Submitted 16 hours ago by LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Get good at things.
The vast majority of our economy is an economy of convenience, taking money in exchange for doing the little things we don’t want to. The thing is, most of us have never stopped to check if we actually don’t want to do those things. Meanwhile, all the benefits of doing those things are being reaped for profits by assholes.
Get out there and get good at something, then find other people that are good at things, and help each other out.
And for those of you taking this as your sign to finally do it there are so many video tutorials online that make it easy, but there’s also still a lot of crafts clubs and old people with knowledge willing to share it. Legit walk into a cloth store and ask the older ladies working there questions, most of the time you’ll get answers. Ask your uncle or grandpa or whoever is handy around you.
Fuck, ask me! If I can do it I will teach!
No I mean… I could totally look up how to make a home… But I’d required a permit otherwise it won’t pass inspection and will have be demolished
And you can look up how to apply for a permit, and how to meet code, and the exact point you can get to before a tradesman is uncomfortable signing off on it for $50 and a plate of brownies.
Yeah, a house from scratch on your own is a stupid task. Even before all this nonsense that was a community project so taking that from my argument is like assuming I told you to make your own economy to escape this one.
On the other hand, doing a good job to restore a shitty building on the creep isn’t that big an ask. This year I get to use salvaged wood, stolen gravel, and Walmart brand power tools to lift and level the floor in my house because the previous owner wanted it off the ground and didn’t take the time to put enough support under it. Few days in a crawlspace and the cost of pizza and beer to save $20k plus materials and I get to make sure the job is overdone instead of underdone.
If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, or you need to know how to do taxes, or restore/construct furniture, or need something very niche constructed out if salvaged parts, hit me up and I’ll help for pizza and the support of the community. If all of us know some things and help each other, we can all make it out together.
As it stands, that’s true, but the theory is that as empires fall and the edges of civilization fray, you will increasingly find there are places where that kind of petty bureaucracy can no longer effectively or reliably reach, and exactly those places beyond the reach of the failing grasp of the collapsing regimes will be places that you and like-minded individuals will begin to seek and be inevitably drawn towards. It is then that you will suddenly find your ability to build a home (or any other skill related to creating a functional and self-sufficient society) to be quite a valuable and important skill.
The fall of civilization does not necessarily have to be bloody and violent, but even in the most idealized scenario it will almost certainly be quite disruptive to the kind of lives we have been promised and continue to picture for ourselves. Change is necessary. If you do not voluntarily choose change, it will eventually be forced upon you.
Library has better entertainment than the stuff I pay for, so I’ve got that going for me.
I have been very poor, homeless, middle class and everything in between. As long as you can get a job (and here, you can always get a job of some sort) all things are possible as long as you can stuff enough wage earners into your household.
I like roller coasters and Busch Gardens usually does a buy one ticket, come back all year thing, there’s a bus that comes from near me to near there. So that’s some cheap fun (I don’t buy anything there, don’t stay all day, go early, ride, leave before big crowds)
Have gotten pretty good at gardening so if there’s a yard there is some fresh food.
Lots of roommates, built in network.
Library books. Free concerts downtown. Whatever free events.
Enjoying the life we have is a luxury most people in history never got and it was anomalous that we got to witness the end of that era at all.
Now it is time to buckle up for the reversion.
Most people in recorded history, perhaps.
Recorded history is a tiny fraction of human history, and of course we used to live radically different lives before civlisation came a knockin’.
I hope people will stop consumering. I hope they will start filling up green spaces again. Go for walks, talk to the people thy run into. Hopefully kids will go run around outside again.
what i currently do now? continuously lower my expectations and try to be grateful for what i have
it sounds bitter lol but honestly it’s made me a more content, less materialistic person
Hanging out with friends and pooling our resources to have a good time.
I’ve been spending my free time (more often, insomnious nights) reading and watching how to build and manage a kitchen garden. While I don’t have a community garden near by, I do have space for a few planters to help offset some groceries or improve my diet.
I enjoy making things, whether in wood, metal, or printed plastic. So, I’m able to cut a lot of extraneous spending by just making what I need/want. It’s a hobby of its own, so I get enjoyment from it.
Pretty much, if I want or need something, I’ll learn how to make it myself. Recycle as much as possible. Scrap supplies often get turned into makeshift tools if nothing else. The solarpunk communities tend to be great resources on how to thrive with so little in this regard.
As to actually enjoying life? I found happiness joining art communities (specifically in VR) where creators share what they do best! There are very many lovely individuals with a lot of talent and these communities have been nearly all positive. It also builds a lot of inspiration to make stuff, too; feeding back into my own hobbies.
I won’t travel. I’ll probably keep my Internet addiction. Maybe I’ll grow my hair out again?
Scientific Socialism, thats how.
Pinball, but I’m to behind to afford a real table so pinball fx it is. Sometimes fishing
Try to survive as long as possible and enjoy simple things.
Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Keep hoping Gen z goes ham on these fascists