Previous compensatory strategies for dealing with the demands of capitalism have taken many forms.  Probably the most common are upgrading one's skills through education or perhaps engaging in some form of entrepreneur activity.  In a major economic contraction, the latter may make some sense while the former could be economically suicidal.  Even education is becoming increasingly problematic as more forms of management and engineering expertise are outsourced.  If you are over 50, your employment prospects are particularly gloomy - since you will be viewed as a long term liability.  In this case, schooling will increase your debt while not improving your prospects.

This then encourages us to consider some outside the box solutions.  During the Great Depression, individuals were well aware that the world did not, and would not, owe them a living, (that the social contract was largely illusion). But coming out of a more independent and agrarian background, they were equipped with more basic survival skills. For example, if you couldn't find a job, you might head out to the forests and do some gold panning.   You could hunt deer and catch fish.  And quite commonly, the most enterprising individuals set up stills and made their own moonshine.  Many of these successful entrepreneurs became the leading families of the United States after the depression.  For additional strategies, you might watch the TV series "Breaking Bad" (that is if you haven't terminated your cable or satellite services).

Looking even farther afield, we might speculate on the thesis, antithesis, and synthesis dialectic of Hegel.  In this regard, the Montana Sanctuary is one synthesis resolution of the capitalistic dilemma.  By becoming a "Guardian" member of the Sanctuary, you contribute and participate in the sanctuary's structural resources.  You may choose to live at the Sanctuary's bunkhouse and participate in productive gardening activities or participate actively outside the compound as a Sanctuary Paladin.  In this regard, the Sanctuary is similar to an open-ended Hutterite colony - but without any restrictive religious dogma.  By joining, you immediately establish a stronger social-support network - and create a new social contract - over and above any implied ones into which you have been born.  You will also benefit from both the resources and talents of the Sanctuary's think tank for help in resolving your problems and implementing your solutions.

Previous compensatory strategies for dealing with the demands of capitalism have taken many forms.  Probably the most common are upgrading one's skills through education or perhaps engaging in some form of entrepreneur activity.  In a major economic contraction, the latter may make some sense while the former could be economically suicidal.  Even education is becoming increasingly problematic as more forms of management and engineering expertise are outsourced.  If you are over 50, your employment prospects are particularly gloomy - since you will be viewed as a long term liability.  In this case, schooling will increase your debt while not improving your prospects.

This then encourages us to consider some outside the box solutions.  During the Great Depression, individuals were well aware that the world did not, and would not, owe them a living, (that the social contract was largely illusion). But coming out of a more independent and agrarian background, they were equipped with more basic survival skills. For example, if you couldn't find a job, you might head out to the forests and do some gold panning.   You could hunt deer and catch fish.  And quite commonly, the most enterprising individuals set up stills and made their own moonshine.  Many of these successful entrepreneurs became the leading families of the United States after the depression.  For additional strategies, you might watch the TV series "Breaking Bad" (that is if you haven't terminated your cable or satellite services).

Looking even farther afield, we might speculate on the thesis, antithesis, and synthesis dialectic of Hegel.  In this regard, the Montana Sanctuary is one synthesis resolution of the capitalistic dilemma.  By becoming a "Guardian" member of the Sanctuary, you contribute and participate in the sanctuary's structural resources.  You may choose to live at the Sanctuary's bunkhouse and participate in productive gardening activities or participate actively outside the compound as a Sanctuary Paladin.  In this regard, the Sanctuary is similar to an open-ended Hutterite colony - but without any restrictive religious dogma.  By joining, you immediately establish a stronger social-support network - and create a new social contract - over and above any implied ones into which you have been born.  You will also benefit from both the resources and talents of the Sanctuary's think tank for help in resolving your problems and implementing your solutions.