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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
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.
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Y'know, to be honest, I'm looking at that list of stuff and I wouldn't mind living without all of them 99 percent of the time. It might not be good for my material wealth, but it would probably improve my quality of life. Maybe the Amish are onto something.
I would just need the rest of you to keep developing weapons so the terrorists don't take over.