Ranee at Arabian Knits wrote:
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> Where do you picture yourself in the hierarchy if we get rid of all
>> unions and wages go back to below poverty level? Are you at the top
>> looking down at the little people or at the bottom doing the real
>> work?
>
> I'd like to be outside of the hierarchy altogether and grow, raise
> produce as much as I can on my own. Then use barter to get most
> everything else. Whatever we need to get beyond that we'd get from
> selling some of the things we made and using that money. As long as
> we're dreaming of a different world than what we have.
>


Sounds good for food or small items but what do you do when you
need a car? College tuition? A house? Medical care? Your
local merchant might take homemade or homegrown as barter,
but you can bet Nordstrom or Target or Home Depot won't.
You can make your clothes and clothes for the children but you
still need to buy the fabric and thread unless you plan to
spin and weave flax or wool or grow cotton.

Your skills are admirable but how will you keep your sons and
daughters from being attracted to the outside world?

gloria p