Excerpt from post that I highly agree with “The only problem with off the grid living is that corporations lose their ability to control others. With a completely self-sustaining life style, no body would ever have to work. What would happen then? Think about that for a moment. We would be free to expand and create, to discover our full potential as a race and move forward into the world of exploration and discovery, all the while living in harmony with nature, not against it.”
My opinion: I’m not surprised. Self sufficiency is not encouraged because if you are self-sufficient you cannot be controlled. Keep everyone dependent on the system/grid. Pay them minimum wage and then charge them up the yin yang for everything. Modern day slavery at it’s best. Some states have already made it illegal to collect/harvest rain water. Trying to make everyone cogs in a wheel.
On Becoming Myself 
I completely agree with you. I’m just as frustrated with the idea of the rising cost of education in this country and the life-long debt a person takes on while attempting to get employment in a job market that is not very lucrative.
So sad this is what society being caught up to..Even some don’t have the right to live minimally!