I'm just a generation removed from subsistence farming myself. Most of my surviving relatives of the previous generation keep gardens, live frugally, etcetera. I've lived long enough to see the wisdom in it. My grandmother didn't have an indoor toilet until she became physically disabled and had one put in, and even then, thought it was unclean to have a "privvy" inside the house. She never really liked it, but it became a necessity.
That's where I am, too ... which is why I say PTHOOEY! to those who claim it's "too expensive" to have a Christian family in today's economy (etc., etc.).
Nonsense ... you set your priorities.
We could get our land in Anson County tomorrow, and be fixed for a long time ... running water and everything :-). People are just so *wimpy*!
I think the majority will surrender to Islam, just like they've already surrendered to socialism. I could be wrong ... maybe their faith will mean more to them than their economic freedom, which is secondary, after all.