#and how a lot of the things ppl praise about like. the military and motherhood both (weird combo but allow it)

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i think maybe one of the things that makes me saddest about a lot of these re-enactment channels that make historical stuff, and modern homesteading (tho there's a lot going on there that i'm not qualified to talk on much at all) is that a lot of these skills are relegated to content creation and/or the hyper-independent type of person who does Everything themselves. and I get the appeal, truly, but i think it's a little misleading? humans are and have always Been social animals. Yes, people used to build their own houses or weave their own cloth or raise their own animals or grow their own crops, but they didn't do it *alone*.

Even something as basic as cooking wasn't a solo activity. we've been looking after the elderly and the disabled for as long as we've been Around.

I don't have much beef with re-enactment channels - it's hard enough to find time to do these things alone, let alone with a group, especially regularly. but the idea that you need to turn your back on your community and become Fully Self Sufficient is just... Not Good, I think.