George Washington was a farmer that brewed his own beer and had a distillery at Mt. Vernon. The British didn't take what he worked for, neither did the barbarians (Irish or Indians) that were extant at the time.
You seem down on survivalists.
What is the opposite of a survivalist?
/johnny
A realist.
IIRC, the caretaker Washington left in charge of Mount Vernon bought protection for the estate by giving goods to the British. Washington was not pleased.