It’s a serious book about self-sufficiency and it’s not a “Hippie Commune” handbook.
It seems to me that with improvements in seed genetics, technology, and energy, that it might not be too hard to establish a community of “Modern Amish” who would be willing to embrace any and all technology to make life better, but who really wanted to be left alone as much as possible. I think a lot of people want that sort of independence and I think modern technology would make it easier than ever.
Of course, self-sufficiency on a small farm requires some brains and a lot of hard work. So that means a good percentage of the American population wouldn’t stand a chance. But some could do it. I am surprised that there seems to be no current “Back To The Land” movement.
Add some room additions under ground..The temps stay real nice.
Beukalali is a tough guy to match, but I admire Honduras for trying and wish them the best.
In the desert in Utah????
You’d think they’d go for a more well watered environment.
An unfortunate military testing exercise could befall the place as well.
Government loves this. They’re all together in one place. Fish in a barrel.
But the Association provides the grape cool aid. 😏
Someone should buy a lot close by and put up a 7-Eleven greedymart for all those who want to sneak out for a Slurpee and snack late at night.
What do they use for money?
A well and septic system on two acres might not be a good idea. Neighbor has to do the same. too close. septic is water use heavy.
Now a proper outhouse..........................
And two are FBI agents.
Great Googly Moogaly.
No, your only choice is not to grow all your own food just because you have happen to have a septic tank. Was this article written by a exceptionally moronic liberal or were a few words thrown into large language model and this nonsense vomited out?
Composter toilets would be a better choice.
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finding out your chicken only lays one egg at a time and not in a cardboard box with 11 others will be a eye opener
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