Stormblood said:
If you have farmland with animals you breed, vegetables and fruit you grow, the food part is solved. The same goes for bills when you install solar panels or if you install free-energy devices, which are cheap and some Zevism here know how to build. The problem of course comes with other things.
People like Varg are anti-civilisation idiots that fail to understand the true nature of human. The truth is that human beings are naturally-inclined to live in societies. Self-reliance is a myth as you cannot be a master of everything. The nature of humans is that of specialists, not generalists. You'll always need either a medical doctor, a mechanic, etc.
Furthermore, not everyone is suited to farm life, especially those who never worked in hard physical labour one day in their life. Working the earth, taking care of animals, crops, trees, etc. sounds like a pretty idea but, again, is not for everyone. When it comes to kill the animal you want to eat and to go hunting as wild game is good to have in the diet, most people do not have the stomach to end an animal's life, skin and prepare them to be stored and eaten.
In conclusion, I don't think that many people considering self-sufficiency truly understand the seriousness of such an undertaking. It can be interesting and amusing to discuss it, though, without taking it lightly.
This dream is more expensive than you might think. Just owning land is going to be costly in bureaucracies and legal bullshit. I have my personal example I have bought two small bits of land and just the legal shit was more expensive than the land itself. It's actually ludicrous.
But let's say you saved up and bought land. Growing crops to feed you and your family? Growing too much food will likely bring you legal issues as your local govt' will think you're selling produce illegally. Boom, go pay legal fees and a lawyer.
Want to raise animals without permits and expensive vaccinations and care for them? Animals not registered? Boom, sued again.
Your neighbors accuse you of doing stuff in land they claim is theirs, regardless of it's true or not, boom more legal fees, another lawyer.
Insurance for your farm, land and cattle is also expensive. You choose not to have insurance? Boom, forest fire, you lose everything overnight.
I don't mean to crush your dreams, but you should know the reality of this path. By the time you have enough money to put it all together, you will not longer have necessity for working a field. Or, you can jump into it without money, and have a high risk of ruining yourself.
