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Anon lives in the midwest (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah the more I've found out and paid attention over the past few decades. I think the Amish how they were originally envisioned, died out many many years ago.

The current ilk, use that perception to make money and at best give lip service to the original ideals.

I figure in 50 years Amish will be indistinguishable from any other modern religion.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean even now they are just another niche religious community.. I get what they were going for, but..

Their communities have a lot of problems. Like a lot. And because they mostly have that year of going into the world (intended as a culture shock, but really is just an introduction to modern convenience technology, which is mmmmm so enticing) their numbers are dwindling. And that sucks for the culture loss, but I doubt they will even exist in 50 years, honestly.

Or say they do exist in 50 years.. they will be the people buying all the cheap shit that doesn’t meet emission regulations because they “have to weigh each new innovation”.

For as long as I’ve lived in close proximity to Amish communities (most of my life, again Midwest), they have always made weird questionable allowances that I don’t really understand because I’m not part of the community. Most of them get around their religious limitation by just hiring someone, that’s why they need money. I know this because my family was hired on multiple occasions (because we often did poultry trades and other livestock deals with them) to operate machinery (chainsaws, modern farm equipment, etc) on their behalf.

And doesn’t that just seem like modernizing with more steps?

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Also inbreeding is a huge issue, I know back in the nineties there was a big deal about the large communities (Midwest, PA, NC?) intermarrying to try and help the issues