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In reply to the discussion: 7 Things No One Tells You About Being Homeless - Cracked.com [View all]Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)are very real, I wonder how much of the fear of being homeless is an artificial construct of our times.
Would the Pre-Columbian Native Americans, so much more adapted and in tune to their environment than we are today, have the same fears or would they just laugh at them? Granted we have more luxuries and life enhancing gadgets to pine the loss of and more restrictions on land access than the Native Americans had, but still you have to ask how much is our fear of "homelessness" the result of poor adaptation and management of our environment? Surely, part of the fear stems from the loss of the natural skills we once knew many are trying to re-learn.
For thousands of years, this was a perfectly acceptable home within reach of everybody, not to mention sustainable.
I think the problem is mostly in our minds because we look at such low impact living models as an indignity. Rather than employing our technology to improve such sustainable options, our energies are focused on interior and exterior decorating and getting our high carbon footprint houses as close to castles as we can get them. Our priorities are out of whack and our materialism knows no bounds.
And then there's this bold gentleman: https://sites.google.com/site/livingwithoutmoney/