In my opinion, the real hard line divide and dichotomy is RURAL vs URBAN. You could infer much more from that binary, though. For example:
Natural vs Manufactured. Flexibility vs Rigidness. Currency vs Stagnation. Vitality vs Inertia. Fertility vs Sterility. Health vs Illness. Freedom vs Slavery. Community (family as root) vs Isolation. …
In my opinion, the real hard line divide and dichotomy is RURAL vs URBAN. You could infer much more from that binary, though. For example:
Natural vs Manufactured. Flexibility vs Rigidness. Currency vs Stagnation. Vitality vs Inertia. Fertility vs Sterility. Health vs Illness. Freedom vs Slavery. Community (family as root) vs Isolation. Joyfulness vs Depression. Levity vs Gravity. Optimism vs Despair. Thriving vs Surviving. Autonomy vs Autocracy. Holistic vs Atomistic. Abundance vs Scarcity. Harmony vs Discord. Optimism vs Despair. Freshness (food) vs Staleness (devoid of nutrients). Creativity vs Banality. Empathy vs Antipathy. Simplicity (not to be mistaken for easy) vs Complexity (unnatural and unnecessary, that is). The contrasts are endless and become an infinite fractal.
The Communists have successfully perverted the root word community, but a break away rural civilization is inevitable. Past will be Future. In a total collapse of our institutions will "Bartercoin" be the new exchange of goods and services? If so, the questions proposed will be: How am I useful? What value do I provide? Because as an urbanite, presumably, I won't know how to hunt, fish, nor farm. The most precious resource is Human. The most valuable asset is a skill worthy of reciprocity. I give so that I could receive. Let's use the internet to find kindred spirits with common values and goals and then get OFF THE INTERNET (let's not wait til it's forced upon us with a critical infrastructure "cyber attack") and make real in-the-flesh life connections. It's the only way out the dystopian matrix, again, in my opinion.
In my opinion, the real hard line divide and dichotomy is RURAL vs URBAN. You could infer much more from that binary, though. For example:
Natural vs Manufactured. Flexibility vs Rigidness. Currency vs Stagnation. Vitality vs Inertia. Fertility vs Sterility. Health vs Illness. Freedom vs Slavery. Community (family as root) vs Isolation. Joyfulness vs Depression. Levity vs Gravity. Optimism vs Despair. Thriving vs Surviving. Autonomy vs Autocracy. Holistic vs Atomistic. Abundance vs Scarcity. Harmony vs Discord. Optimism vs Despair. Freshness (food) vs Staleness (devoid of nutrients). Creativity vs Banality. Empathy vs Antipathy. Simplicity (not to be mistaken for easy) vs Complexity (unnatural and unnecessary, that is). The contrasts are endless and become an infinite fractal.
The Communists have successfully perverted the root word community, but a break away rural civilization is inevitable. Past will be Future. In a total collapse of our institutions will "Bartercoin" be the new exchange of goods and services? If so, the questions proposed will be: How am I useful? What value do I provide? Because as an urbanite, presumably, I won't know how to hunt, fish, nor farm. The most precious resource is Human. The most valuable asset is a skill worthy of reciprocity. I give so that I could receive. Let's use the internet to find kindred spirits with common values and goals and then get OFF THE INTERNET (let's not wait til it's forced upon us with a critical infrastructure "cyber attack") and make real in-the-flesh life connections. It's the only way out the dystopian matrix, again, in my opinion.
Oh yeah, can't forget: Armed vs Unarmed.