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["clanSkeen" <sgian AT planetc.com>]

> Maybe looking for a way out, maybe looking for some way to help 
> themselves, maybe the govt help along with what they DIY is what keeps 
> them alive.
> <shrug>

Rob, I'd like to think so.  More practically I'd like to think that's were 
it would gravitate to  or lead to.   But I suspect that when one finds 
oneself having made a hash of one's life and one's health and one's 
relationships one's finances, etc. that promoting a facade of internet 
homesteading against a background of "look at the terrible odds I have to 
overcome" is an way to instantly snatch an aura of nobility out of the mess. 
And I think that explains the sensitivity and bitter reactions, none of 
these want to be reminded that actual self-reliance is possible.  Auras fade 
at any turning shadow but self-reliance doesn't.

James