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Originally Posted by Rain Man
I've never figured out what they can and can't have. I've heard people say that they won't use electricity, but they will use electric power tools.
And more important, I have no idea why they set the rules that they do. What's the big deal about the mid-19th century? Why do they stop development there? Why not the 16th century, and let them all run around in powdered wigs and tights? Or the fourth century, and have them all wear togas? I don't get it.
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I don't think it's about electricity or the internal combustion engine, or modern contraptions in themselves.
They don't
per se ban these things as evil, so much as they eschew them in favor of interpersonal reliance.
Basically they see modern conveniences as impersonal and ostentatious, while their lifestyle is centered on humility and social interaction [among themselves].
That's why they have rumsprigga, lets the teens decide for themselves if they prefer the modern life, or at least taste it to further cement the good qualities of their chosen life.